2023 Puerto Rico Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Puerto Rico paid $10,815 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $8,298 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Puerto Rico
Health $2,966.84
* Includes $2,437.68 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $26.53 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $17.93 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $2,891.43
* Includes $2,104.55 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $1,683.26 for Pentagon
* Includes $989.63 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $653.62 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $399.19 for Military Personnel
* Includes $399.19 for Military Personnel
* Includes $140.90 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $70.68 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $63.52 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $62.61 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $49.37 for Boeing
* Includes $18.27 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $1.88 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $1,803.07
Unemployment and Labor $808.60
* Includes $62.44 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $16.60 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $12.75 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $649.21
* Includes $408.89 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $195.98 for K-12 Education
Government $500.11
* Includes $43.60 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $12.63 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $448.53
* Includes $292.25 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $63.46 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $338.54
* Includes $119.45 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $67.52 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $116.33
* Includes $81.63 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $32.88 for Diplomacy
Transportation $104.77
* Includes $13.77 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $13.08 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $97.93
* Includes $26.64 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $8.09 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $6.13 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $89.65
* Includes $53.11 for NASA
* Includes $4.91 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $10,815
US AVERAGE $19,113

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