Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Wisconsin
Wisconsin applies DCF 150 percentage standards to the paying parent income, so 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 Wisconsin 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 | $368.33 | $541.67 | $628.33 |
| $2,000 a month | $368.33 | $541.67 | $628.33 |
| $4,000 a month | $368.33 | $541.67 | $628.33 |
| $6,000 a month | $368.33 | $541.67 | $628.33 |
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 percentage standard on the payer income
Wisconsin sets support under DCF 150, a set of percentage standards applied to the paying parent income. The percentage depends on the number of children, and the primary-placement method is the one this page exercises, with shared, split, low-income, and progressive high-income methods available elsewhere in the rules.
At $500 a week, $2,166.67 a month, the primary-placement percentage produces $368.33 for one child, $541.67 for two, and $628.33 for three, and the amounts are identical in every other-parent row because the standard reads only the payer income.
Reading the flat rows
Every row in the table below uses the same $500-a-week payer income, and the amount does not change as the other parent income rises, because the DCF 150 percentage reads only the payer income. The rows are shown anyway so the flat result is visible.
The primary-placement method is the only one exercised here, so the shared and split placement methods are not applied.
What this estimate includes
- The DCF 150 percentage for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The payer-only standard, which ignores the other parent income
- Results across four other-parent rows for comparison
What it leaves out
- The shared and split placement methods
- The low-income and progressive high-income methods
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
The flat rows are the signature of a payer-only percentage standard, and they are shown rather than hidden so the reader sees the honest result.
Because only the primary-placement method is exercised, a shared or split-placement parent would need the full calculator to get their number.
Frequently asked questions
Why is every other-parent row the same at $500 a week?
Wisconsin applies the DCF 150 percentage to the paying parent income only. The other parent income is never part of the standard, so raising it does not change the amount.
What are the DCF 150 percentage standards?
They are the Wisconsin support percentages, set by child count, applied to the paying parent income under DCF 150. The percentage is the core of the primary-placement method.
How are the figures at this income calculated?
The payer monthly income of $2,166.67 falls under the DCF 150 standard, producing $368.33 for one child, $541.67 for two, and $628.33 for three.
What is the fixed baseline on this page?
Primary placement, which avoids the shared and split placement-days requirement. This page exercises only the primary-placement percentage method.
What other methods does DCF 150 have?
DCF 150 includes shared, split, low-income, and progressive high-income methods in addition to the primary-placement percentage. None of those are exercised on this page.
Where can I check the standards officially?
The DCF 150 rules and the Wisconsin support tools are linked in the sources for this page, and the full Wisconsin child support calculator applies the standards.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Wisconsin child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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.