2023 Louisiana Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Louisiana paid $14,357 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,756 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Louisiana
Health $3,938.51
* Includes $3,236.04 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $35.23 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $23.81 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,838.40
* Includes $2,793.81 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,234.55 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,313.74 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $867.68 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $529.93 for Military Personnel
* Includes $529.93 for Military Personnel
* Includes $187.04 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $93.83 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $84.32 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $83.11 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $65.55 for Boeing
* Includes $24.25 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.49 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,393.59
Unemployment and Labor $1,073.42
* Includes $82.90 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $22.03 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $16.93 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $861.84
* Includes $542.81 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $260.16 for K-12 Education
Government $663.90
* Includes $57.87 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $16.77 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $595.43
* Includes $387.97 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $84.25 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $449.41
* Includes $158.57 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $89.64 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $154.42
* Includes $108.36 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $43.65 for Diplomacy
Transportation $139.08
* Includes $18.28 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $17.37 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $130.00
* Includes $35.37 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $10.75 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.14 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $119.01
* Includes $70.50 for NASA
* Includes $6.51 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $14,357
US AVERAGE $19,113

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