2023 the United States Average Federal Income Taxes Paid
The average taxpayer in the United States paid $19,113 in federal income taxes in 2023. See where that money went.
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2023 Federal Income Tax Receipt |
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| Health | $5,243.20 |
| * Includes $4,308.04 for Medicare and Medicaid | |
| * Includes $46.89 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) | |
| * Includes $31.69 for Substance use & mental health programs | |
| Militarism | $5,109.93 |
| * Includes $3,719.31 for Pentagon & Military | |
| * Includes $2,974.78 for Pentagon | |
| * Includes $1,748.94 for Pentagon contractors | |
| * Includes $1,155.12 for Veterans Benefits | |
| * Includes $705.48 for Military Personnel | |
| * Includes $705.48 for Military Personnel | |
| * Includes $249.01 for Lockheed Martin | |
| * Includes $124.92 for Nuclear Weapons | |
| * Includes $112.25 for Aid to foreign militaries | |
| * Includes $110.64 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions) | |
| * Includes $87.26 for Boeing | |
| * Includes $32.29 for Federal Prisons | |
| * Includes $3.32 for SpaceX - Pentagon | |
| Interest on Debt | $3,186.51 |
| Unemployment and Labor | $1,429.01 |
| * Includes $110.36 for Child Tax Credit | |
| * Includes $29.33 for Refugee Assistance | |
| * Includes $22.54 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program | |
| Education | $1,147.34 |
| * Includes $722.62 for College Financial Aid | |
| * Includes $346.34 for K-12 Education | |
| Government | $883.83 |
| * Includes $77.05 for Internal Revenue Service | |
| * Includes $22.32 for Postal Service | |
| Food and Agriculture | $792.68 |
| * Includes $516.49 for SNAP (food stamps) | |
| * Includes $112.16 for School Lunch & child nutrition | |
| Housing and Community | $598.28 |
| * Includes $211.10 for Housing and urban development | |
| * Includes $119.33 for Disaster Relief | |
| International Affairs | $205.58 |
| * Includes $144.26 for International aid (non-military) | |
| * Includes $58.11 for Diplomacy | |
| Transportation | $185.15 |
| * Includes $24.33 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) | |
| * Includes $23.12 for Federal Aviation Administration | |
| Energy and Environment | $173.07 |
| * Includes $47.08 for Environmental Protection Agency | |
| * Includes $14.31 for Wildfire Management | |
| * Includes $10.84 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy | |
| Science | $158.43 |
| * Includes $93.85 for NASA | |
| * Includes $8.67 for SpaceX - NASA | |
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| TOTAL | $19,113 |
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