New Hampshire Wage Garnishment Calculator
New Hampshire protects 50 times the federal minimum wage ($362.50 a week), and only wages already earned when the writ is served can be reached.
Trustee process reaches only earned wages
- Wages for work done after the writ is served are exempt, so each trustee process captures pay for work already performed rather than running indefinitely.§1
- Wages earned before service are reachable only to enforce a judgment of a New Hampshire court.§1
- The employer must pay you the exempt amount on your usual payday.§1
- In actions on small loans under RSA 399-A, the statute separately exempts $50 a week.§1
Fifty hours of the federal minimum
the wages of the defendant earned before the service of a writ upon the trustee founded upon a debt on a judgment to the amount of 50 times the minimum hourly wage as established by the Fair Labor Standards Act for each week shall be exempt.
A Manchester weekly check
New Hampshire protects $362.50 a week. A Manchester worker grossing $610.00 with $75.00 withheld has $535.00 disposable; the protected amount leaves $172.50 above it, and the federal 25% ($133.75) is smaller, so it decides: $133.75.