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Your federal tax receipt

For a single filer earning $100,000 in tax year 2024.

Your federal tax bill
$21,491$1,791/month
  • That's about 12 months of average US rent.
  • or 1,194 months of Netflix.
Income tax$13,841
Social Security$6,200
Medicare$1,450
Average rate21.5%

You kept $78,509 ($6,542/month) after federal taxes. State and local tax not included.

Your biggest federal expense
Social Security$6,200
28.8% of your federal tax bill — $517/month.
Tax you don't see on the paycheck
Your employer also paid$7,650

That’s matching payroll tax (Social Security + Medicare) the federal government collects on your income on top of what came out of your paycheck. Most people never realize it’s there.

Your payroll taxes (FICA)

$7,650

These dollars go directly to their own trust funds — they don’t fund the general budget categories shown below.

Social SecurityTo the Social Security trust fund (OASI + SSDI)
$6,200
MedicareTo the Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund
$1,450

Your federal income tax allocation

$13,841

Split across general-fund spending based on how the federal government actually spent its money in FY2024. Tap any slice to dig in. Estimate based on published OMB outlay totals, not an official IRS allocation.

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Health
$2,73219.7% of your income tax

about 2 months of average US rent

By category
  • Medicaid (federal share)Federal share of Medicaid + CHIP. Joint federal-state program covering 80M+ low-income Americans.
    $1,84567.5%
  • ACA Premium Tax Credits & cost-sharing reductionsSubsidies for ACA marketplace insurance plans. Counted as outlays on the spending side.
    $29410.7%
  • Federal employee + military retiree health benefitsFederal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) for the federal civilian workforce. Plus TRICARE for Life — Medicare-wraparound coverage that pays Medicare-eligible military retirees' out-of-pocket costs that Parts A and B don't cover (it isn't separate insurance, it sits on top of Medicare).
    $2288.3%
  • National Institutes of HealthLargest federal medical research funder. 27 institutes including NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NIMH.
    $1445.3%
  • SAMHSA, AHRQ, and other HHS health agenciesSubstance abuse & mental health services, healthcare research quality, health workforce, vaccines.
    $993.6%
  • HRSA (community health centers, rural health)Federally Qualified Health Centers, Ryan White HIV/AIDS, maternal & child health.
    $421.5%
  • CDCDisease surveillance, immunization programs, public health preparedness.
    $331.2%
  • Indian Health ServiceHealth care delivery for ~2.6M American Indians and Alaska Natives.
    $271.0%
  • FDADrug, device, food, cosmetic, and tobacco regulation; product approvals.
    $210.8%
Who received your shareTop FY2024 contractors and grantees
  • State Medicaid programs (federal share — 50 states + DC)Medicaid's federal matching dollars route through every state's Medicaid agency. California, New York, Texas top the list. States then pay providers and managed-care orgs (UnitedHealth Community, Centene/WellCare, Molina, Elevance) downstream.
    $1,84567.5%
  • ACA marketplace insurers (Premium Tax Credits)Federal subsidies paid directly to private insurers on behalf of enrollees. Centene/Ambetter, BCBS plans (Elevance, HCSC), Oscar, Molina, UnitedHealth, Aetna are the largest marketplace players.
    $29410.7%
  • Federal Employees Health Benefits + TRICARE for LifeFEHBP covers the federal civilian workforce and their families. TRICARE for Life is Medicare-wraparound coverage for Medicare-eligible military retirees — it pays the out-of-pocket costs Medicare Parts A and B leave behind, not separate primary insurance.
    $2288.3%
  • Universities + nonprofit research (NIH grants)NIH's $48B grant pool flows to Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UCSF, Stanford, Penn, Duke, MIT, plus institutes like Broad, Salk, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
    $1204.4%
  • Indian Health Service tribal facilities~140 tribally-operated health programs plus IHS-run facilities serving ~2.6M American Indians and Alaska Natives.
    $271.0%
  • Federally Qualified Health Centers (HRSA)~1,400 community health center organizations serving ~30M people in underserved areas. The bedrock of the federal safety-net delivery system.
    $240.9%
  • State + local public health (CDC grants)CDC's largest spending category — block grants and categorical funding to state health departments for immunization, disease surveillance, and lab capacity.
    $210.8%
  • Everyone else (personnel, facilities, smaller contractors)Direct personnel pay, government-run facilities, state/local passthroughs, and the long tail of smaller contractors not shown above.
    $1746.4%
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