2023 Rhode Island Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Rhode Island paid $15,793 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $3,319 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Rhode Island
Health $4,332.44
* Includes $3,559.72 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $38.75 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $26.19 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,222.32
* Includes $3,073.25 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,458.05 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,445.14 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $954.47 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $582.93 for Military Personnel
* Includes $582.93 for Military Personnel
* Includes $205.75 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $103.22 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $92.75 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $91.43 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $72.10 for Boeing
* Includes $26.68 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.74 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,632.00
Unemployment and Labor $1,180.78
* Includes $91.19 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $24.23 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $18.62 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $948.04
* Includes $597.10 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $286.18 for K-12 Education
Government $730.31
* Includes $63.66 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $18.45 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $654.99
* Includes $426.77 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $92.67 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $494.36
* Includes $174.43 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $98.60 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $169.87
* Includes $119.20 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $48.01 for Diplomacy
Transportation $152.99
* Includes $20.11 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $19.10 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $143.01
* Includes $38.90 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.82 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.96 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $130.91
* Includes $77.55 for NASA
* Includes $7.16 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $15,793
US AVERAGE $19,113

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