The invention discloses a method for reducing residue output in a sodium hydrosulfite production process, the method comprises the following steps: S1, pumping sodium hydrosulfite rectification residual liquid into a first-effect evaporator, heating with steam, evaporating, and concentrating in a second-effect evaporator to obtain concentrated liquid and condensate; s2, feeding the concentrated solution into a curing kettle B, heating and concentrating with steam, discharging to a centrifugal head tank, feeding into a centrifugal machine, and centrifuging to obtain sodium formate and centrifugal mother liquor; s3, pumping the centrifugal mother liquor into a curing kettle A, continuously heating and concentrating with steam, adding methanol for extraction after concentration, removing supernatant liquid, connecting other materials with a metal hose, putting the other materials into a dryer, carrying out pressure filtration with nitrogen to obtain pressure filtration mother liquor, and treating the pressure filtration mother liquor to obtain sodium formate; s4, after the four-in-one mother liquor tank reaches a second preset liquid level, pumping liquid in the four-in-one mother liquor tank into an evaporation kettle, gasifying methanol, condensing and recycling so that a kettle bottom concentrated solution is sodium hydrosulfite residues. The method has the beneficial effect of reducing the generation amount of residues.