Is computer and electronic products manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), computer and electronic products value added is up 6.1% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.

Which states produce the most computer and electronic products?

California leads with $129B of computer and electronic products GDP in 2024, followed by Texas ($30.7B) and Oregon ($14.4B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is computer and electronic products a durable or nondurable goods industry?

BEA classes computer and electronic products manufacturing as durable goods. Durable goods (metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles) are products with a service life of three years or more.

Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Computer and Electronic Products Manufacturing

Computer and Electronic Products manufacturing produced $318B of value added in 2025. That is 11% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 1% of GDP, making it the 3rd-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output grew 6.1% year over year. It is classed as durable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is California ($129B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $318B in 2025, 11% of all U.S. manufacturing and 1% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: +6.1% in dollar terms.
Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 334).

Top producing states

California: $129B (2024)
Texas: $30.7B (2024)
Oregon: $14.4B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is computer and electronic products manufacturing in the U.S.? Computer and Electronic Products manufacturing produced $318B of value added in 2025, or 11% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 1% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 3 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is computer and electronic products manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), computer and electronic products value added is up 6.1% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.
Which states produce the most computer and electronic products? California leads with $129B of computer and electronic products GDP in 2024, followed by Texas ($30.7B) and Oregon ($14.4B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is computer and electronic products a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes computer and electronic products manufacturing as durable goods. Durable goods (metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles) are products with a service life of three years or more.

About this data

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (public domain). National quarterly values are seasonally adjusted annual rates. Corporate-profit industry detail reflects inventory valuation adjustment without capital consumption adjustment, per NIPA table 6.16D conventions.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.