Your taxesFY2025 spending
How much of my taxes go to…?
Of every $1,000 of federal income tax, about $178 goes to medicare, $175 to health and medicaid and $173 to interest on the debt. Your Social Security and Medicare payroll tax goes to those two programs. Shares are from FY2025 federal spending.
Per $1,000 of income tax
Where $1,000 of federal income tax goes
Income tax split over FY2025 spending other than Social Security, which payroll tax funds
| Per $1,000 of income tax | Dollars | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Medicare | $178 | 17.8% |
| Health and Medicaid | $175 | 17.5% |
| Interest on the debt | $173 | 17.3% |
| Defense | $163 | 16.3% |
| Income security (SNAP, SSI, EITC) | $125 | 12.5% |
| Veterans | $67 | 6.7% |
| Roads and transportation | $26 | 2.6% |
| Environment and parks | $16 | 1.6% |
| Law enforcement and prisons | $15 | 1.5% |
| Disaster relief and communities | $15 | 1.5% |
| Education and job training | $12 | 1.2% |
| Agriculture | $9 | 0.9% |
| Foreign aid and diplomacy | $8 | 0.8% |
| NASA and science | $8 | 0.8% |
| Running the government | $6 | 0.6% |
| Energy | $4 | 0.4% |
U.S. Treasury, Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 9.
Every part of the budget
Single filer, 2026 rules. Salary columns are income tax spread over the budget, plus payroll tax on the Social Security and Medicare rows. Click a heading to sort.
| Part of the budget | FY2025 spending | Share | Per $1,000 income tax | At $50k | At $75k | At $100k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security | $1.58 trillion | 22.0% | $0 (payroll tax) | $3,100 | $4,650 | $6,200 |
| Medicare | $996.7 billion | 13.9% | $177.73 | $1,404 | $2,451 | $3,791 |
| Health and Medicaid | $978.9 billion | 13.6% | $174.55 | $667 | $1,339 | $2,299 |
| Interest on the debt | $970.4 billion | 13.5% | $173.03 | $661 | $1,327 | $2,279 |
| Defense | $916.6 billion | 12.8% | $163.45 | $624 | $1,254 | $2,153 |
| Income security (SNAP, SSI, EITC) | $701.6 billion | 9.8% | $125.10 | $478 | $960 | $1,648 |
| Veterans | $377.2 billion | 5.2% | $67.25 | $257 | $516 | $886 |
| Roads and transportation | $145.8 billion | 2.0% | $26.00 | $99.32 | $199 | $342 |
| Environment and parks | $88.3 billion | 1.2% | $15.75 | $60.15 | $121 | $207 |
| Law enforcement and prisons | $85.2 billion | 1.2% | $15.19 | $58.02 | $116 | $200 |
| Disaster relief and communities | $84.5 billion | 1.2% | $15.07 | $57.58 | $116 | $199 |
| Education and job training | $69.2 billion | 1.0% | $12.34 | $47.13 | $94.63 | $162 |
| Agriculture | $49.3 billion | 0.7% | $8.80 | $33.61 | $67.48 | $116 |
| Foreign aid and diplomacy | $45.2 billion | 0.6% | $8.05 | $30.77 | $61.78 | $106 |
| NASA and science | $42.1 billion | 0.6% | $7.50 | $28.67 | $57.56 | $98.83 |
| Running the government | $36.3 billion | 0.5% | $6.47 | $24.71 | $49.62 | $85.20 |
| Energy | $20.9 billion | 0.3% | $3.73 | $14.23 | $28.57 | $49.06 |
Programs
Programs inside the budget lines above. "At $50k" etc. is from income tax.
| Program | FY2025 spending | Share | Per $1,000 income tax | At $50k | At $75k | At $100k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicaid grants to states | $668.1 billion | 9.29% | $119.14 | $455 | $914 | $1,569 |
| SNAP (food stamps) benefits + admin | $102.6 billion | 1.43% | $18.29 | $69.87 | $140 | $241 |
| FEMA disaster relief and more | $62.6 billion | 0.87% | $11.16 | $42.65 | $85.63 | $147 |
| NIH medical research | $47.3 billion | 0.66% | $8.44 | $32.25 | $64.75 | $111 |
| NASA | $24.6 billion | 0.34% | $4.38 | $16.74 | $33.61 | $57.71 |
| USAID paid out | $23.7 billion | 0.33% | $4.22 | $16.13 | $32.39 | $55.62 |
| Border Patrol and CBP | $21.2 billion | 0.30% | $3.79 | $14.46 | $29.04 | $49.87 |
| ICE immigration enforcement | $10.7 billion | 0.15% | $1.91 | $7.29 | $14.63 | $25.13 |
| Federal prisons Bureau of Prisons | $9.1 billion | 0.13% | $1.63 | $6.22 | $12.49 | $21.45 |
| Aid for Ukraine paid out | $6.8 billion | 0.09% | $1.20 | $4.60 | $9.24 | $15.86 |
| National parks National Park Service | $4.8 billion | 0.07% | $0.85 | $3.26 | $6.54 | $11.23 |
| Aid for Israel paid out | $3.3 billion | 0.05% | $0.59 | $2.26 | $4.53 | $7.77 |
How this is worked out
The tax. We treat the amount you enter as wages. Federal income tax is the 2026 (or 2025) bracket schedule applied to wages minus the standard deduction. Social Security tax is 6.2% of wages up to the wage base; Medicare tax is 1.45% of all wages plus the 0.9% Additional Medicare Tax above $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing jointly). Credits (child tax credit, EITC), itemized deductions, pre-tax 401(k) and health contributions, self-employment tax, investment income and state taxes are not included, so your real bill can be lower or higher.
Where it went. The receipt uses what the federal government actually spent in FY2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), by budget function, from the Monthly Treasury Statement. Shares are of the positive function totals ($7.19 trillion); two negative lines (offsetting receipts, and Commerce and Housing Credit) are netted out of spending and cannot be a share of a tax bill.
By law vs pooled. Social Security and Medicare tax are not general revenue: the law credits them to the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance trust funds. The default receipt follows that: your payroll tax goes to Social Security and Medicare, and your income tax is split across every other part of the budget in proportion to spending (Social Security benefits are paid from the trust funds, so none of your income tax is assigned to them). The pooled view instead spreads every tax dollar over all spending. Both are estimates: about a fifth of federal spending in FY2025 was paid for by borrowing, not taxes, and money is not tracked dollar by dollar.
Programs. The lines "inside" the receipt are selected programs that sit within the budget functions. They are not added to the total. Agency lines are Treasury net outlays (Table 5); SNAP is USDA's total program cost; aid for Ukraine and Israel and USAID are disbursements recorded on ForeignAssistance.gov.
Questions and answers
- How much of my taxes go to the military?
- $163 of every $1,000 of federal income tax (16.3%), using FY2025 defense spending of $916.6 billion. On a $75,000 salary that is about $1,254.
- How much of my taxes go to Social Security?
- Your whole Social Security tax (6.2% of wages up to $184,500 in 2026): $4,650 on a $75,000 salary. Almost none of your income tax, because benefits are paid from the Social Security trust funds.
- How much of my taxes go to SNAP (food stamps)?
- $18.29 of every $1,000 of income tax: SNAP cost $102.6 billion in FY2025. On $75,000 that is $140.
- How much of my taxes go to Israel?
- $0.59 of every $1,000 of income tax in FY2025: $3.3 billion of aid paid out for Israel. On $75,000 that is $4.53.
- How much of my taxes go to Ukraine?
- $1.20 of every $1,000 of income tax in FY2025: $6.8 billion of aid paid out for Ukraine. On $75,000 that is $9.24.
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Sources and notes
- Tax rules: IRS, Rev. Proc. 2025-32: tax year 2026 brackets and standard deduction (includes the One, Big, Beautiful Bill amendments).
- Tax rules: IRS, Federal income tax rates and brackets (tax year 2025).
- Tax rules: IRS, Publication 501 (2025): standard deduction $15,750 single, $31,500 married filing jointly, $23,625 head of household.
- Tax rules: IRS, Publication 15 (Circular E): Social Security tax 6.2% to the wage base ($176,100 in 2025, $184,500 in 2026), Medicare tax 1.45%.
- Tax rules: IRS, Topic 560: Additional Medicare Tax of 0.9% on wages above $200,000 (single, head of household) or $250,000 (married filing jointly).
- Spending by function: U.S. Treasury, Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 9, FY2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) (year-end). Public domain.
- Program lines: Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 5 (outlays by agency and account); USDA Food and Nutrition Service, SNAP data tables; ForeignAssistance.gov complete dataset (disbursements, last modified 02 Sep 2026).
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