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It depends on when you actually pay those taxes to the state. IF you pay state taxes due for your 2022 State tax return, now....meaning during 2023, then those state $$ paid are a "potential" Federal income deduction on your Federal 2023 tax return you will file next year. So the $$ due & paid now, don't end up on the 2022 Federal tax return you are preparing now.
Now, if the employer had withheld state taxes on your pay last year, during 2022, then those would be a "potential" Federal income deduction for your 2022 Federal taxes.
I say "potential" deduction, because you cannot actually use that deduction unless the total of all yoru itemized deductions is greater than the Standard Deduction for your particular filing status. i.e, you normally get to use the greater of the two.
(THough, people who file as Married Filing Separately (MFS ) have some restrictions that may work against that general rule)