2023 New Mexico Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in New Mexico paid $11,285 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $7,828 less than the national average. See where that money went.

New Mexico
Health $3,095.78
* Includes $2,543.62 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $27.69 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $18.71 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,017.09
* Includes $2,196.01 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $1,756.41 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,032.64 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $682.02 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $416.54 for Military Personnel
* Includes $416.54 for Military Personnel
* Includes $147.02 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $73.76 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $66.28 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $65.33 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $51.52 for Boeing
* Includes $19.06 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $1.96 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $1,881.43
Unemployment and Labor $843.74
* Includes $65.16 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $17.32 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $13.31 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $677.43
* Includes $426.66 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $204.49 for K-12 Education
Government $521.85
* Includes $45.49 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $13.18 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $468.03
* Includes $304.95 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $66.22 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $353.25
* Includes $124.64 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $70.46 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $121.38
* Includes $85.18 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $34.31 for Diplomacy
Transportation $109.32
* Includes $14.37 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $13.65 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $102.19
* Includes $27.80 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $8.45 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $6.40 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $93.54
* Includes $55.41 for NASA
* Includes $5.12 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $11,285
US AVERAGE $19,113

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