Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in South Carolina
At $500 a week the South Carolina payer-only self-support zone is the story: every other-parent row in the table comes out the same.
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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 South Carolina 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 | $447.00 | $664.00 | $799.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $447.00 | $664.00 | $799.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $447.00 | $664.00 | $799.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $447.00 | $664.00 | $799.00 |
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.
The payer-only self-support zone
South Carolina 2024 guidelines compute support from a schedule of 786 upward-extrapolated rows through $40,000 a month, and they include payer-only self-support zones that protect a low-income paying parent. In those zones the obligation is set without depending on the other parent income.
At $500 a week, $2,166.67 a month, the payer sits in a payer-only zone, which is why the table below shows the same figure in every other-parent row: $447 for one child, $664 for two, and $799 for three.
Reading the flat rows in the self-support zone
Every row in the table below uses the same $500-a-week payer income, and the amount does not change across the other-parent rows because the payer-only self-support zone controls at this income.
The primary-arrangement baseline keeps the shared-custody offset out, so the flat rows are the payer-only zone doing its job.
What this estimate includes
- The payer-only self-support zone at this income
- The 786-row schedule structure for reference
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent rows
What it leaves out
- The shared-custody offset, which requires a shared arrangement
- Any effect from the other parent income in the payer-only zone
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
The payer-only zone is a distinctive feature of the South Carolina schedule, and it is the entire reason this page is flat.
A reader comparing South Carolina across income levels will see the flat rows give way to responsive ones as income clears the zone.
Frequently asked questions
Why is every other-parent row the same at $500 a week?
South Carolina has payer-only self-support zones, and at this income the payer sits in one, so the obligation is set without depending on the other parent income.
What are the payer-only self-support zones?
They are schedule ranges that protect a low-income paying parent by computing the obligation from the payer income alone, so the other parent side does not change the result.
How is the $447 figure for one child set?
It is the schedule result for one child in the payer-only zone at $2,166.67 a month, which the table repeats in every row because the zone ignores the other parent income.
What is the fixed baseline on this page?
A primary arrangement, which avoids the shared-custody overnights requirement entirely. The 150 percent shared-custody offset is not exercised here.
When do the rows begin to differ?
As income rises out of the payer-only zone, the schedule begins to respond to the other parent income, which is what the higher South Carolina pages in this series show.
Where can I check the self-support zones?
The 2024 South Carolina guidelines are linked in the sources for this page, and the full South Carolina child support calculator applies the zones.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real South Carolina child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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.