2023 West Virginia Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in West Virginia paid $10,493 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $8,620 less than the national average. See where that money went.

West Virginia
Health $2,878.51
* Includes $2,365.10 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $25.74 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $17.40 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $2,805.34
* Includes $2,041.89 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $1,633.15 for Pentagon
* Includes $960.17 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $634.16 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $387.31 for Military Personnel
* Includes $387.31 for Military Personnel
* Includes $136.70 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $68.58 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $61.62 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $60.74 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $47.90 for Boeing
* Includes $17.73 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $1.82 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $1,749.39
Unemployment and Labor $784.52
* Includes $60.59 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $16.10 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $12.37 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $629.88
* Includes $396.72 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $190.14 for K-12 Education
Government $485.22
* Includes $42.30 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $12.26 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $435.18
* Includes $283.55 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $61.57 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $328.46
* Includes $115.90 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $65.51 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $112.86
* Includes $79.20 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $31.90 for Diplomacy
Transportation $101.65
* Includes $13.36 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $12.69 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $95.01
* Includes $25.85 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $7.85 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $5.95 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $86.98
* Includes $51.53 for NASA
* Includes $4.76 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $10,493
US AVERAGE $19,113

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