2023 South Dakota Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in South Dakota paid $15,383 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $3,730 less than the national average. See where that money went.

South Dakota
Health $4,219.97
* Includes $3,467.30 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $37.74 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $25.51 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,112.70
* Includes $2,993.47 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,394.23 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,407.63 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $929.69 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $567.80 for Military Personnel
* Includes $567.80 for Military Personnel
* Includes $200.41 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $100.54 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $90.34 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $89.05 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $70.23 for Boeing
* Includes $25.99 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.67 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,564.64
Unemployment and Labor $1,150.13
* Includes $88.82 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $23.60 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $18.14 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $923.43
* Includes $581.60 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $278.75 for K-12 Education
Government $711.35
* Includes $62.01 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $17.97 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $637.98
* Includes $415.69 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $90.27 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $481.52
* Includes $169.91 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $96.05 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $165.46
* Includes $116.11 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $46.77 for Diplomacy
Transportation $149.02
* Includes $19.58 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $18.61 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $139.29
* Includes $37.89 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.51 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.73 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $127.51
* Includes $75.54 for NASA
* Includes $6.98 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $15,383
US AVERAGE $19,113

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