Ohio Child Support Chart

Under Ohio's child support guidelines, the calculation of child support starts out with a basic support obligation for each parent, based largely on their annual adjusted gross incomes (AGI). If you're the "noncustodial parent" (meaning your kids won't be living with you most of the time), you'll usually pay your share of that basic obligation to the other parent.

You can get a rough estimate of your child support obligation by referring to the chart below. Normally, you'll start out with these steps:

• Add up both parents' annual adjusted incomes and figure each parent's income share, as a percentage of the total.
• Find the appropriate support obligation on the chart for the combined income level and the number of children being supported.
• Multiply that number by the percentage of each parent's income share to get the individual basic support obligation for each parent.

However, keep in mind some important things about how this chart is used in calculating the actual amount of support:

• Alternate method of computing basic support obligation. In some cases, parents' individual support obligation will be based on their own income, when that would result in a lower number than the calculation described above. Also, there are special rules for income that's less than $8,400 a year or more than $336,000.
• Adjustments to income. In order to use this chart accurately, you need to understand what gets counted as gross income, including the various adjustments to income allowed under Ohio's guidelines.
• Adjustments to child support and deviations from the guidelines. This chart is often just the beginning of the support calculation. The guidelines also allow several adjustments and additions to the basic child support obligation. In some situations, these adjustments are required. Other times, judges may order an amount that's different than the guideline calculation, if that would be in the children's best interests.
• The numbers change regularly. Ohio law now requires a review every four years of the numbers in the basic child support schedule. The chart here is based on the version of the guidelines that applies to child support orders issued or modified after March 28, 2019. So these numbers might change sometime in 2023. You can find the current schedule in Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.021.

Learn more about how child support works in Ohio, including details on the adjustments, additional medical support, what happens in shared parenting or split parenting arrangements, and when parents may agree on a different amount of child support.