Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Rhode Island
Rhode Island AO 2023-02 table has 774 income rows rounded upward, and at $500 a week that rounding is part of how the number forms.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $500 a week
The paying parent earns $500 a week ($2,166.67 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 Rhode Island 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 | $435.00 | $639.00 | $646.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $410.80 | $619.32 | $746.20 |
| $4,000 a month | $368.20 | $554.93 | $664.44 |
| $6,000 a month | $318.80 | $485.22 | $585.39 |
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.
A table that rounds income upward
Rhode Island Administrative Order 2023-02 sets the current child support table, with 774 income rows running through $40,000 a month. The rows are upward-rounded, which means an income figure is carried up to the next listed row rather than down, and the obligation is read from that row.
At $500 a week, $2,166.67 a month, the payer figure lands on an upward-rounded row. The table below shows the resulting obligations for one, two, and three children across the four other-parent scenarios, at the fixed primary-arrangement baseline.
Reading the upward-rounded table
Every cell below is the AO 2023-02 result at the fixed primary-arrangement baseline. The other parent income moves the number, and the child count raises it, with three children producing the largest figures.
The upward rounding means a reader whose income falls just below a row boundary is carried to the next row, so the table can produce a slightly higher obligation than a floor-rounded table would.
What this estimate includes
- The AO 2023-02 table lookup with upward rounding
- The proportional allocation of the obligation
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- The shared-placement offset under AO 2018-01, not used at this baseline
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Court-ordered deviations from the table amount
Worth knowing
The upward rounding is a small but real difference from states that round income to the nearest row. It means the table is conservative, erring slightly higher.
The primary-arrangement baseline keeps the shared-placement offset out, so the page is the unadjusted table result for the common paying-parent case.
Frequently asked questions
What is the AO 2023-02 table?
It is the current Rhode Island child support table, with 774 income rows through $40,000 a month, set by Administrative Order 2023-02.
What does upward rounding mean?
Income is carried up to the next listed table row rather than down to the nearest one, so the obligation is read from the higher row.
Does the other parent income change the result at $500 a week?
Yes. For one child the obligation falls from $435 to $318.80 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, with the two and three-child columns moving similarly.
What is the fixed baseline on this page?
A primary arrangement, which keeps the shared-placement offset under AO 2018-01 out of the calculation. That offset applies to shared placement, not the primary baseline.
How is the obligation allocated?
Rhode Island finds the combined obligation from the table and allocates it in proportion to each parent income share, which is the income-shares approach.
Where can I check the table officially?
The AO 2023-02 table is linked in the sources for this page, and the full Rhode Island child support calculator applies it with both parents incomes.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Rhode Island child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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.