2023 California Average Federal Income Taxes Paid
The average taxpayer in California paid $24,766 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $5,652 more than the national average. See where that money went.
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2023 Federal Income Tax Receipt |
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| Health | $6,793.97 |
| * Includes $5,582.22 for Medicare and Medicaid | |
| * Includes $60.76 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) | |
| * Includes $41.06 for Substance use & mental health programs | |
| Militarism | $6,621.28 |
| * Includes $4,819.36 for Pentagon & Military | |
| * Includes $3,854.62 for Pentagon | |
| * Includes $2,266.22 for Pentagon contractors | |
| * Includes $1,496.77 for Veterans Benefits | |
| * Includes $914.14 for Military Personnel | |
| * Includes $914.14 for Military Personnel | |
| * Includes $322.65 for Lockheed Martin | |
| * Includes $161.87 for Nuclear Weapons | |
| * Includes $145.45 for Aid to foreign militaries | |
| * Includes $143.37 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions) | |
| * Includes $113.07 for Boeing | |
| * Includes $41.84 for Federal Prisons | |
| * Includes $4.30 for SpaceX - Pentagon | |
| Interest on Debt | $4,128.97 |
| Unemployment and Labor | $1,851.66 |
| * Includes $142.00 for Child Tax Credit | |
| * Includes $38.00 for Refugee Assistance | |
| * Includes $29.20 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program | |
| Education | $1,486.68 |
| * Includes $936.35 for College Financial Aid | |
| * Includes $448.78 for K-12 Education | |
| Government | $1,145.24 |
| * Includes $99.83 for Internal Revenue Service | |
| * Includes $28.93 for Postal Service | |
| Food and Agriculture | $1,027.13 |
| * Includes $669.25 for SNAP (food stamps) | |
| * Includes $145.33 for School Lunch & child nutrition | |
| Housing and Community | $775.24 |
| * Includes $273.54 for Housing and urban development | |
| * Includes $154.63 for Disaster Relief | |
| International Affairs | $266.38 |
| * Includes $186.93 for International aid (non-military) | |
| * Includes $75.29 for Diplomacy | |
| Transportation | $239.91 |
| * Includes $31.53 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) | |
| * Includes $29.96 for Federal Aviation Administration | |
| Energy and Environment | $224.26 |
| * Includes $61.01 for Environmental Protection Agency | |
| * Includes $18.54 for Wildfire Management | |
| * Includes $14.05 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy | |
| Science | $205.29 |
| * Includes $121.61 for NASA | |
| * Includes $11.23 for SpaceX - NASA | |
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| TOTAL | $24,766 |
| US AVERAGE | $19,113 |
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