2023 Virginia Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Virginia paid $19,339 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $226 more than the national average. See where that money went.

Virginia
Health $5,305.20
* Includes $4,358.98 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $47.45 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $32.07 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $5,170.35
* Includes $3,763.29 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $3,009.95 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,769.62 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,168.78 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $713.82 for Military Personnel
* Includes $713.82 for Military Personnel
* Includes $251.95 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $126.40 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $113.58 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $111.95 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $88.29 for Boeing
* Includes $32.67 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $3.36 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,224.18
Unemployment and Labor $1,445.90
* Includes $111.66 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $29.67 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $22.80 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,160.90
* Includes $731.17 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $350.44 for K-12 Education
Government $894.28
* Includes $77.96 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $22.59 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $802.05
* Includes $522.60 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $113.48 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $605.36
* Includes $213.60 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $120.74 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $208.01
* Includes $145.97 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $58.79 for Diplomacy
Transportation $187.34
* Includes $24.62 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $23.39 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $175.11
* Includes $47.64 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $14.47 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $10.97 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $160.30
* Includes $94.96 for NASA
* Includes $8.77 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $19,339
US AVERAGE $19,113

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