Colorado
For Colorado, program name is FAMLI; benefits start date is January 1, 2024; total contribution rate is 0.88%; employer share is split with employee; employee share is split with employer, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-10-06.
- State
- Colorado verified
- Program name
- FAMLI
- Benefits start date
- January 1, 2024
- Total contribution rate
- 0.88% verified
- Employer share
- split with employee our reading
- Employee share
- split with employer our reading
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,448.02 verified
- Wage replacement formula
- 90 percent of the employee's wage up to 50 percent of SAWW plus 50 percent of the employee's wage over 50 percent of SAWW; maximum benefit is 90 percent of SAWW
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Medical leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee (small businesses exempt from employer contribution) our reading
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, NICU leave, military exigency, safe leave our reading
- Program website
- https://famli.colorado.gov/ our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
In Colorado, the statute prescribed tax rates and wage bases set at .9 percent with contributions split between workers and employers for the program’s first two years, 2024 and 2025. In 2026, the rate dropped slightly to .88 percent. The taxable wage base is the Social Security cap. Small businesses are not required to contribute to the program. Colorado’s law was expanded beginning in 2026 to include an additional 12 weeks of leave for parents with babies in a neonatal intensive care unit—the first state in the country to offer NICU leave. The law also includes both military exigency leave and “safe” leave for survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. See Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
These values are stated in different places, and not all on the same page, so each is shown with the passage that states it and the source that passage came from.
Total contribution rate
The 2026 premium rate is set at 0.88% of employees' wages.
— from famli.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Maximum weekly benefit
The Colorado average weekly wage for 2026-2027 is $1,608.91. This means that the first $804.46 of an individual’s average weekly wage will be replaced at a rate of 90%, and the rest will be replaced at 50%, up to the maximum benefit amount of $1,448.02.
— from famli.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Family leave duration
Colorado workers can receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year
— from famli.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Sources
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/
- famli.colorado.govhttps://famli.colorado.gov/
- famli.colorado.govhttps://famli.colorado.gov/individuals-and-families/how-famli-works/premium-and-benefits-calculator