2023 Alaska Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Alaska paid $15,814 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $3,299 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Alaska
Health $4,338.20
* Includes $3,564.45 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $38.80 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $26.22 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,227.93
* Includes $3,077.34 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,461.32 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,447.07 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $955.74 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $583.71 for Military Personnel
* Includes $583.71 for Military Personnel
* Includes $206.03 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $103.36 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $92.87 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $91.55 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $72.20 for Boeing
* Includes $26.72 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.74 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,636.50
Unemployment and Labor $1,182.35
* Includes $91.31 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $24.27 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $18.65 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $949.30
* Includes $597.89 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $286.56 for K-12 Education
Government $731.28
* Includes $63.75 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $18.47 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $655.86
* Includes $427.34 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $92.80 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $495.02
* Includes $174.67 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $98.74 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $170.10
* Includes $119.36 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $48.08 for Diplomacy
Transportation $153.19
* Includes $20.13 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $19.13 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $143.20
* Includes $38.96 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.84 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.97 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $131.08
* Includes $77.65 for NASA
* Includes $7.17 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $15,814
US AVERAGE $19,113

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