New York child support by income: tables for 1 to 5 children (2026)

These tables show New York’s guideline amount, the monthly support the other parent pays, at a range of incomes. Every figure is computed by the engine from Family Court Act § 413(1) and the dated values in the state’s Child Support Standards Chart. They leave out child care and health insurance, which are added on top (see the health insurance and child care guide).

How much is New York child support at each income?

The other parent’s monthly income before tax down the side, the number of children across. The parent the children live with earns $4,000 a month.

Other parent's income a month	1 child	2 children	3 children	4 children	5 children
$1,500	$25.00	$25.00	$25.00	$25.00	$25.00
$2,000	$51.50	$51.50	$25.00	$25.00	$25.00
$2,500	$392.49	$513.25	$513.25	$513.25	$513.25
$3,000	$470.99	$692.63	$803.45	$858.86	$969.68
$4,000	$627.98	$923.50	$1,071.26	$1,145.14	$1,292.90
$5,000	$784.98	$1,154.38	$1,339.08	$1,431.43	$1,616.13
$6,000	$941.97	$1,385.25	$1,606.89	$1,717.71	$1,939.35
$7,000	$1,098.97	$1,616.13	$1,874.71	$2,004.00	$2,262.58
$8,000	$1,255.96	$1,847.00	$2,142.52	$2,290.28	$2,585.80
$10,000	$1,569.95	$2,308.75	$2,678.15	$2,862.85	$3,232.25
$12,000	$1,883.94	$2,770.50	$3,213.78	$3,435.42	$3,878.70
$15,000	$2,158.55	$3,174.34	$3,682.24	$3,936.18	$4,444.08

The lowest rows are set by the low-income floors rather than the percentage. At those incomes a family with more children can show a lower figure: the higher percentage pushes the paying parent below the poverty guideline, where the floor is lower than the self-support reserve floor. A court can order a different amount if it finds a floor unjust or inappropriate. The highest rows reach the combined income cap.

How much is child support on a yearly salary?

The guideline works in monthly income. These rows convert common yearly salaries for the other parent, with the parent the children live with earning $4,000 a month:

Yearly salary	Monthly income	1 child	2 children	3 children
$30,000	$2,500	$392.49	$513.25	$513.25
$45,000	$3,750	$588.73	$865.78	$1,004.30
$60,000	$5,000	$784.98	$1,154.38	$1,339.08
$75,000	$6,250	$981.22	$1,442.97	$1,673.84
$90,000	$7,500	$1,177.46	$1,731.56	$2,008.61
$120,000	$10,000	$1,569.95	$2,308.75	$2,678.15
$150,000	$12,500	$1,962.44	$2,885.94	$3,347.69

Does the income of the parent the children live with change the amount?

Below the cap, not the basic amount. The percentage of combined income, split by each parent’s share of that income, comes to the same figure as the percentage applied to the other parent’s own income after Social Security and Medicare taxes. The income of the parent the children live with matters in three places:

• the share of child care and health insurance each parent pays;
• whether combined income passes the cap;
• the low-income check, which looks only at the paying parent’s own income.

Here is one row worked through step by step:

How New York gets to $1,385.25 a month

In New York: 2 children; the parent the children live with earns $4,000 a month and the other parent $6,000, before tax.

1. Take off Social Security and MedicareFCA § 413(1)(b)(5)(vii)(H) and DRL § 240(1-b)(b)(5)(vii)(H), FICA paid

   Social Security and Medicare come off each income: the other parent $6,000 − $459.00 = $5,541.00, and the parent the children live with $4,000 − $306.00 = $3,694.00 a month. $3,694 + $5,541 = $9,235 a month. The other parent's share is $5,541 ÷ $9,235 = 60%.

   60%

2. Apply the percentage up to the capFCA § 413(1)(b)(3) and (1)(c)(2) and DRL § 240(1-b), percentages and the cap

   $9,235 × 12 = $110,820 a year, within the $193,000 cap. 25% × $110,820 = $27,705 a year for both parents. The other parent's share: $27,705 × 60% ÷ 12 = $1,385.25 a month.

   $1,385.25 a month

What happens at high incomes?

Once combined income after Social Security and Medicare taxes passes $193,000 a year, the guideline percentage stops at the cap, so the amounts level off. The table below has the parent the children live with at $8,000 a month:

Above the combined income cap

Other parent's income a month	1 child	2 children	3 children	4 children	5 children
$8,000	$1,255.96	$1,847.00	$2,142.52	$2,290.28	$2,585.80
$10,000	$1,518.98	$2,233.80	$2,591.20	$2,769.91	$3,127.31
$12,000	$1,640.50	$2,412.50	$2,798.50	$2,991.50	$3,377.50
$15,000	$1,783.15	$2,622.28	$3,041.85	$3,251.63	$3,671.20
$20,000	$1,960.66	$2,883.32	$3,344.65	$3,575.31	$4,036.65
$25,000	$2,082.50	$3,062.49	$3,552.49	$3,797.49	$4,287.49
$30,000	$2,171.17	$3,192.90	$3,703.77	$3,959.20	$4,470.06

These figures cover the capped income only. On income above the cap, Family Court Act § 413(1)(c)(3) lets the court apply the percentage, the factors in § 413(1)(f), or both, so actual orders can be higher. See the guide to incomes above the cap.

What happens at low incomes?

At the bottom of the first table, paying the percentage would leave the other parent below the self-support reserve ($21,546 a year) or the poverty guideline ($15,960 a year), so § 413(1)(d) sets the basic obligation at a floor instead. The low income guide explains both floors.

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What this guide does not cover

The tables assume wage income, one household of children, and no child care, health insurance, maintenance, or other deductions such as New York City or Yonkers income tax. The engine also leaves out these parts of New York’s guideline:

• Deductions from income not modeled: unreimbursed employee business expenses, maintenance paid to a spouse who is not a party, maintenance paid to the other parent (deducted only when the order or agreement provides a child support adjustment for when it ends), child support actually paid for other children, public assistance, SSI, and New York City or Yonkers income taxes (FCA § 413(1)(b)(5)(vii)(A) to (G)).
• Social Security and Medicare are computed as an employee pays them; self-employment tax is not modeled.
• Cash medical support when the children have no health insurance and are on Medicaid or the state child health plan is not modeled. It is capped at 5% of the paying parent's gross income or that parent's income above the self-support reserve, whichever is less (FCA § 413(1)(c)(5)(iii) and (iv)).
• Education costs and child care while the custodial parent looks for work are added at the court's discretion (FCA § 413(1)(c)(6) and (7)); not modeled.

The figures are estimates of the guideline amount. A court can order a different amount, and an existing order only changes when it is modified.