2023 Iowa Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Iowa paid $13,523 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $5,590 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Iowa
Health $3,709.72
* Includes $3,048.06 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $33.18 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $22.42 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,615.42
* Includes $2,631.52 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,104.74 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,237.43 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $817.28 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $499.15 for Military Personnel
* Includes $499.15 for Military Personnel
* Includes $176.18 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $88.38 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $79.42 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $78.28 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $61.74 for Boeing
* Includes $22.85 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.35 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,254.54
Unemployment and Labor $1,011.06
* Includes $78.08 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $20.75 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $15.95 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $811.77
* Includes $511.28 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $245.05 for K-12 Education
Government $625.34
* Includes $54.51 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $15.79 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $560.84
* Includes $365.43 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $79.35 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $423.30
* Includes $149.36 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $84.43 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $145.45
* Includes $102.07 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $41.11 for Diplomacy
Transportation $130.00
* Includes $17.22 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $16.36 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $122.45
* Includes $33.31 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $10.12 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $7.67 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $112.09
* Includes $66.40 for NASA
* Includes $6.13 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $13,523
US AVERAGE $19,113

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