State profile
California
United States · GDP 2025
#1 of 51 US states by GDP71st-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$4.3T
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
16,405,436
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,029,689
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$87.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,356,104
Census PEP · 2022
California · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Los Angeles$1.0TSanta Clara$438.5BOrange$351.8BSan Diego$331.9BSan Francisco$268.3BSan Mateo$217.0BAlameda$182.5BSan Bernardino$137.9BSacramento$135.5BRiverside$134.8BContra Costa$96.6BVentura$69.6BFresno$64.2BKern$63.1BSan Joaquin$46.5BSanta Barbara$41.4BSonoma$39.4BMonterey$38.3BSolano$37.7BMarin$36.9BPlacer$34.3BStanislaus$32.1BTulare$25.4BSan Luis Obispo$24.5B
See all counties in California →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Apple Inc.Technology$416.2B84B+2Alphabet Inc.Communication Services$402.8B81B+3NVIDIA CorporationTechnology$215.9B90A4Meta Platforms, Inc.Communication Services$201.0B86A5Tigo Energy, Inc.Technology$103.5B56C6The Walt Disney CompanyCommunication Services$94.4B72B7Wells Fargo & CompanyFinancial Services$85.1B55C8Broadcom Inc.Technology$63.9B76B+9TD Synnex CorpTechnology$62.5B71B10Cisco Systems, Inc.Technology$56.7B85A11HP Inc.Technology$55.3B82B+12Intel Corp.Technology$52.9B75B+13Ingram Micro Holding CorporationTechnology$52.6B55C14Uber Technologies, Inc.Technology$52.0B71B15Molina Healthcare, Inc.Healthcare$45.4B83B+16Netflix, Inc.Communication Services$45.2B91A17QUALCOMM IncorporatedTechnology$44.3B79B+18Salesforce, Inc.Technology$41.5B80B+19Visa Inc.Financial Services$40.0B86A20Amgen Inc.Healthcare$36.8B87A21Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Technology$34.6B78B+22PayPal Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$33.2B80B+23Gilead Sciences, Inc.Healthcare$29.4B87A24Applied Materials, Inc.Technology$28.4B88A25Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.Communication Services$25.2B76B+HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Professional services15%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$3.4T2021
$3.6T2022
$3.8T2023
$4.0T2024
$4.3T2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1,536 filings from 607 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$87.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US states
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What is the GDP of California?
California's economy produced $4.3T in 2025, growing 5.0% year over year — faster than most US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.