Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Oregon
Oregon is one of the few states here with a continuous parenting-time curve, and at $1,500 a week the contrast with banded states is worth spelling out.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1500 a week
The paying parent earns $1500 a week ($6,500.00 a month) in every cell below. The other parent's monthly income changes across rows, and the number of children changes across columns; both genuinely change the result.Every figure is computed with the real Oregon guideline engine, the same one behind the full calculator, not a lookup table built for this page.
| Other parent's income | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children |
|---|---|---|---|
| No reported income | $878.00 | $1,260.00 | $1,469.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $754.76 | $1,076.70 | $1,250.28 |
| $4,000 a month | $688.95 | $981.12 | $1,137.10 |
| $6,000 a month | $643.76 | $916.24 | $1,061.84 |
Every dollar figure is a monthly amount, the presumptive guideline result before add-ons like child care or health insurance and before any court deviation. "Not available" means the engine behind this site declined to compute that specific combination rather than guess; the reason is shown next to it.
Continuous versus banded parenting time
Most states in this series adjust for parenting time in bands, stepping the credit at fixed overnight thresholds. Oregon instead uses a precise logistic curve for both parents, so every single overnight changes the credit by a continuous amount, with no band to enter and no step to cross.
At $1,500 a week, $6,500 a month, the scale result is substantial, and the curve sits at its zero-overnight endpoint. For one child the obligation falls from $878 to $643.76 as the other parent income rises, with the two and three-child columns moving more.
What the continuous model changes
In a banded state, a payer with 40 overnights and one with 60 might sit in the same adjustment band, so the obligation does not move between them. In Oregon, those two cases would sit at different points on the curve and produce different obligations.
This page holds the payer at zero overnights, the curve endpoint, so the numbers shown are the no-credit baseline, but the continuous model means the page would change smoothly with any overnight a reader adds.
What this estimate includes
- The continuous credit curve at its zero-overnight endpoint
- A contrast with the banded adjustments other states use
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- A banded parenting-time adjustment, which Oregon does not use
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Court-ordered deviations from the guideline amount
Worth knowing
The continuous-versus-banded distinction is the most useful context for comparing Oregon with other states in this series, especially those with a 121 or 128-overnight threshold.
At this income the curve endpoint is the only parenting-time state on the page, so the movement you see is the scale and the apportionment responding to income.
Frequently asked questions
How does Oregon differ from banded states?
Banded states step the parenting-time adjustment at fixed overnight thresholds. Oregon uses a continuous logistic curve, so every overnight changes the credit by a continuous amount.
Does the other parent income change the result at $1,500 a week?
Yes. For one child the obligation falls from $878 to $643.76 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, with the two and three-child columns moving more.
Why does the zero-overnight endpoint matter?
It is the no-credit starting point on the curve. Because the curve is continuous, any overnight a reader adds would move the result smoothly from that endpoint.
Is this page a banded or continuous result?
Continuous. The payer is at the curve endpoint, so the table shows the scale result with no parenting-time credit, but the underlying model is a curve, not a band.
Would two cases at 40 and 60 overnights differ in Oregon?
Yes. On a continuous curve they sit at different points and produce different obligations, whereas a banded state might hold them in the same band.
Where can I see the curve in detail?
The OAR materials linked in the sources describe the parenting-time credit, and the full Oregon child support calculator applies the curve to any overnight count.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Oregon child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Oregon child support calculator. Nothing on this page is a separate estimate or a reimplementation of the math. See the sources below for the statutes and official worksheets behind the Oregon guideline.
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Changelog: page first published as part of the child support by income series. Material changes are dated in the update log.