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Colorado · FAMLI

Colorado FAMLI Paid Leave Calculator

Colorado FAMLI pays 90% of your wage up to half the state average and 50% above it, up to $1,448.02 a week from July 1, 2026, for up to 12 weeks.

Colorado FAMLI estimate

Reason for leave
All jobs covered by the program, before tax and deductions.
Pay changed recently? Enter it quarter by quarter

Programs look at the wages paid in specific calendar quarters. Leave a box empty to use your pay above for that quarter.

Up to 12 weeks a year; 12 more if your newborn is in neonatal intensive care (claims from 2026).
Sets which year's maximum and rules apply.

Estimated weekly benefit · Bonding with a new child

$975.63/week

Total for 12 weeks: $11,707.56Replaces 75% of your weekly wage

  • Verified figures · Jul–Dec 2026
Your average weekly wage (highest base-period quarter ÷ 13)$1,307.69
90% of wages $0–$804.46$724.01
50% of wages $804–$1,307.69$251.62
Weekly benefit$975.63
Weeks paid × weekly benefit12 × $975.63
Total benefit for this leave$11,707.56
FAMLI premium (employee half) 0.44% up to $184,500$299.20/yr
Your payroll deduction$299.20/yr · $5.75/wk

What this leaves out: the recalculation FAMLI applies to claims in progress on July 1, the extra weeks for pregnancy complications or NICU stays, the 8-hour minimum before benefits are payable, and private plans.

Rule window: Jul 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026. Source: Colorado FAMLI Division · checked · all sources

Your leave, week by week

  • Benefit
  • Usual pay
  • Unpaid waiting week
  • Waiting week paid back
  • Weekly maximum

How Colorado FAMLI works out your benefit

FAMLI uses a single quarter: one-thirteenth of the wages paid in the highest-earning quarter of your base period.

That weekly wage is replaced at 90% up to half the state average weekly wage — $804.46 since July 1, 2026 ($767.47 before) — and at 50% above it. The maximum is 90% of the state average: $1,381.45 through June 30, 2026, and $1,448.02 from July 1, 2026.

Colorado is unusual: when the state average changes on July 1, FAMLI recalculates claims that are already in progress, so a leave that spans July 1 can be paid at two rates.

Colorado figures by date

Figures for leaves (claims) whose first day falls in each window. Sources are numbered below.
WindowWeekly maximumOther figuresYour contribution
Jan 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 $1,381.45 State average weekly wage: $1,534.94
 FAMLI premium (employee half): 0.44% up to $184,500
Jul 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 $1,448.02 State average weekly wage: $1,608.91
 FAMLI premium (employee half): 0.44% up to $184,500
Jan 1, 2027 – Jun 30, 2027 $1,448.02 State average weekly wage: $1,608.91
 FAMLI premium (employee half): 0.43%

After the last window, the calculator switches to an explicit “enter the official figure” mode rather than reusing an old maximum.

Worked example

Take a worker paid $68,000 a year with steady pay, taking 12 weeks off (bonding with a new child) from Oct 5, 2026, when the figures for Jul 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 apply. Colorado FAMLI uses the highest base-period quarter ÷ 13: $1,307.69 (highest quarter $17,000).

The formula gives 90% × $804.46 = $724.01 + 50% × $503.24 = $251.62: a weekly benefit of $975.63, or 75% of their usual weekly pay. 12 paid weeks come to $11,707.56.

Over a year, their own payroll contribution is $299.20 — about $5.75 a week.

At $200,000 a year, the same leave pays $1,448.02 a week — the maximum, 38% of that worker’s weekly pay, for a yearly contribution of $811.80.

What catches people out in Colorado

  • The premium drops in 2027: 0.88% of wages in 2026 and 0.86% in 2027, up to the Social Security cap. Employers may take up to half from your pay.
  • Extra weeks exist: 4 more for pregnancy or childbirth complications, and — for claims from 2026 — 12 more when a newborn is in neonatal intensive care.
  • You need $2,500 in base-period wages to qualify.
  • No waiting period, but at least 8 hours of leave must accumulate before any benefit is payable.

Official Colorado resources

Related programs

Programs built on the same 90% / 50% two-band formula.

Sources for this page

  1. Colorado FAMLI Division: C.R.S. Title 8, Article 13.3 (as revised Aug. 6, 2025), linked from Rules & Guidance. Supplies: 90% up to half the state AWW plus 50% above; max 90% of state AWW; AWW = highest quarter ÷ 13; 0.88% premium for 2026; $2,500 eligibility; durations. Checked .
  2. Colorado FAMLI Division: Rules & guidance (state average weekly wage notices; 7 CCR 1107). Supplies: State AWW $1,534.94 / max $1,381.45 (from July 1, 2025); $1,608.91 / $1,448.02 (from July 1, 2026); 2027 premium 0.86%; in-progress claims recalculated. Checked .
  3. Colorado FAMLI Division: Employers. Supplies: Premium split 0.44% employer / 0.44% employee. Checked .
  4. Colorado FAMLI Division: Individuals and families FAQs. Supplies: No waiting period. Checked .

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