Georgia Child Support Calculator
Enter both parents' incomes, number of children, and parenting time to estimate the Georgia monthly child support obligation under the Income Shares model. Consult a family law attorney for a binding order.
- 17%
- 1-child base rate
- #33 of 51
- base-rate rank
- No cap
- income ceiling
- 89.5%
- cases with a support order
$867/mo
One-child base rate at Georgia's median income
17% of $61,224, the Census ACS 2022 median household income for Georgia, divided across twelve months, 9% below the median state. An index for comparing states, not a case estimate: guidelines apply to the obligor's income, or to combined parental income under the Income Shares model, and a court sets the actual order. How this is derived.
The verdict
Georgia carries a below-median one-child base rate.
According to Georgia Title IV-D guideline publication, last checked 2023.
- 17%
- published 1-child starting rate
- 89.5%
- of cases have a support order
Ranks describe published guideline starting rates across this portal's 51-jurisdiction table, not court outcomes or collection performance.
National context
Lower-band view: where Georgia's one-child start sits
Each bar counts jurisdictions with a published one-child base rate in that 3-point guideline band. Georgia is marked in its own band; counts are exact from the 51-jurisdiction dataset.
Georgia's 17% published one-child starting rate is higher than 6 of 51 recorded state rates. This comparison describes the published starting percentage, not a complete child-support estimate.
Source: Published state child-support guideline records in PlainChildSupport's 51-jurisdiction dataset
Income Shares peers by one-child starting rate
Source: State Title IV-D guideline publications compiled in PlainChildSupport states.base_pct_1child filtered by formula_type · 2023 Peer board lists up to 10 Income Shares states sorted by published one-child starting rate. Counts match SELECT COUNT on the live states table.
Lower one-child starting rate
Georgia calculator on a lower starting-rate schedule
Georgia's published 17% one-child base sits in the lower third (#33 of 51).
Georgia's 17% one-child start sits in the lower third of published schedules (#33 of 51). The Income Shares form below applies that schedule; high-income or multi-child worksheets can still diverge from this orientation figure.
Sources: Georgia Child Support Guidelines · HHS OCSE Annual Report to Congress (Form 157) · estimate only; a court order requires the official worksheet.
Enter the details above to estimate Georgia child support.
This calculator uses Georgia's Income Shares guidelines.
Georgia Guideline Summary
~17%
1 Child
~24%
2 Children
~30%
3 Children
None
Income Cap
Questions about this Georgia estimate
Why does Georgia's one-child start read low nationally?
Georgia's 17% published one-child starting rate is higher than 6 of 51 recorded state rates. This comparison describes the published starting percentage, not a complete child-support estimate.
Does Georgia publish an income ceiling for this estimate?
No income ceiling is recorded in this portal's 2023 Georgia guideline dataset. The official worksheet remains the authority for a binding calculation.
Calculators nearest Georgia's 17% start
Sorted by absolute gap in published one-child starting rate among states with a verified interactive calculator. Not a recommendation of which worksheet to file.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) - HHS Child support enforcement caseload and collections · 2025