Colorado paycheck calculator: take-home pay 2026

In Colorado, your paycheck loses federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax at a flat 4.4%, plus FAMLI paid leave. Enter your pay to see your take-home pay in Colorado for 2026.

Your pay

How you're paid

HourlySalary

Hours a week

State

Hours over 40 count at your regular rate here. For time and a half, use the overtime calculator.

Filing status

How often you're paid

Pre-tax deductions

401(k), % of pay

Health, per paycheck

A traditional 401(k) lowers income tax but not Social Security or Medicare. Health premiums through work lower both.

Take-home pay, every 2 weeks

$1,621.29 a paycheck

$25 an hour is $52,000 a year before tax in Colorado, about $42,154 after tax ($3,513 a month) for a single filer working 40 hours a week in 2026.

A year$42,154
A month$3,512.80
A paycheck$1,621.29
An hour$20.27

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Where your pay goes

Take-home pay$42,15481.1%
Federal income tax$4,0607.8%
Social Security and Medicare$3,9787.7%
Colorado taxes$1,8083.5%

Breakdown

YearMonthPaycheckHour

Pay and taxes, per paycheck
Gross pay	$2,000.00
Federal income tax	−$156.15
Social Security	−$124.00
Medicare	−$29.00
Colorado income tax	−$60.75
Colorado FAMLI paid leave	−$8.80
Total taxes	−$378.71
Take-home pay	$1,621.29

Effective tax rate: 18.9%
Marginal tax rate: 24.5%
Federal bracket: 12%
Colorado bracket: 4.4%

The marginal rate is the tax on your next dollar, all taxes included, measured over the next $1,000 of pay.

Compare all 50 states and DC

Take-home pay on $52,000 a year, filing single. State taxes include state payroll contributions; other local taxes are left out.

State	A year	A month	State taxes	Difference
1	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
2	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
3	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
4	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
5	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
6	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
7	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
8	$43,962	$3,664	$0	+$1,808
9	$43,702	$3,642	$260	+$1,548
10	$43,241	$3,603	$721	+$1,087
11	$43,065	$3,589	$898	+$911
12	$42,976	$3,581	$987	+$822
13	$42,830	$3,569	$1,132	+$676
14	$42,787	$3,566	$1,175	+$634
15	$42,684	$3,557	$1,278	+$530
16	$42,638	$3,553	$1,324	+$484
17	$42,614	$3,551	$1,348	+$460
18	$42,597	$3,550	$1,365	+$443
19	$42,526	$3,544	$1,436	+$372
20	$42,484	$3,540	$1,478	+$330
21	$42,476	$3,540	$1,486	+$322
22	$42,458	$3,538	$1,505	+$304
23	$42,434	$3,536	$1,529	+$280
24	$42,396	$3,533	$1,566	+$242
25	$42,329	$3,527	$1,633	+$176
26	$42,314	$3,526	$1,648	+$161
27	$42,287	$3,524	$1,675	+$133
28	$42,275	$3,523	$1,687	+$121
29	$42,260	$3,522	$1,702	+$106
30	$42,228	$3,519	$1,734	+$74
31	$42,193	$3,516	$1,769	+$39
32	$42,175	$3,515	$1,787	+$21
33	$42,168	$3,514	$1,795	+$14
34	$42,154	$3,513	$1,808	Selected
35	$42,116	$3,510	$1,846	−$38
36	$42,057	$3,505	$1,905	−$97
37	$42,008	$3,501	$1,954	−$146
38	$42,003	$3,500	$1,959	−$151
39	$41,870	$3,489	$2,092	−$284
40	$41,860	$3,488	$2,102	−$294
41	$41,805	$3,484	$2,157	−$349
42	$41,803	$3,484	$2,159	−$351
43	$41,786	$3,482	$2,176	−$368
44	$41,721	$3,477	$2,241	−$433
45	$41,545	$3,462	$2,417	−$609
46	$41,533	$3,461	$2,429	−$620
47	$41,533	$3,461	$2,429	−$621
48	$41,495	$3,458	$2,467	−$658
49	$41,443	$3,454	$2,519	−$711
50	$40,405	$3,367	$3,557	−$1,748
51	$40,236	$3,353	$3,726	−$1,918

How Colorado taxes your paycheck

Colorado taxes income at a flat 4.4%. It starts from federal taxable income, so the federal standard deduction applies.

From 2026, the new federal overtime deduction is added back for Colorado tax. It does not affect this calculator, which counts all pay as regular pay.

Required payroll deductions

Colorado FAMLI paid leave: 0.44% of pay up to $184,500. Employees pay up to half of the 0.88% premium.

Local income tax

Denver, Aurora, Glendale, Greenwood Village and Sheridan charge small flat monthly occupational privilege taxes (Denver's employee share is $5.75 a month). These are not included here.

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Minimum wage

$15.16 an hour after taxes

Hourly pay, 40 hours a week

Yearly salary

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How this calculator works

Your pay becomes a yearly amount. Hourly pay counts your hours a week for 52 weeks, so paid holidays and vacation count as worked weeks.
Federal income tax uses the 2026 IRS brackets and standard deduction for your filing status: $16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly and $24,150 head of household. With a 2026 Form W-4 and nothing else filled in, this is what IRS Publication 15-T has your employer withhold over the year.
Social Security is 6.2% of pay up to $184,500. Medicare is 1.45% of all pay, plus 0.9% on pay over $200,000.
State income tax uses each state's 2026 brackets, standard deduction and personal exemptions for a full-year resident with no dependents. Required state payroll deductions, like paid family leave or disability insurance, are included.
It assumes one job all year and no other income, credits or itemized deductions. Dependents and the Child Tax Credit are not included, so if you file as head of household or claim children on your Form W-4, your federal tax will usually be lower than shown. Your real paycheck can differ by a few dollars, because payroll rounds each paycheck and some states use their own withholding tables.
Hours over 40 a week count at your regular rate. For time and a half, use the overtime calculator. A 401(k) is held to the 2026 IRS limit of $24,500; catch-up contributions at 50 and older are not included.

Common questions

How much is taken out of a paycheck in Colorado?

On $25 an hour, 40 hours a week, a single filer in Colorado pays about 18.9% of pay in taxes and keeps $42,154 a year, or $1,621.29 every 2 weeks. On a $60,000 salary it is 19.7%, leaving $48,194 a year.

What is the Colorado income tax rate in 2026?