2023 Wisconsin Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Wisconsin paid $14,771 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,342 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Wisconsin
Health $4,052.08
* Includes $3,329.36 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $36.24 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $24.49 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,949.08
* Includes $2,874.37 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,298.98 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,351.63 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $892.70 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $545.21 for Military Personnel
* Includes $545.21 for Military Personnel
* Includes $192.44 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $96.54 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $86.75 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $85.51 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $67.44 for Boeing
* Includes $24.95 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.56 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,462.61
Unemployment and Labor $1,104.37
* Includes $85.29 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $22.67 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $17.42 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $886.69
* Includes $558.46 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $267.66 for K-12 Education
Government $683.05
* Includes $59.54 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $17.25 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $612.60
* Includes $399.16 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $86.68 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $462.37
* Includes $163.15 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $92.22 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $158.88
* Includes $111.49 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $44.91 for Diplomacy
Transportation $143.09
* Includes $18.81 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $17.87 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $133.75
* Includes $36.39 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.06 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.38 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $122.44
* Includes $72.53 for NASA
* Includes $6.70 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $14,771
US AVERAGE $19,113

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