State profile
Virginia
United States · GDP 2025
#13 of 51 US states by GDP55th-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$798.4B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
3,581,650
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
210,842
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$74.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,624,511
Census PEP · 2022
Virginia · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Fairfax$177.5BArlington$49.1BLoudoun$44.9BHenrico$37.6BRichmond (Independent City)$35.1BVirginia Beach (Independent City)$32.9BPrince William$31.7BNorfolk (Independent City)$26.8BChesterfield$24.0BNewport News (Independent City)$18.8BAlexandria (Independent City)$18.0BAlbemarle + Charlottesville$17.6BChesapeake (Independent City)$15.2BRockingham + Harrisonburg$10.7BSpotsylvania + Fredericksburg$10.2BRoanoke (Independent City)$10.1BCampbell + Lynchburg$9.9BFrederick + Winchester$9.9BHanover$9.2BHampton (Independent City)$9.2BStafford$8.3BRoanoke + Salem$8.2BMontgomery + Radford$7.8BPortsmouth (Independent City)$7.8B
See all counties in Virginia →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Boeing CompanyIndustrials$89.5B76B+2RTX CorporationIndustrials$88.6B79B+3Performance Food Group CoConsumer Defensive$63.3B64C4General Dynamics CorporationIndustrials$52.5B86A5Northrop Grumman CorporationIndustrials$42.0B83B+6CarMax, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$25.9B66B7Altria Group, Inc.Consumer Defensive$23.3B82B+8Dollar Tree, Inc.Consumer Defensive$19.4B74B9Leidos Holdings, Inc.Technology$17.1B78B+10Dominion Energy, Inc.Utilities$16.5B74B11Smithfield Foods, Inc.Consumer Defensive$15.5B65B12Markel CorporationFinancial Services$15.5B79B+13Venture Global, Inc.Energy$13.8B53D14DXC Technology CompanyTechnology$12.6B67B15Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.Industrials$12.5B72B16The AES CorporationUtilities$12.2B56C17Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical$12.0B76B+18Booz Allen Hamilton Holding CorporationIndustrials$11.2B68B19NVR, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$10.3B79B+20CACI International IncTechnology$8.6B78B+21Capital One Financial CorporationFinancial Services$8.1B66B22Arko Corp.Consumer Cyclical$7.6B46D23Genworth Financial, Inc.Financial Services$7.3B64C24Science Applications International CorporationTechnology$7.3B75B+25Parsons CorporationTechnology$6.4B64CHQ-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
Professional services23%
Health care21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing11%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$616.2B2021
$665.6B2022
$722.8B2023
$761.7B2024
$798.4B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR181 filings from 74 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$74.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Virginia?
Virginia's economy produced $798.4B in 2025, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US states. Its largest employment sector is professional services.
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.