Colorado paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Colorado take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 22, 2026
Colorado taxes wages at a flat 4.4%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Colorado comes to about $1,854 a paycheck, after $74 of Colorado income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
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Take-home pay
$1,999per paycheck
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,500 | $65,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$216 | −$5,620 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$155 | −$4,030 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$36 | −$943 |
| Colorado income tax | −$83 | −$2,152 |
| Paid Family and Medical Leave (FAMLI) | −$11 | −$286 |
| Take-home | $1,999 | $51,970 |
An estimate for 2026: the year's income tax spread evenly over your paychecks, using the standard deduction. Your employer uses the IRS withholding tables and your W-4, so a real paycheck can be a little different. Credits (like the child tax credit), other income and local taxes aren't included.
How Colorado taxes a paycheck
Colorado hadn't published its 2026 figures when we checked, so the state part uses its 2025 figures. Federal figures are for 2026.
- Colorado taxes income at one flat rate of 4.4%. The rate table in the Department of Revenue's Individual Income Tax Guide lists 4.4% for tax year 2025, the latest year it shows.
- Colorado income tax is based on federal taxable income, so the federal standard deduction is the deduction here, and a 401(k) deferral is already out of it.
- FAMLI premiums are set at 0.88% of wages, split 0.44% employer and 0.44% employee, on wages up to the federal Social Security wage cap. The FAMLI Division recalculates the rate every year after 2025, so it may change.
Colorado has a flat income tax of 4.4%. It starts from federal taxable income, so the federal standard deduction counts. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Colorado taxable pay.
| Rate | Taxable income, single |
|---|---|
| 4.4% | $0 and up |
What else comes out of a Colorado paycheck
- Paid Family and Medical Leave (FAMLI): 0.44% of wages, on the first $184,500.
A worked example
$60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks (26 paychecks of $2,307.69), with nothing taken out before tax:
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,308 | $60,000 |
| Federal income tax | $193 | $5,020 |
| Social Security | $143 | $3,720 |
| Medicare | $33 | $870 |
| Colorado income tax | $74 | $1,932 |
| Paid Family and Medical Leave (FAMLI) | $10 | $264 |
| Take-home | $1,854 | $48,194 |
Other states
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Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Colorado?
About $48,194 a year, or $1,854 a paycheck paid every two weeks, for a single filer with no 401(k) or health insurance through work. Federal income tax is $5,020, Social Security $3,720, Medicare $870, and Colorado income tax $1,932, plus $264 for Paid Family and Medical Leave (FAMLI).
Does Colorado have a state income tax?
Yes. Colorado taxes wages at a flat 4.4%.
Does a 401(k) lower Colorado income tax?
Yes. Colorado leaves traditional 401(k) contributions out of taxable wages, like the federal tax does. Putting $3,600 a year in (6% of $60,000) lowers Colorado tax by about $158.
Sources
8 sources · read October 22, 2026
Every number on this page comes from tax.colorado.gov, famli.colorado.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Colorado Department of Revenue: Individual Income Tax Guidetax.colorado.gov
- 2Colorado FAMLI: Employersfamli.colorado.gov
- 3IRS: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 tax brackets and standard deduction)irs.gov
- 4IRS: Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates (2026 wage base $184,500)irs.gov
- 5IRS: Topic 560, Additional Medicare Taxirs.gov
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