2023 Missouri Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Missouri paid $14,702 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,410 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Missouri
Health $4,033.15
* Includes $3,313.81 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $36.07 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $24.38 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,930.63
* Includes $2,860.95 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,288.24 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,345.31 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $888.53 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $542.66 for Military Personnel
* Includes $542.66 for Military Personnel
* Includes $191.54 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $96.09 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $86.34 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $85.11 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $67.12 for Boeing
* Includes $24.84 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.55 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,451.11
Unemployment and Labor $1,099.21
* Includes $84.89 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $22.56 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $17.34 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $882.55
* Includes $555.85 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $266.41 for K-12 Education
Government $679.86
* Includes $59.27 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $17.17 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $609.74
* Includes $397.29 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $86.27 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $460.21
* Includes $162.38 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $91.79 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $158.13
* Includes $110.97 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $44.70 for Diplomacy
Transportation $142.42
* Includes $18.72 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $17.78 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $133.13
* Includes $36.22 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.00 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.34 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $121.87
* Includes $72.19 for NASA
* Includes $6.67 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $14,702
US AVERAGE $19,113

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