Nebraska Wage Garnishment Calculator
Nebraska lowers the cap to 15% for a head of a family; other workers get the federal 25% / $217.50 limit.
Fifteen percent for a head of a family
(c) Fifteen percent of his or her disposable earnings for that week, if the individual is a head of a family.
An Omaha weekly paycheck
An Omaha worker grossing $880.00 a week with $150.00 withheld can lose $182.50 if they support no one else. If they actually support relatives they are obliged to support, Nebraska’s head-of-family rule limits the garnishment to $109.50.
Who counts as a head of a family
- "Head of a family" means someone who actually supports and maintains relatives by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship, based on a moral or legal obligation.§1
- For pay periods other than a week, Nebraska’s Commissioner of Labor sets the equivalent multiple of the federal minimum wage by regulation.§1
- Nebraska’s $15.00 minimum wage does not change the 30-times-federal floor.§2
- The statute says the exemptions “shall be granted to any person so entitled without any further proceedings,” and no court may enforce an order that violates them.§1
- An employer may not discharge you because your earnings were garnished for any one debt, and any assignment or sale of exempt wages is void.§1