Child support · OH
Ohio child support calculator
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3119 and the JFS 07767 schedule, with the parenting time cut, the self-sufficiency reserve and cash medical support.
Rules read on official Ohio pages on · Checked by Radif Partners · How we calculate
- Model
- Income shares
- Income counted
- Gross income
- Shared parenting
- From 90 overnights
- 1 child, $5,000 / $3,000
- $673
- a month, rules of June 1, 2023
An Ohio parent earning $90,000 a year in gross pay, whose co-parent earns $30,000, owes about $1,359 a month for two children under Chapter 3119 of the Ohio Revised Code, before child care and cash medical support. Ohio is one of the states that start from gross income, before tax, and its table counts in years: the JFS 07767 schedule gives $21,736 a year for two children at $120,000 of combined income, and the paying parent carries 75% of it. A court order for parenting time of 90 overnights or more cuts that parent's share by 10%, here to $1,223. Low earners are protected by a self-sufficiency reserve printed as a shaded zone in the table, and every order also carries cash medical support of $510.21 per child a year.
Guideline child support in Ohio, per month
$673
$8,078 a year
| Combined annual gross income, per month (after the premium credit) | $8,000 |
| Basic obligation in JFS 07767, 1 child, per month | $1,077 |
| Paying parent’s income share | 62.5% |
| Cash medical support, paying parent’s share, per month (ordered separately) | $27 |
Estimate under the Ohio guideline as published, from the incomes you enter. Deviations, imputed income, other children and the judge's findings can change the order. How this is calculated.
A yearly table in steps of $600
JFS 07767 lists combined annual income from $8,400 to $336,000 in steps of $600. The form in use is the June 2023 revision, and the Department of Job and Family Services rule that took effect on April 1, 2026 still points to it. When the family's income falls between two lines, § 3119.05(G)(2) lets the court take the higher line, the lower line, or a figure in proportion between them. The calculator uses the proportional figure, so a few hundred dollars of extra income moves the result a little rather than in jumps.
Gross income is broad here: overtime and bonuses count at the lower of the three-year average and last year's total, and the spouse of a parent never counts. Spousal support paid under a court order comes off the payer's income, and so does the out-of-pocket premium a parent pays for the children's health insurance. If our paying parent covers the children for $300 a month, the order drops to $1,333.
The 90-overnight reduction
Section 3119.051 gives a flat 10% reduction of the annual obligation to a parent whose court-ordered parenting time reaches 90 overnights a year. It is all or nothing: at 89 nights the payment stays at $1,359, at 90 it becomes $1,223. The order has to grant the time; nights taken informally do not count, and the court can remove the reduction at the other parent's request if the time is not used without good reason. A larger adjustment for extended time needs a deviation.
The shaded zone and the $80 floor
The cells in gray in JFS 07767 carry the self-sufficiency reserve. The zone runs up to $39,000 for 1, $74,400 for 2, $91,200 for 3, $108,000 for 4, $121,800 for 5 and $133,200 for 6 children. When a parent's own income lands there, § 3119.05(G)(3) compares the share of the combined amount with the table read at that parent's income alone and keeps the smaller. Reverse our family, $30,000 against $90,000: the ordinary share would be $453 a month, the reserve figure is $327, and that is the order. Such a parent pays at most 50% of child care. Under § 3119.06 no order goes below $80 a month for all the children, unless the court finds a reason such as a documented disability.
Cash medical and the top of the table
Next to the child support, each order sets cash medical support of $510.21 per child per year, shared by income; the calculator shows the paying parent's part separately. Above $336,000, § 3119.04 has the court decide case by case without going under the top-line amount: with $360,000 and $120,000 a year, the calculator stays at that floor, $2,372 a month. Across the state line, Pennsylvania works on net income and Michigan on its own formula.
The Ohio guideline this calculator applies
| Rule | Ohio |
|---|---|
| Model | Income shares, combined annual gross income schedule (JFS 07767) |
| Income counted | Gross income before taxes, as the state guideline defines it. |
| Official schedule | $8,400 to $336,000 of combined income a year, 547 rows |
| Shared parenting | Reduction of 10% from 90 nights |
| In force since | June 1, 2023 |
Monthly support for one paying parent, the other parent without income
| Paying parent’s monthly income | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children | 4 children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | $177 | $210 | $236 | $249 |
| $3,000 | $477 | $477 | $477 | $477 |
| $4,000 | $680 | $777 | $777 | $777 |
| $5,000 | $828 | $1,077 | $1,077 | $1,077 |
| $6,000 | $946 | $1,377 | $1,377 | $1,377 |
| $8,000 | $1,077 | $1,607 | $1,898 | $1,977 |
| $10,000 | $1,216 | $1,811 | $2,136 | $2,386 |
| $12,500 | $1,345 | $2,002 | $2,357 | $2,633 |
| $15,000 | $1,523 | $2,260 | $2,655 | $2,964 |
| $20,000 | $1,837 | $2,725 | $3,206 | $3,575 |
How the amount is set. ORC § 3119.05(G)(2) and JFS 07766: if income falls between two schedule rows, the court or agency may use the higher row, the lower row, or a proportional amount between the two (all three are permitted; interpolation is one allowed option). source
Income. Annual gross income of each parent: all earned and unearned income (wages, overtime and bonuses per § 3119.05(D), commissions, self-generated income, rents, dividends, pensions, non-means-tested social security, workers' compensation, unemployment, spousal support received, military pay and allowances, etc.), excluding means-tested benefits, child support received for other children, nonrecurring income and Title IV-E payments (ORC § 3119.01(C)(13)). Adjustments: court-ordered spousal support paid is deducted (§ 3119.05(B)); a credit for other children not in the order (§ 3119.05(C)); the out-of-pocket health insurance premium is credited against the paying parent's income (§ 3119.30(E)).
Above the table. ORC § 3119.04: above the schedule maximum, support is set case by case considering needs and standard of living, and the basic combined obligation may not be less than the amount at the schedule maximum ($336,000 in JFS 07767 rev. 6/2023) unless the court finds that unjust or inappropriate and journalizes its findings.
Parenting time. ORC § 3119.051(A): the annual individual support obligation of a parent with a court-ordered parenting time order of 90 or more overnights per year is reduced by 10%, in addition to other deviations; the court may remove the reduction at the obligee's request if the obligor fails without just cause to exercise parenting time (§ 3119.051(B)). A larger adjustment requires a court deviation (JFS 07766 line 19).
Child care and health care. shared by income share, capped by statewide maximum per child premium credited against the payer's income; separate cash medical support ORC § 3119.05(P): child care for work or training is shared by income share, net of subsidies and tax credits, and capped at the statewide average cost (JFS 07766 Table 2: $16,116 infant, $14,254 toddler, $12,801 pre-school, $8,780 school-age per year). Cash medical support of $510.21 per child per year (JFS 07766 Table 3, MEPS 2021) is split by income share (§ 3119.30(C)); medical expenses above it are extraordinary. The out-of-pocket health insurance premium is a credit against the paying parent's income (§ 3119.30(E)); the obligee is presumed to provide coverage (§ 3119.30(B)).
Low incomes. Self-sufficiency reserve built into the shaded area of JFS 07767 (116% of federal poverty level for one person, § 3119.021(B)(2)); sliding scale minimum order below it (§ 3119.021(B)(2)(a)-(d): 5% to 15% multipliers of income above $8,400 plus the minimum order); minimum order $80 per month for all children (§ 3119.06(A)).
When support ends. Support under a court order continues past 18 only for a disabled child who cannot self-support, by the parents' incorporated agreement, or while the child continuously attends an accredited high school full time; under an administrative order only the high school case applies (ORC § 3119.86, as amended eff. March 20, 2025). source
Worth knowing in Ohio
- The schedule must be updated every four years for CPI-U changes and the federal poverty level (ORC § 3119.021(C)); the current JFS 07767 is revision 6/2023. source
- Ohio uses gross, not net, income and lists income in $600 annual steps from $8,400 to $336,000. source
- Overtime and bonuses count at the lesser of the three-year average or the prior year's total (ORC § 3119.05(D)). source
- For more than six children, the three-child amount is multiplied by 1.440 (7 children) up to 2.182 (more than 14) (ORC § 3119.05(C)(4)). source
- Every order includes cash medical support of $510.21 per child per year, split by income share (JFS 07766 rev. 4/2026, Table 3; ORC § 3119.30(C)). source