2023 Alabama Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Alabama paid $13,174 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $5,939 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Alabama
Health $3,613.98
* Includes $2,969.40 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $32.32 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $21.84 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,522.12
* Includes $2,563.60 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,050.42 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,205.49 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $796.19 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $486.26 for Military Personnel
* Includes $486.26 for Military Personnel
* Includes $171.63 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $86.10 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $77.37 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $76.26 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $60.14 for Boeing
* Includes $22.26 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.29 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,196.36
Unemployment and Labor $984.97
* Includes $76.07 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $20.21 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $15.53 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $790.82
* Includes $498.08 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $238.72 for K-12 Education
Government $609.20
* Includes $53.11 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $15.39 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $546.37
* Includes $356.00 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $77.31 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $412.38
* Includes $145.51 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $82.25 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $141.70
* Includes $99.43 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $40.05 for Diplomacy
Transportation $127.62
* Includes $16.77 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $15.94 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $119.29
* Includes $32.45 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $9.86 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $7.47 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $109.20
* Includes $64.69 for NASA
* Includes $5.98 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $13,174
US AVERAGE $19,113

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