Administrative & waste services by state

Administrative and support and waste management added $919.9 billion to US GDP in 2025 — 3.0% of the total. States are ranked by the industry’s share of their economy.

BEA line 65 · NAICS3.0% of US GDP+42% since 2020

1Arizona$24.1B value added4.1%of state GDP 2New Hampshire$5.2B value added4.1%of state GDP 3Florida$69.6B value added3.9%of state GDP

#	State	Value added	Share	5-year change
1	Arizona	$24.1B	4.1%	+43%
2	New Hampshire	$5.2B	4.1%	+72%
3	Florida	$69.6B	3.9%	+59%
4	New Jersey	$33.5B	3.8%	+45%
5	Tennessee	$21.2B	3.6%	+42%
6	North Carolina	$31.8B	3.5%	+67%
7	South Carolina	$13.3B	3.5%	+38%
8	Idaho	$4.7B	3.4%	+40%
9	Vermont	$1.7B	3.4%	+70%
10	Oklahoma	$9.1B	3.3%	+48%
11	Illinois	$40.6B	3.3%	+36%
12	Nevada	$9.1B	3.2%	+61%
13	Virginia	$26.1B	3.2%	+31%
14	Texas	$93.4B	3.2%	+50%
15	Rhode Island	$2.8B	3.2%	+40%
16	Georgia	$29.2B	3.1%	+32%
17	Kansas	$7.2B	3.1%	+42%
18	Arkansas	$6.0B	3.1%	+57%
19	Maryland	$17.3B	3.1%	+39%
20	Michigan	$22.0B	3.0%	+36%
21	Kentucky	$9.4B	3.0%	+42%
22	New Mexico	$4.5B	3.0%	+52%
23	Hawaii	$3.6B	2.9%	+42%
24	Missouri	$13.7B	2.9%	+38%
25	Connecticut	$10.9B	2.9%	+50%
26	Oregon	$9.7B	2.8%	+39%
27	Colorado	$16.2B	2.8%	+38%
28	Ohio	$27.5B	2.8%	+36%
29	Louisiana	$9.6B	2.8%	+45%
30	Mississippi	$4.5B	2.8%	+42%
31	Utah	$8.8B	2.8%	+52%
32	California	$118.8B	2.8%	+30%
33	District of Columbia	$5.3B	2.8%	+48%
34	Massachusetts	$22.0B	2.7%	+38%
35	Indiana	$14.5B	2.7%	+31%
36	Maine	$2.7B	2.7%	+28%
37	Montana	$2.1B	2.6%	+82%
38	Pennsylvania	$27.6B	2.6%	+39%
39	Washington	$23.2B	2.6%	+45%
40	New York	$64.0B	2.6%	+42%
41	West Virginia	$2.9B	2.6%	+45%
42	Alabama	$8.7B	2.6%	+41%
43	Wisconsin	$11.3B	2.4%	+37%
44	Delaware	$2.9B	2.4%	+42%
45	Minnesota	$12.1B	2.3%	+32%
46	Nebraska	$4.7B	2.3%	+34%
47	Alaska	$1.5B	2.0%	+42%
48	Iowa	$5.5B	2.0%	+39%
49	Wyoming	$1.0B	1.9%	+82%
50	South Dakota	$1.3B	1.6%	+47%
51	North Dakota	$1.2B	1.5%	+53%

BEA SAGDP2, current dollars, 2025. US share: 3.0%.

Fig. 1Administrative & waste services in the US, 2010–2025Value added, billions of current dollars

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Metro areas most dependent on administrative & waste services

Metro areas with at least 250,000 residents, share of metro GDP in 2024.

#	Metro area	Value added	Share
1	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$2.3B	10.1%
2	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$12.8B	5.5%
3	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$20.9B	4.8%
4	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$6.4B	4.5%
5	Knoxville, TN	$3.1B	4.4%
6	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$2.9B	4.3%
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$1.6B	4.3%
8	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$2.4B	4.2%
9	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$23.7B	4.1%
10	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$698M	4.0%
11	Oklahoma City, OK	$4.1B	4.0%
12	New Haven, CT	$2.0B	3.9%
13	Flint, MI	$794M	3.9%
14	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$35.8B	3.9%
15	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$2.1B	3.9%
16	Port St. Lucie, FL	$1.1B	3.8%
17	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$1.4B	3.8%
18	Rockford, IL	$789M	3.8%
19	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$1.2B	3.8%
20	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$7.9B	3.8%
21	Youngstown-Warren, OH	$841M	3.8%
22	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$10.4B	3.8%
23	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$941M	3.7%
24	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$1.5B	3.7%
25	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$9.5B	3.6%