# Wyoming — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Wyoming, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is Twenty-five percent (25%) of defendant's disposable earnings for that week; earnings wholly exempt is thirty (30) times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are payable; statute is 1-15-408. Garnishment of earnings for personal services, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Wyoming _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take:** Twenty-five percent (25%) of defendant's disposable earnings for that week _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Earnings wholly exempt:** thirty (30) times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are payable _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 1-15-408. Garnishment of earnings for personal services. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The maximum portion of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual which are subject to garnishment is the lesser of: (i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of defendant's disposable earnings for that week; or (ii) The amount by which defendant's aggregate disposable earnings computed for that week exceeds thirty (30) times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are payable, or, in case of earnings for any pay period other than a week, any equivalent multiple thereof prescribed by the administrator of the Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credi

## Source

- https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdf

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