Colorado Paycheck Calculator
Estimate your Colorado take-home pay after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
Colorado keeps its income tax simple, which makes a paycheck here easier to predict. Colorado has a constitutionally-mandated flat income tax rate of 4.40% for 2026.
Enter your hourly or salary pay below and the calculator gives you your Colorado take-home pay, with federal tax, FICA, and the state's flat income tax already taken out at 2026 rates.
How Colorado paycheck tax works
Colorado has a constitutionally-mandated flat income tax rate of 4.40% for 2026. Withholding annualizes wages, subtracts a Form DR 0004 annual allowance (default $5,500 for single/other, $11,000 for married filing jointly), then applies 4.40%. The flat 4.40% rate also applies to supplemental wages such as bonuses.
The calculator annualizes your pay and applies Colorado's 2026 flat-rate withholding on top of federal income tax and FICA. Treat the result as a close estimate; your employer may withhold from per-period tables that differ slightly.
Frequently asked questions
What is Colorado's income tax rate?
Colorado has a flat 4.40% income tax rate for 2026, applied to taxable wages after the DR 0004 allowance.
What deduction does Colorado use for withholding?
Colorado subtracts the Form DR 0004 annual allowance, which defaults to $5,500 for single filers and $11,000 for married filing jointly when only a W-4 is on file.
How are bonuses taxed in Colorado?
Bonuses are withheld at the same flat 4.40% rate as regular wages.
Does Colorado have local income taxes?
No Colorado municipality levies a wage income tax.
Source: Colorado Dept. of Revenue, DR 1098 / DR 0004 (2026).