2023 the United States Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in the United States paid $19,113 in federal income taxes in 2023. See where that money went.

the United States
Health $5,243.20
* Includes $4,308.04 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $46.89 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $31.69 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $5,109.93
* Includes $3,719.31 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,974.78 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,748.94 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,155.12 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $705.48 for Military Personnel
* Includes $705.48 for Military Personnel
* Includes $249.01 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $124.92 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $112.25 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $110.64 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $87.26 for Boeing
* Includes $32.29 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $3.32 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,186.51
Unemployment and Labor $1,429.01
* Includes $110.36 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $29.33 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $22.54 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,147.34
* Includes $722.62 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $346.34 for K-12 Education
Government $883.83
* Includes $77.05 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $22.32 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $792.68
* Includes $516.49 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $112.16 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $598.28
* Includes $211.10 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $119.33 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $205.58
* Includes $144.26 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $58.11 for Diplomacy
Transportation $185.15
* Includes $24.33 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $23.12 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $173.07
* Includes $47.08 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $14.31 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $10.84 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $158.43
* Includes $93.85 for NASA
* Includes $8.67 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $19,113

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