In 2023, the real gross domestic product (GDP) of California was 3.23 trillion U.S. dollars. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when the state's GDP stood at 3.23 trillion U.S. dollars.

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The gross domestic product (GDP) of California was about 3.23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023, meaning that it contributed the most out of any state to the country’s GDP in that year. In contrast, Vermont had the lowest GDP in the United States, with 35.07 billion U.S. dollars. What is GDP? Gross domestic product, or GDP, is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced by an economy within a certain time period. GDP is used by economists to determine the economic health of an area, as well as to determine the size of the economy. GDP can be determined for countries, states and provinces, and metropolitan areas. While GDP is a good measure of the absolute size of a country's economy and economic activity, it does account for many other factors, making it a poor indicator for measuring the cost or standard of living in a country, or for making cross-country comparisons. GDP of the United States The United States has the largest gross domestic product in the world as of 2023, with China, Japan, Germany, and India rounding out the top five. The GDP of the United States has almost quadrupled since 1990, when it was about 5.9 trillion U.S. dollars, to about 25.46 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022.

In 2023, the finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing industry added the most value to California's gross domestic product, adding 577.27 billion chained 2017 U.S. dollars. The information industry added 452.26 billion U.S. dollars to the state GDP in that year.

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In 2023, the real gross domestic product of California increased by about two percent when compared to 2022. This was a slight increase in the state's GDP compared to previous years, when the real GDP generally increased by at least * percent.

This statistic shows the per capita real Gross Domestic Product of California from 2000 to 2019. In 2019, the per capita real GDP of California stood at 70,662 chained 2012 U.S. dollars.

In 2023, the state of California added about 3.2 trillion chained (2017) U.S. dollars of value to the U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP). Total real GDP amounted to about 22.7 trillion chained (2017) U.S. dollars.

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Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total in California was 4103123.60000 Mil. of $ in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total in California reached a record high of 4103123.60000 in January of 2024 and a record low of 1071117.00000 in January of 1997. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total in California - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on May of 2025.

California is the richest state of the United States. The state’s trade volume is currently about 58 billion U.S. dollars, with imports making about 75 percent of this value. Compared to Texas, the second-largest state after itself, California exported less goods to the rest of the world over this period. California’s economic contribution California’s economic output places the state at the top in the United States. Measured by GDP, California contributed 3.2 trillion U.S. dollars to the U.S. economy, 50 percent more than that of Texas. On a per capita basis, California’s GDP corresponds to almost 83 thousand U.S. dollars in real terms. Tech companies and wages in California California is the home to technology powerhouses of the United States. The world’s highest capping tech companies such as Apple and Google were founded and headquartered in California. According to a 2023 study, Silicon Valley was also the leading hub that offered the highest wages to tech workers. On average, a tech employee earned around 142 thousand dollars working for a Silicon Valley company.

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In 2023, the GDP of the San Francisco Bay Area amounted to ****** billion U.S. dollars, an increase from the previous year. The overall quarterly GDP growth in the United States can be found here. The GDP of the San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas such as San Francisco-Oakland (12th largest in the country), San Jose (31st largest in the country), along with smaller urban and rural areas. Overall, the Bay Area consists of nine counties, *** cities, and ***** square miles. The nine counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. There are approximately 4.62 million people living in the metro area as of 2022. Silicon Valley In the ten year period between 2001 and 2011, the Bay Area saw steady GDP growth. Starting in 2012, it began to skyrocket. This is thanks to an economic boom in the tech sector, and high value companies headquartered in Silicon Valley - also part of the Bay Area. Silicon Valley is known as the center of the global technology industry. Companies like Google, Facebook, eBay and Apple are headquartered there. Additionally, California ranked first on a list of U.S. states by GDP, with more than **** trillion U.S. dollars in GDP in 2022.

Gross Domestic Product: State and Local in California was 339044.90000 Mil. of $ in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Gross Domestic Product: State and Local in California reached a record high of 339044.90000 in January of 2024 and a record low of 94553.90000 in January of 1997. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Gross Domestic Product: State and Local in California - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

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Gross Domestic Product: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (NAICS 512) in California was 54429.20000 Mil. of $ in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Gross Domestic Product: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (NAICS 512) in California reached a record high of 56725.50000 in January of 2022 and a record low of 23236.40000 in January of 1997. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Gross Domestic Product: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (NAICS 512) in California - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

The participation in the national gross domestic product (GDP) of Baja California Sur was approximately **** percent in 2021. Between 1980 and 2021, the share of GDP rose by around **** percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Real Gross Domestic Product: State and Local in California was 274738.20000 Mil. of Chn. 2009 $ in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Real Gross Domestic Product: State and Local in California reached a record high of 274738.20000 in January of 2024 and a record low of 183114.30000 in January of 1997. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Real Gross Domestic Product: State and Local in California - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.