2023 Washington Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Washington paid $23,444 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,330 more than the national average. See where that money went.

Washington
Health $6,431.31
* Includes $5,284.24 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $57.52 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $38.87 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $6,267.84
* Includes $4,562.10 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $3,648.86 for Pentagon
* Includes $2,145.25 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,416.87 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $865.34 for Military Personnel
* Includes $865.34 for Military Personnel
* Includes $305.43 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $153.23 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $137.68 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $135.72 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $107.03 for Boeing
* Includes $39.61 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $4.07 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,908.57
Unemployment and Labor $1,752.82
* Includes $135.36 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $35.97 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $27.64 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,407.32
* Includes $886.37 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $424.82 for K-12 Education
Government $1,084.11
* Includes $94.51 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $27.38 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $972.30
* Includes $633.53 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $137.57 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $733.85
* Includes $258.94 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $146.37 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $252.16
* Includes $176.95 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $71.27 for Diplomacy
Transportation $227.10
* Includes $29.85 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $28.36 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $212.28
* Includes $57.75 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $17.55 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $13.30 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $194.33
* Includes $115.12 for NASA
* Includes $10.63 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $23,444
US AVERAGE $19,113

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