2023 Texas Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Texas paid $18,659 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $454 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Texas
Health $5,118.66
* Includes $4,205.71 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $45.78 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $30.94 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $4,988.55
* Includes $3,630.96 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,904.12 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,707.40 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,127.68 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $688.72 for Military Personnel
* Includes $688.72 for Military Personnel
* Includes $243.09 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $121.95 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $109.58 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $108.02 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $85.19 for Boeing
* Includes $31.52 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $3.24 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,110.82
Unemployment and Labor $1,395.06
* Includes $107.74 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $28.63 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $22.00 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,120.08
* Includes $705.46 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $338.12 for K-12 Education
Government $862.84
* Includes $75.22 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $21.79 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $773.85
* Includes $504.22 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $109.49 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $584.07
* Includes $206.09 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $116.50 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $200.70
* Includes $140.83 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $56.73 for Diplomacy
Transportation $180.75
* Includes $23.76 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $22.57 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $168.96
* Includes $45.96 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $13.97 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $10.58 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $154.67
* Includes $91.62 for NASA
* Includes $8.46 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $18,659
US AVERAGE $19,113

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