# Nebraska — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Nebraska, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is Twenty-five percent of his or her disposable earnings for that week; earnings wholly exempt is thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) in effect at the time earnings are payable; statute is 25-1558, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Nebraska _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take:** Twenty-five percent of his or her disposable earnings for that week _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Earnings wholly exempt:** thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) in effect at the time earnings are payable _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 25-1558 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek which is subject to garnishment shall not exceed the lesser of the following amounts: (a) Twenty-five percent of his or her disposable earnings for that week; (b) The amount by which his or her disposable earnings for that week exceed thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) in effect at the time earnings are payable; or (c) Fifteen percent of his or h

## Source

- https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-1558

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