US states by GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services

California had the highest GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services of 51 states in 2016, at $232.59 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $1.07 billion. The median was $12.28 billion and the figure for the United States was $1.4 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest232,592.8California

Lowest1,073.6Wyoming

Median12,279.351 states

United States1,396,530History

Map of states, 2016

Under 3,000
3,000 to 7,000
7,000 to 12K
12K to 25K
25K to 48K
48K and over

USD million, 2016. Source: BEA, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2016

USD million. Source: BEA, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2016 USD million	Change on 2015
1	California	232,592.8	+1.6%
2	New York	135,123.7	+4.3%
3	Texas	111,249.4	+2.5%
4	Florida	67,514.4	+5.2%
5	Illinois	67,426.1	+3.5%
6	Virginia	63,982.4	+3.4%
7	Massachusetts	63,067.4	+5.8%
8	New Jersey	54,566.2	+1.5%
9	Pennsylvania	53,340.7	+4.6%
10	Michigan	38,379.2	+4.2%
11	Maryland	38,004.2	+3%
12	Georgia	36,975.2	+3.9%
13	Ohio	32,675.3	+3.3%
14	Washington	31,728.3	+5.6%
15	North Carolina	31,704.3	+7.3%
16	Colorado	31,196.3	+4.6%
17	District of Columbia	28,001.6	+6.2%
18	Minnesota	24,114.3	+11.1%
19	Missouri	20,647.7	+4.2%
20	Connecticut	18,095.1	+2.4%
21	Tennessee	17,893.3	+0.6%
22	Arizona	17,789.1	+5%
23	Indiana	14,483.8	+5.1%
24	Wisconsin	13,662.8	+3%
25	Alabama	12,302.6	+3.9%
26	Oregon	12,279.3	+7.4%
27	South Carolina	11,514.2	+7.4%
28	Louisiana	11,283.5	-3.9%
29	Utah	10,365.7	+3.5%
30	Kansas	8,956.3	+4.9%
31	Kentucky	8,126.6	+3.7%
32	Oklahoma	7,679.1	-2.1%
33	Nevada	7,223	+4.3%
34	New Mexico	6,779	+2.8%
35	Iowa	5,948.1	+6.3%
36	New Hampshire	5,612.4	+3.8%
37	Nebraska	4,946.9	+3%
38	Arkansas	4,348.8	+3.8%
39	Delaware	4,344.3	-16.7%
40	Idaho	3,684.7	+1.3%
41	Mississippi	3,496	0%
42	Hawaii	3,459.4	+1.4%
43	Rhode Island	3,307.4	-0.2%
44	Maine	3,206.2	+4.2%
45	West Virginia	3,002	+3.6%
46	Montana	2,266.4	+3.1%
47	Vermont	2,009.8	+2.9%
48	Alaska	1,898.7	-10.4%
49	North Dakota	1,734.1	-7.3%
50	South Dakota	1,467.3	-3.3%
51	Wyoming	1,073.6	-5.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Value added by professional, scientific, and technical services (legal, accounting, engineering, computer systems design, consulting, research and advertising) (NAICS 54), 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 60.

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, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars (US states by GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip

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SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services, 2016. 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-professional-services/us-states?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars. US states by GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-professional-services/us-states?period=2016.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-professional-services/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services?

California, with $232.59 billion in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest GDP by industry: professional, scientific and technical services?

Wyoming, with $1.07 billion in 2016.

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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, Professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.