2023 Connecticut Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Connecticut paid $29,036 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $9,922 more than the national average. See where that money went.

Connecticut
Health $7,965.35
* Includes $6,544.67 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $71.24 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $48.14 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $7,762.88
* Includes $5,650.28 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $4,519.21 for Pentagon
* Includes $2,656.95 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,754.83 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $1,071.75 for Military Personnel
* Includes $1,071.75 for Military Personnel
* Includes $378.28 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $189.77 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $170.52 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $168.09 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $132.56 for Boeing
* Includes $49.05 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $5.04 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $4,840.86
Unemployment and Labor $2,170.91
* Includes $167.65 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $44.55 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $34.24 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,743.00
* Includes $1,097.79 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $526.15 for K-12 Education
Government $1,342.70
* Includes $117.05 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $33.91 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $1,204.22
* Includes $784.64 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $170.38 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $908.90
* Includes $320.70 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $181.29 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $312.31
* Includes $219.16 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $88.28 for Diplomacy
Transportation $281.27
* Includes $36.97 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $35.12 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $262.92
* Includes $71.53 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $21.73 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $16.47 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $240.68
* Includes $142.58 for NASA
* Includes $13.17 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $29,036
US AVERAGE $19,113

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