2023 South Carolina Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in South Carolina paid $13,646 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $5,467 less than the national average. See where that money went.

South Carolina
Health $3,743.46
* Includes $3,075.79 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $33.48 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $22.63 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,648.31
* Includes $2,655.45 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,123.88 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,248.68 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $824.71 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $503.69 for Military Personnel
* Includes $503.69 for Military Personnel
* Includes $177.78 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $89.19 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $80.14 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $78.00 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $62.30 for Boeing
* Includes $23.05 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.37 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,275.05
Unemployment and Labor $1,020.26
* Includes $78.79 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $20.94 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $16.09 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $819.16
* Includes $515.93 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $247.28 for K-12 Education
Government $631.02
* Includes $55.01 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $15.94 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $565.95
* Includes $368.76 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $80.08 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $427.15
* Includes $150.72 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $85.20 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $146.78
* Includes $102.00 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $41.49 for Diplomacy
Transportation $132.19
* Includes $17.37 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $16.51 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $123.56
* Includes $33.61 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $10.21 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $7.74 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $113.11
* Includes $67.01 for NASA
* Includes $6.19 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $13,646
US AVERAGE $19,113

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