Reference Source

Missouri

For Missouri, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is twenty-five percentum; earnings wholly exempt is thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in effect at the time the earnings are payable; statute is 525.030, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

State
Missouri our reading
Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take
twenty-five percentum verified
Earnings wholly exempt
thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in effect at the time the earnings are payable verified
Statute
525.030 verified
Sourcerevisor.mo.gov
Verified
Review by
DatasetWage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

The maximum part of the aggregate earnings of any individual for any workweek, after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld, which is subjected to garnishment may not exceed (a) twenty-five percentum, or, (b) the amount by which his aggregate earnings for that week, after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required to be withheld by law, exceed thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in effect at the time the earnings are payable, or, (c) if the employee is the head of a family and a resident of this state, ten percentum, whichever is less. (2) The restrictions on the maximum earnings subjected to garnishment do not apply

revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-08-29

Source

Last verified against source: . Due for re-check by . This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.

How much of my paycheck can be garnished?Find how much of one week's pay a creditor can take in your state, and how much the law protects.