# Iowa · expected earnings of fifty thousand dollars or more — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Iowa · expected earnings of fifty thousand dollars or more, state is Iowa; expected earnings for the calendar year is expected earnings of fifty thousand dollars or more; most one creditor may take in a calendar year is not more than ten percent of an employee’s expected earnings; statute is 642.21 Exemption from net earnings, recorded from its source on 2026-08-29; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Iowa _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Expected earnings for the calendar year:** expected earnings of fifty thousand dollars or more _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Most one creditor may take in a calendar year:** not more than ten percent of an employee’s expected earnings _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 642.21 Exemption from net earnings. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> e. Employees with expected earnings of fifty thousand dollars or more, not more than ten percent of an employee’s expected earnings.

## Source

- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/642.21.pdf

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