# Colorado — State paid family and medical leave program contribution rates, benefits, and eligibility

For Colorado, program name is FAMLI; benefits start date is January 1, 2024; total contribution rate is 0.88 percent; employer share is split between employer and employee; employee share is split between employer and employee, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Colorado _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Program name:** FAMLI _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Benefits start date:** January 1, 2024
- **Total contribution rate:** 0.88 percent
- **Employer share:** split between employer and employee
- **Employee share:** split between employer and employee
- **Maximum weekly benefit:** $1,381.45
- **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
- **Family leave duration:** 12 weeks _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Medical leave duration:** 12 weeks _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Employer size threshold:** 1 employee
- **Covered reasons:** bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military exigency, safe leave for survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault, NICU leave _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Program website:** https://famli.colorado.gov/ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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 <https://famli.colorado.gov/individuals-and-families> Colorado Department of Labor and Employment .

## Source

- https://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2026-12-13.
Part of [State paid family and medical leave program contribution rates, benefits, and eligibility](https://referencesource.org/state-paid-family-leave-programs/).