Education by state

Educational services added $353.2 billion to US GDP in 2025 — 1.1% of the total. States are ranked by the industry’s share of their economy.

BEA line 69 · NAICS1.1% of US GDP+38% since 2020

#	State	Value added	Share	5-year change
1	District of Columbia	$6.2B	3.2%	+31%
2	Rhode Island	$2.6B	3.0%	+35%
3	Massachusetts	$22.6B	2.8%	+30%
4	Pennsylvania	$25.2B	2.4%	+31%
5	Connecticut	$9.1B	2.4%	+40%
6	New Hampshire	$2.8B	2.2%	+37%
7	Vermont	$1.0B	2.1%	+18%
8	New York	$47.9B	1.9%	+37%
9	Maine	$1.5B	1.5%	+39%
10	Maryland	$8.3B	1.5%	+29%
11	Illinois	$16.7B	1.3%	+32%
12	Utah	$4.1B	1.3%	+38%
13	North Carolina	$11.3B	1.3%	+52%
14	New Jersey	$10.4B	1.2%	+40%
15	Missouri	$5.4B	1.1%	+29%
16	Louisiana	$3.7B	1.1%	+39%
17	Georgia	$10.1B	1.1%	+51%
18	Arizona	$6.4B	1.1%	+48%
19	Wisconsin	$5.1B	1.1%	+41%
20	California	$46.0B	1.1%	+41%
21	Hawaii	$1.3B	1.1%	+39%
22	Tennessee	$5.8B	1.0%	+41%
23	Indiana	$5.3B	1.0%	+43%
24	Minnesota	$4.7B	0.9%	+25%
25	Florida	$16.1B	0.9%	+51%
26	Colorado	$4.8B	0.8%	+43%
27	Idaho	$1.1B	0.8%	+57%
28	Virginia	$6.7B	0.8%	+29%
29	Ohio	$7.8B	0.8%	+33%
30	Oregon	$2.7B	0.8%	+35%
31	Iowa	$2.0B	0.8%	+20%
32	Michigan	$5.4B	0.7%	+41%
33	Texas	$20.9B	0.7%	+50%
34	South Carolina	$2.6B	0.7%	+47%
35	Mississippi	$1.1B	0.6%	+33%
36	Oklahoma	$1.8B	0.6%	+48%
37	Kansas	$1.4B	0.6%	+35%
38	Arkansas	$1.2B	0.6%	+42%
39	Nebraska	$1.2B	0.6%	+23%
40	Kentucky	$1.8B	0.6%	+29%
41	Nevada	$1.6B	0.6%	+64%
42	New Mexico	$820M	0.5%	+45%
43	South Dakota	$438M	0.5%	+24%
44	Montana	$430M	0.5%	+58%
45	West Virginia	$564M	0.5%	+38%
46	Washington	$4.3B	0.5%	+38%
47	Alabama	$1.6B	0.5%	+30%
48	Delaware	$576M	0.5%	+40%
49	Wyoming	$198M	0.4%	+63%
50	Alaska	$237M	0.3%	+47%
51	North Dakota	$258M	0.3%	+38%

BEA SAGDP2, current dollars, 2025. US share: 1.1%.

Fig. 1Education in the US, 2010–2025Value added, billions of current dollars

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Metro areas most dependent on education

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

#	Metro area	Value added	Share
1	New Haven, CT	$5.0B	10.0%
2	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$4.0B	5.6%
3	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$3.0B	5.3%
4	Rochester, NY	$3.7B	4.4%
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$19.2B	3.0%
6	Winston-Salem, NC	$1.4B	2.9%
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$15.2B	2.6%
8	Pittsburgh, PA	$5.2B	2.5%
9	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$2.8B	2.4%
10	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$3.1B	2.3%
11	Worcester, MA	$1.3B	2.2%
12	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$6.0B	2.2%
13	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$962M	2.0%
14	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$1.8B	2.0%
15	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$692M	1.9%
16	Erie, PA	$285M	1.9%
17	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$1.1B	1.8%
18	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$668M	1.8%
19	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$606M	1.7%
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$7.7B	1.7%
21	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$38.5B	1.6%
22	Springfield, MA	$472M	1.5%
23	Savannah, GA	$536M	1.5%
24	Portland-South Portland, ME	$772M	1.5%
25	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$783M	1.5%