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 2018, at $266.02 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $1.23 billion. The median was $13.93 billion and the figure for the United States was $1.56 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest266,015.6California

Lowest1,230.4Wyoming

Median13,93051 states

United States1,562,063History

Map of states, 2018

Under 4,000
4,000 to 7,000
7,000 to 14K
14K to 27K
27K to 53K
53K and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California	266,015.6	+8.7%
2	New York	145,529.2	+3.4%
3	Texas	125,468.8	+7.6%
4	Florida	77,145.8	+8.3%
5	Illinois	74,086.7	+6.7%
6	Massachusetts	73,121.4	+8.5%
7	Virginia	71,061.5	+6.5%
8	New Jersey	58,337.3	+4.8%
9	Pennsylvania	58,062.1	+4.5%
10	Michigan	41,557.7	+4.2%
11	Maryland	41,477.3	+7%
12	Georgia	41,119.2	+6.6%
13	Washington	38,285.3	+13%
14	North Carolina	37,535.2	+11.7%
15	Colorado	35,775.4	+8.4%
16	Ohio	35,558.3	+5.5%
17	District of Columbia	29,422.6	+3.6%
18	Minnesota	26,209.5	+6.3%
19	Missouri	23,026	+5%
20	Tennessee	21,062.7	+11.4%
21	Arizona	20,620.3	+8.3%
22	Connecticut	19,076.9	+3%
23	Indiana	16,389.3	+7.7%
24	Wisconsin	15,281.4	+7.1%
25	Oregon	14,518.9	+9.5%
26	Alabama	13,930	+6.1%
27	South Carolina	13,187.4	+6.8%
28	Utah	12,500.8	+15.4%
29	Louisiana	11,920.1	+4.1%
30	Kansas	9,501.6	+4.3%
31	Kentucky	8,801.6	+6.3%
32	Oklahoma	8,412.5	+6.1%
33	Nevada	8,143.9	+4.6%
34	New Mexico	7,470.4	+5.6%
35	New Hampshire	6,646.3	+4.8%
36	Iowa	6,579.3	+5.6%
37	Nebraska	5,516.4	+7.1%
38	Arkansas	4,896.9	+7.8%
39	Delaware	4,863.5	+3.5%
40	Idaho	4,285	+9.7%
41	Hawaii	3,795.8	+3.7%
42	Maine	3,690.1	+9.1%
43	Rhode Island	3,655.7	+4.9%
44	West Virginia	3,641.6	+9%
45	Mississippi	3,624	+2.2%
46	Montana	2,516	+4.9%
47	Vermont	2,219.2	+5.2%
48	Alaska	1,849	-2.3%
49	North Dakota	1,798.9	+3%
50	South Dakota	1,643.4	+7.9%
51	Wyoming	1,230.4	+8.7%

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, 2018) [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, 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-professional-services/us-states?period=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with $266.02 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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

Wyoming, with $1.23 billion in 2018.

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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.