Massachusetts · individual fact

Massachusetts real gross domestic product

Massachusetts’s inflation-adjusted economic output, annual growth, industry structure, and employment context.

Real GDP$640.79B2025 · #12 of 50 · highest first
Annual real GDP growth1.3%2025 · #39 of 50 · highest first
Current-dollar GDP$813.59B2025 · #12 of 50 · highest first

Massachusetts over time

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Major events & context · A curated selection, including uncertain effects. Milestone dates do not establish that an event caused a Massachusetts change.

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Real GDP Massachusetts · source units
MassachusettsPublished U.S. benchmark

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Real GDP2025: $640.79B$0$13.38T$26.76TMassachusetts, 2014: $496.25BMassachusetts, 2015: $514.4BMassachusetts, 2016: $521.66BMassachusetts, 2017: $530.13BMassachusetts, 2018: $549.26BMassachusetts, 2019: $566.28BMassachusetts, 2020: $558.43BMassachusetts, 2021: $596.81BMassachusetts, 2022: $610.1BMassachusetts, 2023: $615.42BMassachusetts, 2024: $632.34BMassachusetts, 2025: $640.79B201420192025
✦ Major events & context · 29National context · Hurricanes Katrina and Rita · 2005-08-29Katrina and RitaNational context · Great Financial Crisis and Great Recession · 2008-09-15Great Financial CrisisNational context · Federal Reserve moves rates close to zero · 2008-12-16Fed near-zero ratesNational context · American Recovery and Reinvestment Act · 2009-02-17Recovery ActNational context · Japan disaster disrupts U.S. auto production · 2011-05-17Japan / auto supplyNational context · Midwest drought reduces farm output · 2012-09-27Drought / farm outputNational context · Automatic federal spending cuts begin · 2013-03-01Federal spending cutsNational context · 2013 federal government shutdown · 2013-10-012013 shutdownNational context · Oil-price decline cuts drilling investment · 2015-02-24Oil investment downturnNational context · Hurricanes Harvey and Irma disrupt activity · 2017-08-25Harvey and IrmaNational context · 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act · 2017-12-222017 tax lawNational context · U.S.–China tariff escalation · 2018-07-06U.S.–China tariffsNational context · 2018–19 federal government shutdown · 2018-12-222018–19 shutdownNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2019 rate cuts · 2019-07-312019 Fed rate cutsNational context · COVID-19 pandemic · 2020-03-11COVID-19 pandemicNational context · Emergency rate cuts and asset purchases · 2020-03-15Fed emergency supportNational context · CARES Act pandemic relief · 2020-03-27CARES Act reliefNational context · American Rescue Plan · 2021-03-11American Rescue PlanNational context · Reopening recovery meets supply bottlenecks · 2021-07-09Reopening / shortagesNational context · Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act · 2021-11-15Infrastructure lawNational context · Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine · 2022-02-24Russia invades UkraineNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2022 rate increases · 2022-03-16Fed rate increasesNational context · Semiconductor and energy investment incentives · 2022-08-16CHIPS / energy incentivesNational context · Banking stress and credit conditions · 2023-03-22Banking / credit stressNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2024 rate cuts · 2024-09-182024 Fed rate cutsNational context · Broad U.S. tariffs and volatile trade flows · 2025-04-02Tariffs / trade timingNational context · 2025 tax and spending reconciliation law · 2025-07-042025 tax / spending lawNational context · 2025 shutdown reduces federal services · 2025-10-012025 shutdownNational context · Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption · 2026-02-28Iran / Hormuz disruption● Massachusetts Legislature · 1● U.S. Congress · Massachusetts delegation · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.◆ Governor · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.■ Massachusetts agencies · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.2005-08-012026-02-28

1 of 1 reviewed Massachusetts actions match · 1 date markers shown. 29 major events shown separately.

Massachusetts · 2025: $640.79B · Rank #12 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $23.94T

Total value added produced in the state in millions of chained 2017 dollars. Annual estimates; the downloaded BEA snapshot is retained with a source hash. Revisions can change historical values and ranks. Annual observations use December 31; monthly observations use the first of the month. Lines connect consecutive readings and do not supply values between them. Missing observations break the lines.

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Massachusetts Real GDP · source units
PeriodMassachusettsRankU.S. benchmark
2025$640.79B#12 of 50$23.94T
2024$632.34B#12 of 50$23.39T
2023$615.42B#12 of 50$22.72T
2022$610.1B#12 of 50$22.08T
2021$596.81B#12 of 50$21.56T
2020$558.43B#12 of 50$20.28T
2019$566.28B#12 of 50$20.72T
2018$549.26B#12 of 50$20.19T
2017$530.13B#11 of 50$19.61T
2016$521.66B#11 of 50$19.14T
2015$514.4B#11 of 50$18.8T
2014$496.25B#11 of 50$18.26T
How major events are selected

The timeline combines the corresponding national fact’s reviewed event catalog, labeled National context, with individually reviewed state milestones. State events use primary sources and distinguish signing, effective and filing dates. Each milestone keeps its source-check date, geographical limits and evidence limits. This curated selection is not a complete history.

Date ranges affect events and actions. Action type, status and official-name search affect government records only. Events remain separate from action counts. An event after the latest observation extends context without creating a new reading.

Massachusetts · state comparison

Massachusetts output and growth

Annual real GDP removes price changes. Annual growth compares annual levels; it is separate from an annualized quarterly growth rate.

Massachusetts · 2025$640.79B
Massachusetts rank#12among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$23.94TSame measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Real GDP

Total value added produced in the state in millions of chained 2017 dollars.

Annual estimates; the downloaded BEA snapshot is retained with a source hash. Revisions can change historical values and ranks.

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Massachusetts
Real GDP history in Massachusetts$-3.02T$12.22T$27.46T20142025
2025 · Massachusetts: $640.79B · Rank #12 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $23.94T · Selected for state comparison
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Massachusetts Real GDP history
PeriodMassachusettsCompare
2014$496.25B
2015$514.4B
2016$521.66B
2017$530.13B
2018$549.26B
2019$566.28B
2020$558.43B
2021$596.81B
2022$610.1B
2023$615.42B
2024$632.34B
2025$640.79B

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Lower value · $38.06BHigher value · $3.43TStriped: unavailable

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Massachusetts · $640.79B2025 · Rank #12 of 50, highest firstSelected state

50 states shown · scroll to explore every state. Missing values have no bar and are excluded from ranks. Bars start at zero; #1 means the highest value.

Compare Massachusetts with every state · 50 ranked
Real GDP · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$3.43T—
#2Texas$2.33T—
#3New York$1.89T—
#4Florida$1.38T—
#5Illinois$948.03B—
#6Pennsylvania$815.87B—
#7Ohio$738.49B—
#8Georgia$719.74B—
#9Washington$715.88B—
#10New Jersey$688.76B—
#11North Carolina$682.83B—
#12Massachusetts · your comparison$640.79B—
#13Virginia$631.98B—
#14Michigan$575.4B—
#15Colorado$452.78B—
#16Arizona$451.49B—
#17Tennessee$447.66B—
#18Maryland$437.37B—
#19Indiana$422.47B—
#20Minnesota$392.31B—
#21Wisconsin$363.84B—
#22Missouri$362.46B—
#23Connecticut$297.35B—
#24South Carolina$287.16B—
#25Oregon$264.75B—
#26Louisiana$263.89B—
#27Alabama$259.46B—
#28Utah$243.04B—
#29Kentucky$239.51B—
#30Oklahoma$216.31B—
#31Nevada$210.1B—
#32Iowa$204.86B—
#33Kansas$178.51B—
#34Nebraska$156.61B—
#35Arkansas$147.93B—
#36Mississippi$123.37B—
#37New Mexico$122.58B—
#38Idaho$103.62B—
#39New Hampshire$99.06B—
#40Hawaii$93.38B—
#41Delaware$89.92B—
#42West Virginia$84.94B—
#43Maine$77.23B—
#44Rhode Island$67.25B—
#45North Dakota$65.27B—
#46Montana$61.08B—
#47South Dakota$59.87B—
#48Alaska$56.34B—
#49Wyoming$40.16B—
#50Vermont$38.06B—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Massachusetts · state comparison

What makes up Massachusetts GDP?

Choose an industry to compare Massachusetts’s output with every state. Nominal industry values can be added within a year.

Massachusetts · 2025$869.6M
Massachusetts rank#41among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$255.93BSame measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output

Industry value added, current dollars. The broad industries listed form an exhaustive partition of total GDP.

A large industry output rank can reflect the size of the state. Chained-dollar components should not be added.

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Massachusetts
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output history in Massachusetts$-43.12B$147.13B$337.37B20142025
2025 · Massachusetts: $869.6M · Rank #41 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $255.93B · Selected for state comparison
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Massachusetts Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output history
PeriodMassachusettsCompare
2014$786M
2015$835.5M
2016$791.9M
2017$839.4M
2018$831M
2019$886.7M
2020$830.4M
2021$952.6M
2022$1.13B
2023$944.8M
2024$893M
2025$869.6M

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Lower value · $164.2MHigher value · $50.67BStriped: unavailable

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Massachusetts · $869.6M2025 · Rank #41 of 50, highest firstSelected state

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Compare Massachusetts with every state · 50 ranked
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$50.67B—
#2Texas$16.95B—
#3Iowa$14.1B—
#4Nebraska$10.6B—
#5Illinois$9.52B—
#6Florida$8.33B—
#7Washington$8.05B—
#8Minnesota$8.01B—
#9Indiana$7.13B—
#10South Dakota$7.08B—
#11Kansas$7.02B—
#12Ohio$7B—
#13Wisconsin$6.58B—
#14Oregon$6.18B—
#15Michigan$6.02B—
#16Missouri$5.71B—
#17North Carolina$5.55B—
#18Idaho$5.41B—
#19Pennsylvania$4.97B—
#20North Dakota$4.71B—
#21Georgia$4.53B—
#22Oklahoma$4.26B—
#23Arkansas$4.13B—
#24Kentucky$3.75B—
#25New York$3.55B—
#26Alabama$3.29B—
#27Mississippi$2.99B—
#28Colorado$2.98B—
#29Arizona$2.85B—
#30Montana$2.49B—
#31Louisiana$2.42B—
#32Virginia$2.37B—
#33Tennessee$2.01B—
#34New Mexico$1.7B—
#35South Carolina$1.63B—
#36Utah$1.59B—
#37Maryland$1.31B—
#38New Jersey$1.27B—
#39Maine$1.2B—
#40Wyoming$888.5M—
#41Massachusetts · your comparison$869.6M—
#42Delaware$741.1M—
#43West Virginia$561.8M—
#44Hawaii$553.9M—
#45Nevada$551.2M—
#46Vermont$536.1M—
#47Alaska$488.1M—
#48Connecticut$341.8M—
#49New Hampshire$320.1M—
#50Rhode Island$164.2M—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Massachusetts · state comparison

Does growth translate into more work?

BEA’s total employment counts jobs, including proprietors, rather than distinct people.

Massachusetts · 20255,020,627
Massachusetts rank#13among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark218,324,700Same measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Total employment · jobs

BEA annual total full-time and part-time employment, including proprietors. One person can hold multiple jobs.

Separate from residence-based civilian employment in BLS LAUS and from nonfarm payroll employment.

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Massachusetts
Total employment · jobs history in Massachusetts-27,633,675111,386,276250,406,22720142025
2025 · Massachusetts: 5,020,627 · Rank #13 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 218,324,700 · Selected for state comparison
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Massachusetts Total employment · jobs history
PeriodMassachusettsCompare
20144,447,852
20154,631,573
20164,710,017
20174,778,647
20184,855,419
20194,873,421
20204,601,155
20214,778,049
20224,938,725
20235,003,853
20245,014,632
20255,020,627

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Lower value · 439,349Higher value · 25,407,891Striped: unavailable

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Massachusetts · 5,020,6272025 · Rank #13 of 50, highest firstSelected state

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Compare Massachusetts with every state · 50 ranked
Total employment · jobs · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California25,407,891—
#2Texas20,639,097—
#3Florida15,174,955—
#4New York13,498,360—
#5Illinois8,197,037—
#6Pennsylvania8,150,272—
#7Ohio7,394,537—
#8Georgia7,184,433—
#9North Carolina6,864,520—
#10New Jersey6,095,348—
#11Michigan5,946,187—
#12Virginia5,789,397—
#13Massachusetts · your comparison5,020,627—
#14Washington4,879,224—
#15Tennessee4,633,711—
#16Arizona4,455,141—
#17Colorado4,231,488—
#18Indiana4,213,622—
#19Maryland4,009,451—
#20Missouri3,998,549—
#21Minnesota3,914,167—
#22Wisconsin3,855,203—
#23South Carolina3,245,739—
#24Alabama2,966,686—
#25Louisiana2,831,737—
#26Kentucky2,718,290—
#27Oregon2,671,758—
#28Oklahoma2,466,719—
#29Utah2,458,247—
#30Connecticut2,424,541—
#31Nevada2,163,825—
#32Iowa2,122,389—
#33Kansas2,007,083—
#34Arkansas1,811,561—
#35Mississippi1,713,294—
#36Nebraska1,410,465—
#37Idaho1,238,642—
#38New Mexico1,183,906—
#39New Hampshire942,254—
#40Hawaii925,451—
#41West Virginia910,570—
#42Maine898,379—
#43Montana761,061—
#44Rhode Island690,505—
#45Delaware678,218—
#46South Dakota665,420—
#47North Dakota605,276—
#48Alaska472,008—
#49Wyoming451,906—
#50Vermont439,349—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

What candidates are saying

Explore statements about GDP, economic growth and production from FactVote’s Massachusetts candidate profiles. Compare candidates within each recorded race, with each person’s matching statements kept together. These are candidate and campaign statements, not verified outcomes.

2 statements from 2 candidates

2026 Massachusetts U.S. House — District 1 General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

Richard E. Neal

1 statement

Democratic · U.S. House District 1 · MA

Economic growth & production context

Over his career in Congress, Congressman Neal has been an advocate of fairness and simplification of the U.S. tax code, supporter of policies that increase the national savings rate, fought relentlessly to protect Social Security and Medicare from privatization, promoted Financial Aid Seminars for c…

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Over his career in Congress, Congressman Neal has been an advocate of fairness and simplification of the U.S. tax code, supporter of policies that increase the national savings rate, fought relentlessly to protect Social Security and Medicare from privatization, promoted Financial Aid Seminars for college-bound students and families, been instrumental in economic development initiatives throughout the district, and much more.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026

Richard E. Neal — candidate-owned primary source 3 ↗

2026 Massachusetts U.S. House — District 6 General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

Republican · U.S. House District 6 · MA

Economic growth & production context

Strengthen domestic production of strategically important materials. We should understand and control where we source critical materials from.

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Source topic or question: Reinforce Energy and Supply Chain Security

Candidate campaign source

Strengthen domestic production of strategically important materials. We should understand and control where we source critical materials from.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Micah Quinney Jones — candidate-owned primary source 5 ↗
How statements are selected

This section matches specific GDP, economic growth and production terms in retained, attributed source text from published Massachusetts candidate profiles. A profile heading or biography alone does not qualify. The Florida geography is fixed; saved state preferences cannot change these results. A mention can concern a community or group rather than Florida’s statewide measure.

Matching is automatic and does not establish a candidate’s stance, the accuracy of a claim, or an effect on the measured result. Results are grouped by recorded race, then by candidate name. Within each candidate, the matching issue mentions appear first. Only candidates with matching retained statements are shown; this is not a complete race roster. Repeated identical text for the same candidate is shown once. Coverage follows the existing state profiles and is not a complete record of all candidates or everything they have said. Review dates are not statement dates.

Massachusetts incumbents

What incumbents are proposing

Explore reviewed bills sponsored by current Massachusetts legislators and Massachusetts’s congressional delegation, plus retained proposals from Massachusetts’s governor and agencies. Each record keeps its latest recorded status and official evidence.

1 matching sponsorship or proposal · 1 Massachusetts incumbent. These filters apply only to this section.

Rep. Sean Garballey

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 23rd Middlesex · D–MA

1 proposal
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Massachusetts Legislature · H.1788

An Act creating a multi-family housing incentive pilot program

Jan 5, 2021 · Did not pass

Rep. Sean Garballey · Sponsored

FactVote reviewed summary

By Mr. Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1788) of Sean Garballey and others for legislation to establish in the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development a housing development pilot program to offer incentives to cities and towns to zone for substantial multifamily housing and/or mixed use development in transit-oriented locations. Municipalities and Regional Government.

The official Massachusetts General Court record lists this final action on January 5, 2021: No further action taken. The measure was not enacted in that General Court.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses residential rent, tenant protections, eviction, rental assistance, or housing supply and affordability. It does not establish an effect on Massachusetts's median gross rent.

Retained Massachusetts evidence context: Median gross rent. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

By Mr. Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1788) of Sean Garballey and others for legislation to establish in the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development a housing development pilot program to offer incentives to cities and towns to zone for substantial multifamily housing and/or mixed use development in transit-oriented locations. Municipalities and Regional Government.
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What sponsorship and proposal counts tell us

Only current Massachusetts officeholders retained in the reviewed collection qualify. Bills require a recorded primary sponsorship; cosponsors and signing officials are excluded from sponsorship counts. An official introducer recorded as acting by request is labeled “Introduced by request”; that procedural role does not establish personal policy endorsement. Governor and agency records qualify when recorded as proposed. A separately verified governor transmittal can also establish an original proposal whose latest status reflects its later outcome. Signing an enacted law alone does not establish a proposal. A record appearing under several facts is counted once per officeholder. A bill with multiple primary sponsors appears under each recorded sponsor.

Enacted bills, adopted resolutions and unsuccessful measures remain visible as proposal history. Passing one chamber is not enactment. These counts do not measure effectiveness or prove that an action changed a Massachusetts statistic. Collection reviewed Sep 4, 2026.