2023 Tennessee Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Tennessee paid $15,900 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $3,213 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Tennessee
Health $4,361.79
* Includes $3,583.83 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $39.01 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $26.36 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,250.92
* Includes $3,094.07 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,474.70 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,454.93 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $960.94 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $586.88 for Military Personnel
* Includes $586.88 for Military Personnel
* Includes $207.15 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $103.92 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $93.38 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $92.04 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $72.59 for Boeing
* Includes $26.86 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.76 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,650.84
Unemployment and Labor $1,188.78
* Includes $91.81 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $24.40 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $18.75 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $954.46
* Includes $601.15 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $288.12 for K-12 Education
Government $735.26
* Includes $64.09 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $18.57 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $659.43
* Includes $429.67 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $93.30 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $497.71
* Includes $175.62 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $99.27 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $171.02
* Includes $120.01 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $48.34 for Diplomacy
Transportation $154.02
* Includes $20.24 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $19.23 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $143.97
* Includes $39.17 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $11.90 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $9.02 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $131.80
* Includes $78.08 for NASA
* Includes $7.21 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $15,900
US AVERAGE $19,113

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