United States · Colorado · Updated for 2026
Colorado paycheck calculator 2026
On Colorado’s median pay of $59,800 in 2026, a single filer in Colorado takes home $48,043.38 a year ($1,847.82 every two weeks), after $4,996.00 federal income tax, $4,574.70 Social Security and Medicare, and $2,185.92 of Colorado tax and payroll contributions.
Change the pay, schedule, filing status or deductions below to see your own paycheck. It works as a Colorado salary calculator too: type a yearly salary or an hourly rate.
Take-home pay, 2026 · Colorado · single · paid every two weeks
$1,847.82 a paycheck
$48,043.38 a year · $4,003.62 a month · $23.10 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,300.00 | $59,800.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$192.15 | −$4,996.00 |
| Social Security | −$142.60 | −$3,707.60 |
| Medicare | −$33.35 | −$867.10 |
| Colorado income tax | −$73.95 | −$1,922.80 |
| Colorado paid family and medical leave (FAMLI) | −$10.12 | −$263.12 |
| Take-home pay | $1,847.82 | $48,043.38 |
An estimate of the year’s tax divided evenly across your 26 paychecks, not your employer’s exact withholding table. An hour assumes 40 hours a week for 52 weeks.
Estimate your 2026 tax refund on this pay, with the new deductions for tips and overtime.
Local tax not included
Denver takes a small monthly Occupational Privilege Tax from people who work in the city, and Aurora, Glendale, Greenwood Village and Sheridan have similar head taxes; this calculator leaves them out.
Federal income tax
Taxable income: $59,800 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $43,700.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $31,300 | $3,756.00 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $4,996.00 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $3,707.60 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $867.10 a year.
Colorado tax
Colorado taxes $59,800 of your pay, less the $16,100 federal standard deduction: $43,700 of taxable income.
Colorado income tax: $1,922.80 a year.
Colorado paid family and medical leave (FAMLI): $263.12 a year.
Taken from every paycheck, besides income tax: Colorado paid family and medical leave (FAMLI): 0.44% of pay up to $184,500.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 19.7%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 24.5%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 24 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 76 cents.
What are Colorado’s income tax rates for 2026?
Colorado has one rate, 4.4%, on your federal taxable income: your pay after the federal standard deduction of $16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly or $24,150 head of household. There are no brackets and no separate Colorado deduction.
If your income is over $300,000, Colorado lets you keep only $1,000 of the deduction ($2,000 on a joint return) and taxes the rest.
Also taken from pay, besides income tax: Colorado paid family and medical leave (FAMLI), 0.44% of pay up to $184,500.
How much tax do I pay on $59,800 in Colorado?
$59,800 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Colorado (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $59,800.00 | $2,300.00 |
| Federal income tax | $4,996.00 | $192.15 |
| Social Security | $3,707.60 | $142.60 |
| Medicare | $867.10 | $33.35 |
| Colorado income tax | $1,922.80 | $73.95 |
| Colorado paid family and medical leave (FAMLI) | $263.12 | $10.12 |
| Take-home pay | $48,043.38 | $1,847.82 |
Effective rate: 19.7% of pay in tax. Of the next dollar, about 24 cents goes in tax. Open this example in the paycheck calculator.
What is different about paychecks in Colorado?
Because Colorado starts from your federal taxable income, the state tax is simply 4.4% of the figure your federal tax is worked out on. On $60,000 of pay, a single filer owes $1,931.60 a year.
New for 2026: above $300,000 of income, the deduction you keep drops to $1,000 ($2,000 for a couple), much less than before. A single filer just over the line pays about $664.40 more Colorado tax than one just under it.
Colorado also takes a paid family and medical leave premium (FAMLI): 0.44% of pay up to $184,500. Most employers pay the same again, and some pay your share too.
When the state collects more than its TABOR limit, it can cut the rate for one year. This time revenue came in under the limit, so there is no cut for 2026: the rate stays at 4.4%, and there is no TABOR refund on 2026 returns.
Not final yet
Colorado has not published these 2026 figures yet, so this page uses the latest official amounts and will be updated when the state publishes: The deduction a head of household keeps above $300,000 of income: the state lists only single and joint limits, so the calculator uses the single $1,000.
How does Colorado compare with Utah and Kansas?
The same $59,800 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $2,185.92 | $48,043.38 | $1,847.82 |
| Utah | $2,235.73 | $47,993.57 | $1,845.91 |
| Kansas | $2,537.15 | $47,692.15 | $1,834.31 |
You take home $49.81 a year more in Colorado than in Utah.
You take home $351.23 a year more in Colorado than in Kansas.
What does this calculator leave out in Colorado?
- Colorado’s earned income credit, family affordability credit and child tax credit, which need children or the federal earned income credit.
- The add-back of the federal overtime deduction, and Colorado’s other additions and subtractions.
- Colorado charges FAMLI on gross pay. This calculator charges it on pay after health insurance and HSA taken before tax, so if you have those, its FAMLI figure can be a few dollars low.
- Dependents, and credits such as the child tax credit.
- One job for the whole calendar year, with the same pay every paycheck, no bonus and no overtime.
- A married couple filing jointly is one earner: the whole household income is this pay.
- The year’s tax is divided evenly across your paychecks. Your employer withholds from each paycheck using your W-4 and the IRS tables, so a paycheck can differ a little.
The full list is on the sources page, and the method on how we calculate.
Which other states can I check?
- Alabama state income tax
- Alaska no income tax
- Arizona state income tax
- Arkansas state income tax
- California state income tax
- Connecticut state income tax
- Delaware state income tax
- District of Columbia state income tax
- Florida no income tax
- Georgia state income tax
- Hawaii state income tax
- Idaho state income tax
- Illinois state income tax
- Indiana state income tax
- Iowa state income tax
- Kansas state income tax
- Kentucky state income tax
- Louisiana state income tax
- Maine state income tax
- Maryland state income tax
- Massachusetts state income tax
- Michigan state income tax
- Minnesota state income tax
- Mississippi state income tax
- Missouri state income tax
- Montana state income tax
- Nebraska state income tax
- Nevada no income tax
- New Hampshire no income tax
- New Jersey state income tax
- New Mexico state income tax
- New York state income tax
- North Carolina state income tax
- North Dakota state income tax
- Ohio state income tax
- Oklahoma state income tax
- Oregon state income tax
- Pennsylvania state income tax
- Rhode Island state income tax
- South Carolina state income tax
- South Dakota no income tax
- Tennessee no income tax
- Texas no income tax
- Utah state income tax
- Vermont state income tax
- Virginia state income tax
- Washington no income tax
- West Virginia state income tax
- Wisconsin state income tax
- Wyoming no income tax
Every state on one page: the US paycheck calculator. How the taxes work: US paycheck guides.
Pay by job: the highest paying jobs in Colorado after tax, and 830 jobs with their pay in every state. Your federal refund for 2026, with the new deductions: the tax refund calculator.
On an hourly wage? The Colorado minimum wage, with full-time pay and take-home pay.
Questions about paychecks in Colorado
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Colorado?
On $59,800 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $192.15 federal income tax, $175.95 Social Security and Medicare and $84.07 for Colorado (tax and payroll contributions) a paycheck, leaving $1,847.82.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Colorado?
$75,048.40 a year, or $2,886.48 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Colorado state tax taken out of every paycheck?
Yes. Employers in Colorado withhold state income tax from each paycheck along with federal tax. This calculator spreads the year’s tax evenly across your paychecks, so a single paycheck can differ a little.
What is Colorado’s income tax rate in 2026?
4.4%, one rate for everyone, on your federal taxable income (pay after the federal standard deduction).
Does Colorado have a standard deduction?
Not its own. It starts from your federal taxable income, so the federal standard deduction ($16,100 for a single filer) is already taken off. Above $300,000 of income, Colorado allows only $1,000 of it ($2,000 on a joint return).
What is the FAMLI deduction on my Colorado paycheck?
Colorado’s paid family and medical leave premium. In 2026 the worker’s share is 0.44% of pay up to $184,500, at most $811.80 a year.