Take-home pay in Colorado by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Colorado keeps $78,252 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,254 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,252 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Colorado, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,600 more than as a C corporation.

Colorado, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,746	$74,254	74%
Single-member LLC	$25,762	$74,238	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,748	$78,252	78%
S corporation	$21,748	$78,252	78%
C corporation	$30,348	$69,652	70%

What Colorado takes from a business owner

Colorado taxes personal income at a flat 4.4% (2026).tax.colorado.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026
An LLC pays the state Periodic Report, $25 a yearsos.state.co.us, checked Oct 24, 2026.
An S corp in Colorado can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 4.4%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totaltax.colorado.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Colorado unemployment tax at 3.05% on the first $30,600 of salary in the first yearcdle.colorado.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,932	$38,914	$38,324	$38,324	$36,077
$100,000	$74,254	$74,238	$78,252	$78,252	$69,652
$150,000	$106,968	$106,951	$113,688	$113,688	$99,032
$250,000	$173,999	$173,985	$182,939	$182,939	$159,419
$500,000	$310,632	$310,617	$337,763	$337,763	$303,828

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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