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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Overview of QCEW Reporting Rates

The primary source for the QCEW is administrative data from state unemployment insurance (UI) programs. The states receive a Quarterly Contributions Report (QCR) from private sector employers as well as state and local governments covered under the UI program. Federal government employers provide reports via the Report of Federal Employment and Wages (RFEW). For more information about QCEW collections and data sources, see the QCEW Handbook of Methods.

Reporting rates are generally very high because employers are required to file reports under the UI law for each state. As shown in the tables below, more than 90 percent of establishments at the national level typically report their data each quarter, accounting for upwards of 95 percent of employment and wages. The remaining 5 to 10 percent of data are imputed. Reporting rates vary by state.

Downloadable Data

Data that track changes in reporting rates at the national and state levels are available for download. This database goes back to the first quarter of 2020 and is updated after each QCEW news release:

  • Download national and state-level reporting rates data (2020 - Present): CSV

Tables

The tables below detail the rates of QCEW reporting in recent years at the national and state levels across all ownerships and industries. These tables are updated quarterly with the publication of new QCEW data.

Table 1. Percent of QCEW establishments that reported data
Area 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1[1] 2023 Q2[1] 2023 Q3[1]
United States[2] 92.9 93.0 91.1 91.6 91.7 92.0 90.9 91.2 85.9
Alabama 91.3 90.7 89.1 89.9 90.1 89.7 89.4 90.0 88.9
Alaska 97.0 97.5 96.8 97.0 97.8 97.4 96.1 96.6 95.7
Arizona 84.7 87.0 88.6 86.4 80.8 87.4 81.1 86.7 81.5
Arkansas 90.6 90.8 91.9 92.4 91.8 92.4 91.3 91.4 89.0
California 98.3 98.4 95.8 98.1 98.2 98.0 97.8 97.6 96.2
Colorado 93.0 93.2 91.2 83.6 85.3 95.0 85.5 90.0 27.8
Connecticut 92.5 92.8 91.1 90.1 91.8 91.0 89.3 88.7 89.0
Delaware 83.2 83.6 79.2 81.1 82.8 84.5 80.0 74.4 78.4
District of Columbia 84.7 87.8 83.7 83.2 87.2 86.6 85.4 80.5 81.4
Florida 92.6 92.5 89.3 90.7 90.8 90.8 90.6 91.0 88.4
Georgia 84.6 83.2 81.9 79.7 81.1 81.8 83.4 83.4 81.3
Hawaii 91.3 92.2 90.4 88.5 88.8 88.4 86.4 85.2 83.1
Idaho 92.5 92.4 45.4 89.1 89.7 85.0 83.9 85.4 82.5
Illinois 92.5 92.0 92.7 92.2 90.6 89.9 89.8 88.8 87.9
Indiana 92.2 94.0 90.1 91.4 92.5 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.5
Iowa 97.5 97.6 97.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 97.5 97.0 96.6
Kansas 96.7 96.9 95.3 96.6 97.4 97.9 97.5 97.9 97.6
Kentucky 87.7 87.2 87.3 86.6 87.5 86.1 85.6 85.3 84.4
Louisiana 85.6 85.2 85.8 84.4 85.0 84.4 84.8 84.2 81.9
Maine 95.5 95.0 94.8 94.8 94.9 94.5 93.1 92.6 92.2
Maryland 88.5 89.1 97.1 96.0 95.8 96.6 98.2 97.9 89.5
Massachusetts 93.7 94.6 92.8 89.6 92.6 92.5 90.9 91.1 89.0
Michigan 88.3 89.0 85.4 84.4 83.3 82.0 80.5 79.8 79.4
Minnesota 89.9 90.0 85.2 86.0 85.8 87.2 80.1 87.3 13.1
Mississippi 91.5 91.1 89.0 89.8 89.1 88.0 86.1 85.6 81.6
Missouri 94.0 93.9 92.5 91.1 92.2 91.9 91.1 90.8 89.0
Montana 95.2 95.4 94.0 92.0 90.6 90.0 87.9 87.3 86.5
Nebraska 91.0 80.0 91.9 90.5 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.0
Nevada 95.8 95.0 91.6 95.9 93.3 97.1 96.3 96.1 92.3
New Hampshire 94.8 95.0 94.4 94.3 95.3 91.6 94.3 94.3 93.6
New Jersey 86.5 91.1 85.4 84.7 85.0 90.7 83.9 84.2 83.1
New Mexico 91.8 90.8 86.0 91.1 90.7 90.7 92.3 92.2 90.1
New York 92.4 92.0 89.9 91.5 91.8 91.7 91.0 90.9 90.0
North Carolina 93.6 92.7 90.6 90.8 89.6 88.2 87.5 87.4 82.1
North Dakota 98.6 98.1 97.8 97.9 97.5 96.9 97.8 97.8 97.4
Ohio 93.1 93.2 92.0 92.2 89.8 91.3 89.6 89.7 89.0
Oklahoma 87.3 87.9 85.1 91.8 92.7 92.1 90.3 91.1 89.3
Oregon 90.2 89.2 89.5 84.2 80.2 76.2 80.6 79.5 79.2
Pennsylvania 98.0 98.1 98.1 96.7 98.3 98.3 98.1 98.2 97.8
Rhode Island 94.7 98.2 93.4 93.9 98.3 98.5 98.1 98.4 98.7
South Carolina 91.8 91.9 88.6 88.5 91.2 92.2 91.4 94.6 91.5
South Dakota 98.3 98.0 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.1 97.7 98.4 98.3
Tennessee 90.8 92.0 90.1 89.4 90.1 90.3 88.2 86.1 25.8
Texas 96.3 96.7 94.6 95.5 95.4 96.3 94.5 95.1 94.2
Utah 97.4 97.7 97.6 97.4 97.6 97.3 98.2 97.9 96.5
Vermont 97.5 95.8 93.3 93.4 93.9 94.7 92.4 93.4 93.0
Virginia 90.0 91.4 92.3 92.3 92.5 93.2 91.1 93.3 91.6
Washington 83.5 81.3 82.5 85.3 80.8 79.5 80.4 79.3 78.2
West Virginia 94.2 93.6 94.2 96.6 95.4 95.9 85.1 90.7 91.3
Wisconsin 95.7 96.1 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.0 97.2 97.8 97.3
Wyoming 99.1 99.2 98.2 98.3 99.0 98.7 97.9 98.3 97.2
Puerto Rico 97.3 97.4 94.6 95.2 91.5 95.1 93.6 93.5 91.3
Virgin Islands 63.5 68.2 94.1 96.9 59.6 57.0 61.8 61.8 56.9

[1] Data are preliminary and still subject to revision.

[2] Includes the District of Columbia. Excludes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Table 2. Percent of QCEW employment reported by establishments
Area Sep. 2021 Dec. 2021 Mar. 2022 Jun. 2022 Sep. 2022 Dec. 2022 Mar. 2023[1] Jun. 2023[1] Sep. 2023[1]
United States[2] 97.3 97.6 97.1 96.5 97.1 97.2 97.0 97.1 93.2
Alabama 97.9 98.3 97.6 97.9 98.4 98.5 97.7 97.6 97.4
Alaska 92.9 95.4 91.9 91.1 99.2 97.0 97.2 95.6 98.1
Arizona 96.8 98.0 97.7 94.5 95.7 96.9 95.9 99.0 96.0
Arkansas 99.5 99.5 99.1 98.4 99.0 99.0 98.5 98.7 98.1
California 99.9 99.9 99.4 99.3 97.2 96.4 96.2 96.9 96.8
Colorado 96.7 96.8 95.6 94.2 96.4 97.7 96.5 95.7 40.2
Connecticut 94.9 92.5 95.3 92.9 95.3 96.6 96.1 95.8 95.5
Delaware 92.2 92.1 91.2 91.2 91.9 94.7 93.5 92.5 88.4
District of Columbia 94.2 94.7 93.2 92.2 95.4 93.8 95.4 96.5 96.3
Florida 96.5 96.4 95.1 93.6 96.6 96.9 96.7 95.1 96.3
Georgia 96.2 94.5 96.4 96.1 95.3 97.5 96.2 95.9 95.8
Hawaii 96.5 98.1 98.0 96.3 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.1 98.6
Idaho 96.3 95.4 68.9 94.8 95.2 96.5 95.9 96.1 94.6
Illinois 99.5 99.3 99.8 99.4 96.4 96.7 97.3 97.8 98.1
Indiana 93.9 97.2 95.4 92.4 96.3 97.3 95.8 96.2 97.3
Iowa 97.0 97.9 98.0 97.5 97.9 98.3 97.6 98.3 96.9
Kansas 98.4 98.6 97.4 95.9 98.9 99.2 98.4 99.1 98.3
Kentucky 96.9 97.9 98.2 96.9 98.4 97.2 96.6 96.8 96.7
Louisiana 97.6 97.5 97.5 98.1 97.5 97.2 98.6 97.7 97.1
Maine 99.1 98.9 97.3 98.0 98.7 98.1 95.8 96.7 96.3
Maryland 93.8 96.3 97.9 94.9 96.9 97.9 98.5 98.7 96.4
Massachusetts 94.8 97.4 97.3 94.4 97.2 98.1 96.8 97.1 95.2
Michigan 96.0 97.0 96.6 96.3 96.3 96.4 95.1 93.6 95.7
Minnesota 98.3 96.7 94.4 91.6 97.1 96.5 97.6 96.6 17.0
Mississippi 96.0 96.8 96.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.8 96.5 94.5
Missouri 95.9 96.6 96.6 96.0 98.2 98.0 97.3 98.4 98.1
Montana 99.1 99.2 99.1 97.8 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.9 99.1
Nebraska 98.6 94.7 96.5 96.5 98.3 98.7 98.0 98.5 98.2
Nevada 92.6 94.0 93.7 93.3 94.4 95.8 94.5 93.1 94.8
New Hampshire 95.2 96.9 99.0 97.9 98.4 93.4 96.8 97.6 98.5
New Jersey 97.1 97.9 97.3 96.5 97.8 98.2 97.0 97.4 97.2
New Mexico 98.0 98.2 97.2 97.7 97.8 97.2 96.8 97.2 97.1
New York 96.3 96.9 95.4 94.8 93.9 94.9 95.8 95.0 93.5
North Carolina 99.7 99.5 99.2 99.0 98.8 97.9 97.5 98.2 97.0
North Dakota 99.4 99.7 99.0 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.4
Ohio 95.4 96.6 96.9 95.2 96.7 98.0 97.3 97.9 97.3
Oklahoma 99.1 99.0 99.0 97.8 98.4 97.8 96.3 97.7 98.0
Oregon 96.3 97.5 97.2 93.8 94.8 89.2 93.8 95.4 95.3
Pennsylvania 95.8 97.2 97.0 94.9 97.5 96.6 97.4 97.2 97.1
Rhode Island 99.1 99.5 98.6 98.4 98.1 98.1 98.8 99.2 97.8
South Carolina 97.8 98.3 96.2 96.9 98.2 98.3 97.8 98.9 99.0
South Dakota 92.6 95.3 98.5 98.1 98.9 98.8 98.4 98.4 98.9
Tennessee 95.7 98.7 97.8 96.4 98.3 98.0 97.8 97.3 46.1
Texas 99.0 98.0 98.5 99.2 99.4 99.3 98.7 98.8 98.7
Utah 99.0 99.0 98.9 99.3 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.1
Vermont 95.3 99.4 98.2 97.2 99.3 99.4 98.4 97.9 98.4
Virginia 96.3 96.7 95.9 96.4 97.5 97.6 97.5 97.4 96.9
Washington 98.4 95.8 94.6 96.7 96.5 97.3 97.1 97.4 96.6
West Virginia 99.0 97.4 98.1 98.8 95.5 95.1 95.9 95.9 97.3
Wisconsin 97.6 97.7 96.7 97.0 98.9 98.7 97.5 99.1 98.9
Wyoming 97.8 99.0 98.7 98.0 97.5 97.4 98.5 97.7 96.6
Puerto Rico 97.5 97.7 96.3 96.3 91.4 96.1 97.0 96.9 96.4
Virgin Islands 97.7 96.5 97.0 99.6 95.8 94.8 96.8 96.3 90.8

[1] Data are preliminary and still subject to revision.

[2] Includes the District of Columbia. Excludes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Table 3. Percent of QCEW wages reported by establishments
Area 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1[1] 2023 Q2[1] 2023 Q3[1]
United States[2] 98.3 98.0 97.7 98.2 97.6 97.4 96.7 97.4 96.4
Alabama 98.8 98.4 98.5 99.0 98.8 99.0 98.2 98.4 98.5
Alaska 87.3 88.4 85.3 88.3 98.3 98.8 98.7 98.4 98.8
Arizona 98.7 99.3 98.7 95.1 96.5 97.8 97.1 98.6 97.0
Arkansas 99.6 99.5 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.5 99.1 99.1 98.4
California 99.9 99.9 99.7 99.5 95.8 94.6 93.7 93.6 96.2
Colorado 98.1 97.1 97.2 97.1 96.9 98.1 97.6 97.5 91.1
Connecticut 94.9 91.7 92.2 93.3 95.6 95.9 93.9 96.5 94.8
Delaware 91.8 84.9 93.9 93.9 93.1 94.9 92.9 85.4 87.3
District of Columbia 97.2 97.0 97.8 97.6 97.8 98.3 99.0 97.7 99.0
Florida 97.4 97.8 95.8 96.9 97.4 97.2 96.9 97.5 96.7
Georgia 96.5 94.7 96.7 97.7 95.4 97.5 95.6 97.7 97.3
Hawaii 99.1 98.8 99.0 98.9 98.9 99.1 98.8 98.3 99.2
Idaho 96.3 97.1 78.4 98.5 98.3 97.7 98.2 99.7 99.3
Illinois 99.7 99.6 100.0 99.9 98.7 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.2
Indiana 98.4 99.1 97.6 96.3 96.6 95.2 96.0 96.4 96.8
Iowa 99.1 99.0 97.6 98.8 98.8 98.8 96.9 98.9 97.2
Kansas 98.7 99.6 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.7
Kentucky 98.9 99.1 98.8 99.0 98.9 97.7 96.5 96.6 98.3
Louisiana 98.9 98.7 97.9 99.5 97.6 97.5 99.2 97.9 97.0
Maine 99.4 99.4 99.1 99.1 99.1 98.5 95.6 96.9 96.9
Maryland 98.1 98.1 98.7 98.4 97.7 98.6 99.5 99.6 98.5
Massachusetts 98.8 98.8 98.4 98.0 97.3 97.8 95.0 96.6 93.9
Michigan 97.2 97.5 98.0 98.2 98.6 98.6 97.2 98.0 97.9
Minnesota 98.8 96.8 97.5 98.3 98.7 97.8 98.6 97.9 97.1
Mississippi 97.7 97.4 96.4 97.1 96.6 96.9 95.8 96.5 95.4
Missouri 97.6 96.6 96.5 98.4 99.2 98.4 98.0 98.9 98.9
Montana 99.4 99.3 99.3 97.2 98.4 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.3
Nebraska 99.6 97.3 98.1 98.7 98.8 99.4 99.0 99.4 99.0
Nevada 94.8 94.3 95.1 93.3 97.3 96.0 96.5 97.2 97.1
New Hampshire 96.7 98.8 98.9 99.5 99.2 96.3 98.2 98.0 98.9
New Jersey 98.9 97.9 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.4 98.6 99.1 99.1
New Mexico 98.7 98.7 98.0 98.3 98.2 97.2 98.3 97.1 97.7
New York 96.6 95.5 94.4 95.9 95.3 96.0 93.2 95.0 96.3
North Carolina 99.8 99.7 99.3 99.0 98.8 98.2 96.7 98.5 97.9
North Dakota 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.7 99.9 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.8
Ohio 99.0 98.3 98.2 98.6 98.2 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.5
Oklahoma 98.9 98.4 97.8 97.5 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.4
Oregon 96.3 97.4 96.4 94.7 95.3 88.7 94.1 96.7 95.0
Pennsylvania 96.4 98.6 98.5 98.8 98.6 98.3 97.6 97.7 97.8
Rhode Island 98.6 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.6 98.0 99.7 99.5 97.1
South Carolina 99.0 99.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 98.4 98.0 99.1 99.0
South Dakota 98.1 95.8 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.6 98.3 97.6 99.5
Tennessee 98.9 99.5 99.1 99.2 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.4 46.1
Texas 98.1 98.5 98.6 99.3 99.4 99.1 98.5 99.1 98.9
Utah 99.7 99.6 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.3
Vermont 96.4 99.6 98.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.0 98.7 98.8
Virginia 98.4 98.1 98.2 98.8 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.8 98.5
Washington 99.7 93.0 94.3 99.0 98.5 98.9 98.1 99.4 99.1
West Virginia 99.0 95.5 97.3 98.3 94.9 95.3 94.1 94.8 96.1
Wisconsin 99.4 98.4 97.3 97.5 98.3 97.7 97.7 99.5 99.6
Wyoming 98.7 99.4 98.6 98.6 98.3 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.3
Puerto Rico 96.8 97.2 96.0 96.2 90.1 95.9 96.8 97.7 96.3
Virgin Islands 98.6 97.7 97.5 97.2 95.1 94.2 98.2 97.1 91.6

[1] Data are preliminary and still subject to revision.

[2] Includes the District of Columbia. Excludes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Last Modified Date: February 21, 2024