Massachusetts's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Motor fuel taxes$713 million
• Insurance premium taxes$692 million
• Other selective sales taxes$614 million
• Estate and gift taxes$574 million
• Occupation and business licenses$470 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$465 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$346 million
• Tobacco taxes$340 million
• Amusement taxes$323 million
• Other licenses$314 million
• Driver's licenses$113 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$98.4 million
• Corporation licenses$28.6 million
• Amusement licenses$14.8 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$7.7 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$4.4 million
• Public utility taxes$4.2 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• College tuition$2.07 billion
• Airport$1.13 billion
• Other service charges$784 million
• University housing and dining$637 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$620 million
• Sewer$540 million
• Transit fares$417 million
• Water$313 million
• Ports and waterways$148 million
• Road charges$92.0 million
• Parks and recreation$75.7 million
• Hospital bills$48.7 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$32.0 million
• Electric power$28.4 million
• Housing$10.1 million
• Other education charges$3.6 million
• School lunches$1.5 million
• Other school charges$356 thousand
• School tuition and transportation$43 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$34.2 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$286 million
• Welfare institutions$80.5 million
• Veterans' services$33.9 million

• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$8.38 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$2.19 billion
• Sent to school districts$1.48 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$941 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$772 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$392 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$159 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$146 million
• Sent to local governments: police$118 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$103 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$97.2 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$61.3 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$47.9 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$19.8 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$19.4 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$13.3 million
• Sent to local governments: ports and harbors$7.7 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$5.7 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$5.3 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$4.8 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$4.2 million
• Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$4.1 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.2 million
• Sent to the federal government$2.7 million

• Colleges and universities$5.80 billion
• Other education$1.88 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.02 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$649 million
• Elementary and secondary schools$636 million

• Public transit$3.39 billion
• Roads and highways$2.17 billion
• Airports$939 million
• Toll roads and bridges$550 million
• Ports and harbors$125 million

• Other and not broken out$4.18 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.29 billion
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$284 million
• Government buildings$274 million
• Other government administration$198 million

• Prisons and jails$1.63 billion
• Courts and legal services$1.38 billion
• Police$747 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$219 million
• Inspections and regulation$152 million

• Public health$2.09 billion
• Hospitals$1.04 billion

• Interest on general debt$2.19 billion
• Interest on public transit debt$209 million
• Interest on water supply debt$50.2 million
• Interest on electric power debt$142 thousand

• Sewer systems$442 million
• Water supply$243 million
• Electric power$22.0 million
• Garbage and solid waste$1.0 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$601 million

• Parks and recreation$272 million
• Libraries$28.2 million