US states by GDP by industry: government

California had the highest GDP by industry: government of 51 states in 2018, at $338.13 billion. Vermont had the lowest, at $4.75 billion. The median was $31.45 billion and the figure for the United States was $2.56 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest338,126.5California

Lowest4,745.8Vermont

Median31,449.651 states

United States2,558,752History

Map of states, 2018

Under 9,000
9,000 to 21K
21K to 31K
31K to 44K
44K to 74K
74K and over

USD million, 2018. Source: BEA, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Government and government enterprises (NAICS 92), millions of current dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2018

USD million. Source: BEA, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Government and government enterprises (NAICS 92), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California	338,126.5	+4.2%
2	Texas	188,958.5	+3.5%
3	New York	179,563.9	+9.7%
4	Florida	112,215.1	-0.5%
5	Virginia	95,793.8	+1.4%
6	Illinois	83,337.6	+2%
7	Maryland	83,025.7	+2.7%
8	North Carolina	75,345.4	+4.3%
9	Pennsylvania	75,137.3	+3%
10	Ohio	72,637.3	+2.8%
11	Washington	72,244.7	+5%
12	Georgia	69,146.8	+3.3%
13	New Jersey	64,830	+3.4%
14	Massachusetts	56,100	+4.9%
15	Michigan	53,941.3	+2.1%
16	District of Columbia	46,165.2	+4.9%
17	Colorado	45,217	+4.8%
18	Arizona	43,868.9	+2.8%
19	Tennessee	40,335.9	+3.2%
20	Missouri	37,968.4	+2.9%
21	Alabama	36,814.2	+3%
22	Wisconsin	36,062.3	+3.6%
23	Minnesota	35,866.4	+4.7%
24	Indiana	35,698.2	+5.3%
25	South Carolina	35,593.3	+3.2%
26	Oklahoma	31,449.6	+4.2%
27	Oregon	30,819	+5.8%
28	Louisiana	28,903.4	+3.7%
29	Kentucky	28,485.1	+3.4%
30	Connecticut	27,629.4	+0.1%
31	New Mexico	23,542	+2.9%
32	Iowa	22,440.7	+4%
33	Kansas	22,015.3	+2.9%
34	Utah	21,909.3	+3.6%
35	Mississippi	19,892.2	+1%
36	Hawaii	18,237.9	-0%
37	Nevada	18,130.5	+3.3%
38	Arkansas	16,627.1	+2.8%
39	Nebraska	15,882.2	+3.4%
40	West Virginia	12,192.3	+3%
41	Alaska	11,405.2	+4.3%
42	Idaho	10,162.7	+4.1%
43	New Hampshire	8,915.5	+2.2%
44	Maine	8,619.2	+2.8%
45	Rhode Island	8,314	+2.5%
46	Delaware	7,523.7	+5.9%
47	Montana	7,453.2	+1.3%
48	Wyoming	6,424.9	+1.6%
49	North Dakota	6,391.9	+4.4%
50	South Dakota	5,961.2	+6.3%
51	Vermont	4,745.8	+3.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Value added by government and government enterprises (federal civilian, military, and state and local government, including public schools and hospitals and enterprises such as the Postal Service) (NAICS 92), the industry's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP), in millions of current US dollars. United States and states: Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP by state, table SAGDP2, line 83.

Government value added is mostly the pay of public employees. For the United States it includes federal activity overseas (military and civilian staff abroad), so the national value is larger than the sum of the states. Millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; for real growth of the whole economy use gdp_growth. Industries are the sectors of the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), counted where production takes place. The 20 sector values of a place add up to its gdp_usd, apart from rounding. BEA leaves out values that would disclose a single company, marked (D), and values below $50,000, marked (L); they are missing here, not zero.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Government and government enterprises (NAICS 92), millions of current dollars. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Government and government enterprises (NAICS 92), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: government, 2018. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-government/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which state has the highest GDP by industry: government?

California, with $338.13 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest GDP by industry: government?

Vermont, with $4.75 billion in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Government and government enterprises (NAICS 92), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.