2023 North Carolina Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in North Carolina paid $15,035 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,078 less than the national average. See where that money went.

North Carolina
Health $4,124.50
* Includes $3,388.86 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $36.89 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $24.93 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,019.66
* Includes $2,925.75 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,340.07 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,375.78 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $908.66 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $554.96 for Military Personnel
* Includes $554.96 for Military Personnel
* Includes $195.88 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $98.27 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $88.30 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $87.04 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $68.64 for Boeing
* Includes $25.40 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.61 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,506.62
Unemployment and Labor $1,124.11
* Includes $86.81 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $23.07 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $17.73 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $902.54
* Includes $568.44 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $272.45 for K-12 Education
Government $695.26
* Includes $60.61 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $17.56 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $623.55
* Includes $406.29 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $88.23 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $470.63
* Includes $166.06 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $93.87 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $161.72
* Includes $113.48 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $45.71 for Diplomacy
Transportation $145.64
* Includes $19.14 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $18.19 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $136.14
* Includes $37.04 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.25 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.53 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $124.63
* Includes $73.83 for NASA
* Includes $6.82 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $15,035
US AVERAGE $19,113

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