2023 Nebraska Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Nebraska paid $14,974 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,138 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Nebraska
Health $4,107.77
* Includes $3,375.11 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $36.74 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $24.83 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,003.35
* Includes $2,913.88 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,330.58 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,370.20 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $904.97 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $552.70 for Military Personnel
* Includes $552.70 for Military Personnel
* Includes $195.08 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $97.87 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $87.94 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $86.68 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $68.36 for Boeing
* Includes $25.30 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.60 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,496.45
Unemployment and Labor $1,119.55
* Includes $86.46 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $22.98 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $17.66 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $898.88
* Includes $566.14 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $271.34 for K-12 Education
Government $692.43
* Includes $60.36 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $17.49 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $621.02
* Includes $404.64 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $87.87 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $468.72
* Includes $165.39 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $93.49 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $161.06
* Includes $113.02 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $45.52 for Diplomacy
Transportation $145.05
* Includes $19.06 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $18.11 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $135.59
* Includes $36.89 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.21 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.49 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $124.12
* Includes $73.53 for NASA
* Includes $6.79 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $14,974
US AVERAGE $19,113

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