Professional services by state

Professional, scientific, and technical services added $2.47 trillion to US GDP in 2025 — 8.0% of the total. States are ranked by the industry’s share of their economy.

BEA line 60 · NAICS8.0% of US GDP+47% since 2020

1District of Columbia$39.7B value added20.6%of state GDP 2Massachusetts$112.7B value added13.8%of state GDP 3Virginia$100.2B value added12.4%of state GDP

#	State	Value added	Share	5-year change
1	District of Columbia	$39.7B	20.6%	+30%
2	Massachusetts	$112.7B	13.8%	+34%
3	Virginia	$100.2B	12.4%	+33%
4	Colorado	$65.6B	11.4%	+65%
5	Maryland	$56.4B	9.9%	+30%
6	New Jersey	$87.1B	9.8%	+41%
7	California	$420.9B	9.8%	+39%
8	New Hampshire	$11.8B	9.2%	+62%
9	New York	$212.9B	8.6%	+39%
10	Illinois	$103.5B	8.3%	+37%
11	Pennsylvania	$86.8B	8.2%	+43%
12	New Mexico	$12.3B	8.1%	+48%
13	Florida	$145.9B	8.1%	+70%
14	Washington	$71.7B	8.0%	+68%
15	Michigan	$58.0B	7.9%	+42%
16	Utah	$24.1B	7.5%	+64%
17	Texas	$219.3B	7.5%	+66%
18	Vermont	$3.7B	7.5%	+55%
19	North Carolina	$65.3B	7.3%	+61%
20	Connecticut	$27.6B	7.2%	+48%
21	Georgia	$67.2B	7.2%	+56%
22	Rhode Island	$6.1B	7.0%	+62%
23	Minnesota	$35.5B	6.9%	+35%
24	Missouri	$32.5B	6.8%	+36%
25	Alabama	$22.3B	6.6%	+48%
26	Montana	$5.3B	6.5%	+81%
27	Tennessee	$37.8B	6.4%	+64%
28	Idaho	$8.9B	6.4%	+68%
29	Maine	$6.5B	6.4%	+61%
30	South Carolina	$24.1B	6.4%	+79%
31	Oregon	$21.6B	6.3%	+44%
32	Delaware	$7.4B	6.0%	+49%
33	Kansas	$14.0B	6.0%	+44%
34	Arizona	$33.7B	5.7%	+56%
35	Ohio	$53.8B	5.5%	+47%
36	Nevada	$15.1B	5.4%	+73%
37	Indiana	$27.9B	5.1%	+62%
38	Wisconsin	$23.8B	5.0%	+47%
39	Louisiana	$16.9B	4.9%	+51%
40	Oklahoma	$12.5B	4.5%	+47%
41	Hawaii	$5.6B	4.5%	+51%
42	West Virginia	$4.9B	4.4%	+64%
43	Kentucky	$13.6B	4.3%	+51%
44	Wyoming	$2.2B	4.2%	+74%
45	Nebraska	$8.5B	4.1%	+45%
46	Arkansas	$7.7B	3.9%	+59%
47	South Dakota	$3.1B	3.8%	+76%
48	Mississippi	$6.1B	3.7%	+66%
49	Iowa	$10.0B	3.7%	+47%
50	Alaska	$2.6B	3.5%	+46%
51	North Dakota	$2.5B	3.1%	+41%

BEA SAGDP2, current dollars, 2025. US share: 8.0%.

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

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201020122014201620182020202220242025

Metro areas most dependent on professional services

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

#	Metro area	Value added	Share
1	Boulder, CO	$8.3B	21.1%
2	Huntsville, AL	$8.9B	19.4%
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$107.7B	16.7%
4	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$39.4B	14.7%
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$117.2B	14.6%
6	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$7.3B	12.9%
7	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$9.2B	12.8%
8	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$2.9B	12.8%
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$40.9B	12.3%
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$40.4B	12.2%
11	Ann Arbor, MI	$4.1B	11.9%
12	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$4.4B	11.6%
13	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$39.9B	11.5%
14	Colorado Springs, CO	$6.0B	10.7%
15	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$28.9B	10.5%
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$59.4B	10.2%
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$243.5B	10.0%
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$2.8B	9.7%
19	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$2.5B	9.6%
20	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$76.8B	9.6%
21	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$24.5B	9.4%
22	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$52.9B	9.2%
23	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$4.4B	9.0%
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$121.6B	9.0%
25	Lynchburg, VA	$1.3B	9.0%