# Vermont — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Vermont, share of earnings that is exempt is 75 percent of the debtor’s weekly disposable earnings; earnings wholly exempt is 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Vermont _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Share of earnings that is exempt:** 75 percent of the debtor’s weekly disposable earnings _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Earnings wholly exempt:** 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** § 3170. Exemptions; issuance of order _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 75 percent of the debtor’s weekly disposable earnings, or 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage, whichever is greater; or (2) if the judgment debt arose from a consumer credit transaction, as that term is defined by 15 U.S.C. § 1602 and implementing regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, 85 percent of the debtor’s weekly d

## Source

- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/121/03170

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