# Connecticut — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Connecticut, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is twenty-five per cent of his disposable earnings for that week; earnings wholly exempt is forty times the higher of (A) the minimum hourly wage prescribed by Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, USC Title 29, Section 206(a)(1), or (B) the full minimum fair wage established by subsection (i) of section 31-58; statute is 52-361a, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Connecticut _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take:** twenty-five per cent of his disposable earnings for that week _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Earnings wholly exempt:** forty times the higher of (A) the minimum hourly wage prescribed by Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, USC Title 29, Section 206(a)(1), or (B) the full minimum fair wage established by subsection (i) of section 31-58 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 52-361a _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The maximum part of the aggregate weekly earnings of an individual which may be subject under this section to levy or other withholding for payment of a judgment is the lesser of (1) twenty-five per cent of his disposable earnings for that week, or (2) the amount by which his disposable earnings for that week exceed forty times the higher of (A) the minimum hourly wage prescribed by Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, USC Title 29, Section 206(a)(1), or (B) the full minimum fair wage established by subsection (i) of section 31-58 , in effect at the time the earnings are payable. Unless the court provides otherwise pursuant to a mot

## Source

- https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_906.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-02-25.
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