# Wisconsin — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Wisconsin, share of earnings that is exempt is 80 percent of the debtor’s disposable earnings are exempt from garnishment; statute is 812.34, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Wisconsin _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Share of earnings that is exempt:** 80 percent of the debtor’s disposable earnings are exempt from garnishment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 812.34 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> .wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/812.34(2)(c)> (c) applies, 80 percent of the debtor’s disposable earnings are exempt from garnishment under this subchapter. <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/812.34(2)(

## Source

- https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/812/ii/34

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-02-22.
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