2023 Maryland Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Maryland paid $19,540 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $426 more than the national average. See where that money went.

Maryland
Health $5,360.34
* Includes $4,404.28 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $47.94 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $32.40 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $5,224.09
* Includes $3,802.40 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $3,041.24 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,788.01 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,180.93 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $721.24 for Military Personnel
* Includes $721.24 for Military Personnel
* Includes $254.57 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $127.71 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $114.76 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $113.12 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $89.21 for Boeing
* Includes $33.01 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $3.39 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,257.69
Unemployment and Labor $1,460.93
* Includes $112.82 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $29.98 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $23.04 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,172.97
* Includes $738.77 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $354.08 for K-12 Education
Government $903.58
* Includes $78.77 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $22.82 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $810.39
* Includes $528.03 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $114.66 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $611.65
* Includes $215.82 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $121.00 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $210.17
* Includes $147.48 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $59.41 for Diplomacy
Transportation $189.28
* Includes $24.88 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $23.64 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $176.93
* Includes $48.13 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $14.62 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $11.08 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $161.97
* Includes $95.95 for NASA
* Includes $8.86 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $19,540
US AVERAGE $19,113

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