2023 Colorado Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Colorado paid $20,409 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $1,295 more than the national average. See where that money went.

Colorado
Health $5,598.73
* Includes $4,600.15 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $50.07 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $33.84 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $5,456.42
* Includes $3,971.50 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $3,176.49 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,867.53 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,233.44 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $753.32 for Military Personnel
* Includes $753.32 for Military Personnel
* Includes $265.89 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $133.39 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $119.86 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $118.15 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $93.17 for Boeing
* Includes $34.48 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $3.54 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,402.57
Unemployment and Labor $1,525.90
* Includes $117.84 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $31.32 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $24.07 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,225.13
* Includes $771.62 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $369.83 for K-12 Education
Government $943.76
* Includes $82.27 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $23.84 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $846.43
* Includes $551.51 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $119.76 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $638.85
* Includes $225.42 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $127.43 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $219.52
* Includes $154.04 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $62.05 for Diplomacy
Transportation $197.70
* Includes $25.98 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $24.69 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $184.80
* Includes $50.27 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $15.28 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $11.58 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $169.17
* Includes $100.22 for NASA
* Includes $9.26 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $20,409
US AVERAGE $19,113

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