North Carolina Child Support Calculator
Enter both parents' incomes, number of children, and parenting time to estimate the North Carolina 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
- 85.2%
- cases with a support order
$857/mo
One-child base rate at North Carolina's median income
17% of $60,516, the Census ACS 2022 median household income for North Carolina, divided across twelve months, 10% 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
North Carolina carries a below-median one-child base rate.
According to North Carolina Title IV-D guideline publication, last checked 2023.
- 17%
- published 1-child starting rate
- 85.2%
- 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 North Carolina's one-child start sits
Each bar counts jurisdictions with a published one-child base rate in that 3-point guideline band. North Carolina is marked in its own band; counts are exact from the 51-jurisdiction dataset.
North Carolina'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.
Large Title IV-D caseload
North Carolina calculator in the heavy-caseload third
348,386 active cases put North Carolina in the heaviest third by OCSE P-52 volume (#7).
North Carolina applies the Income Shares model across a Title IV-D caseload of 348,386 active cases (heavy third nationally), with a published 17% one-child start. Parenting-time and add-on fields adjust the estimate; courts can still deviate.
Sources: North Carolina 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 North Carolina child support.
This calculator uses North Carolina's Income Shares guidelines.
North Carolina Guideline Summary
~17%
1 Child
~24%
2 Children
~29%
3 Children
None
Income Cap
Questions about this North Carolina estimate
Why does North Carolina's one-child start read low nationally?
North Carolina'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 North Carolina publish an income ceiling for this estimate?
No income ceiling is recorded in this portal's 2023 North Carolina guideline dataset. The official worksheet remains the authority for a binding calculation.
Calculators nearest North Carolina'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