2023 Maine Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Maine paid $13,159 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $5,953 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Maine
Health $3,609.86
* Includes $2,966.02 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $32.29 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $21.82 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,518.11
* Includes $2,560.69 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,048.09 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,204.12 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $795.28 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $485.71 for Military Personnel
* Includes $485.71 for Military Personnel
* Includes $171.44 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $86.00 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $77.28 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $76.18 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $60.08 for Boeing
* Includes $22.23 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.28 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,193.86
Unemployment and Labor $983.85
* Includes $75.98 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $20.19 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $15.52 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $789.92
* Includes $497.51 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $238.45 for K-12 Education
Government $608.50
* Includes $53.05 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $15.37 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $545.75
* Includes $355.60 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $77.22 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $411.91
* Includes $145.34 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $82.16 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $141.54
* Includes $99.32 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $40.01 for Diplomacy
Transportation $127.47
* Includes $16.75 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $15.92 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $119.15
* Includes $32.42 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $9.85 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $7.46 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $109.08
* Includes $64.62 for NASA
* Includes $5.97 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $13,159
US AVERAGE $19,113

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