2023 the District of Columbia Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in the District of Columbia paid $32,433 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $13,319 more than the national average. See where that money went.

the District of Columbia
Health $8,897.23
* Includes $7,310.34 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $79.57 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $53.78 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $8,671.08
* Includes $6,311.32 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $5,047.92 for Pentagon
* Includes $2,967.79 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,960.13 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $1,197.13 for Military Personnel
* Includes $1,197.13 for Military Personnel
* Includes $422.54 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $211.98 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $190.47 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $187.75 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $148.07 for Boeing
* Includes $54.79 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $5.63 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $5,407.21
Unemployment and Labor $2,424.89
* Includes $187.27 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $49.77 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $38.24 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,946.92
* Includes $1,226.22 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $587.71 for K-12 Education
Government $1,499.78
* Includes $130.74 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $37.88 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $1,345.10
* Includes $876.44 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $190.32 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $1,015.23
* Includes $358.22 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $202.50 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $348.85
* Includes $244.80 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $98.60 for Diplomacy
Transportation $314.18
* Includes $41.29 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $39.23 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $293.68
* Includes $79.89 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $24.27 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $18.40 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $268.84
* Includes $159.26 for NASA
* Includes $14.71 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $32,433
US AVERAGE $19,113

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