New York
For New York, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week; earnings wholly exempt is the greater of thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or thirty times the state minimum hourly wage; statute is Section 5231 — Income execution, verified against its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- New York our reading
- Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take
- twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week verified
- Earnings wholly exempt
- the greater of thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or thirty times the state minimum hourly wage verified
- Statute
- Section 5231 — Income execution
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What the source says
(i) no amount shall be withheld from the judgment debtor’s earnings pursuant to an income execution for any week unless the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week exceed the greater of thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or thirty times the state minimum hourly wage
— newyork.public.law, retrieved 2026-09-02
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Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take
(ii) the amount withheld from the judgment debtor’s earnings pursuant to an income execution for any week shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week
— all from newyork.public.law, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- newyork.public.lawhttps://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._civil_practice_law_and_rules_section_5231