2023 Pennsylvania Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Pennsylvania paid $16,955 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $2,158 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Pennsylvania
Health $4,651.21
* Includes $3,821.63 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $41.60 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $28.11 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,532.98
* Includes $3,299.37 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,638.90 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,551.47 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,024.70 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $625.82 for Military Personnel
* Includes $625.82 for Military Personnel
* Includes $220.89 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $110.81 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $99.57 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $98.15 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $77.41 for Boeing
* Includes $28.64 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.94 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,826.73
Unemployment and Labor $1,267.66
* Includes $97.90 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $26.02 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $19.99 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,017.79
* Includes $641.03 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $307.24 for K-12 Education
Government $784.04
* Includes $68.35 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $19.80 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $703.18
* Includes $458.17 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $99.49 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $530.73
* Includes $187.27 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $105.86 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $182.37
* Includes $127.97 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $51.55 for Diplomacy
Transportation $164.24
* Includes $21.59 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $20.51 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $153.53
* Includes $41.77 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $12.69 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $9.62 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $140.54
* Includes $83.26 for NASA
* Includes $7.69 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $16,955
US AVERAGE $19,113

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