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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Establishments Response Rates

QCEW response rates are presented for establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter, as first published. They are not updated with subsequent revisions to the data.

Table 1. QCEW Response Rates for establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter (as first published)
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
AREA

Qtr 1 (Mar) Qtr 4 (Dec) Qtr 3 (Sep) Qtr 2 (Jun) Qtr 1 (Mar) Qtr 4 (Dec) Qtr 3 (Sep) Qtr 2 (Jun) Qtr 1 (Mar) Qtr 4 (Dec) Qtr 3 (Sep) Qtr 2 (Jun) Qtr 1 (Mar) Qtr 4 (Dec) Qtr 3 (Sep) Qtr 2 (Jun) Qtr 1 (Mar) Qtr 4 (Dec) Qtr 3 (Sep) Qtr 2 (Jun) Qtr 1 (Mar) Qtr 4 (Dec) Qtr 3 (Sep) Qtr 2 (Jun) Qtr 1 (Mar)

United States (1)

89.3% 90.7% 89.9% 90.3% 90.2% 92.1% 91.7% 91.8% 91.3% 92.1% 92.3% 91.8% 90.8% 93.2% 91.7% 92.5% 92.0% 93.1% 92.5% 92.8% 91.0% 92.9% 92.6% 92.0% 91.0%

Alabama

88.1% 88.7% 88.9% 88.7% 88.9% 90.2% 90.4% 89.9% 92.3% 81.8% 91.1% 91.7% 90.8% 93.4% 90.9% 88.9% 88.4% 91.4% 90.2% 91.6% 90.9% 91.6% 91.4% 92.3% 91.4%

Alaska

95.1% 97.4% 97.1% 96.8% 96.1% 97.3% 96.5% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 96.8% 96.6% 96.8% 98.4% 97.8% 96.2% 96.5% 96.7% 95.6% 96.5% 95.4% 96.6% 94.9% 95.6% 95.9%

Arizona

79.3% 87.4% 81.0% 87.3% 89.4% 85.9% 85.8% 92.5% 92.6% 94.0% 92.8% 89.3% 90.3% 92.5% 91.3% 91.3% 91.8% 92.7% 90.2% 91.4% 90.4% 92.5% 92.6% 91.6% 91.8%

Arkansas

88.9% 87.9% 88.3% 87.7% 87.0% 87.6% 81.8% 85.8% 88.0% 89.4% 89.1% 89.4% 88.3% 90.7% 90.1% 90.2% 89.4% 90.8% 90.3% 90.5% 89.7% 91.1% 90.9% 90.2% 90.0%

California

95.8% 96.9% 96.5% 96.6% 96.0% 97.3% 96.5% 96.3% 95.5% 96.7% 95.9% 95.2% 94.8% 96.7% 96.0% 96.1% 95.3% 96.6% 95.5% 95.4% 91.0% 96.5% 95.8% 95.6% 94.7%

Colorado

85.4% 95.1% 57.4% 83.6% 91.1% 93.0% 92.9% 91.6% 90.6% 93.5% 93.7% 92.2% 91.8% 93.6% 93.8% 93.9% 93.1% 93.9% 93.4% 93.2% 92.4% 94.0% 94.2% 93.8% 93.1%

Connecticut

89.4% 91.1% 91.0% 89.6% 91.2% 92.3% 92.2% 92.1% 91.2% 92.1% 92.7% 91.1% 91.3% 93.2% 92.7% 93.3% 92.3% 82.0% 81.5% 79.2% 78.9% 82.0% 82.1% 82.4% 81.0%

Delaware

81.5% 84.7% 83.9% 82.7% 82.3% 84.3% 81.5% 84.2% 81.8% 86.3% 87.9% 86.4% 84.2% 88.7% 87.2% 88.1% 88.2% 87.4% 88.1% 88.7% 88.5% 90.3% 87.2% 87.7% 87.3%

District of Columbia

83.8% 86.7% 86.3% 83.3% 83.6% 87.7% 83.9% 84.3% 82.0% 87.3% 81.9% 83.3% 81.1% 88.4% 82.4% 83.3% 81.7% 87.0% 80.5% 80.0% 76.0% 79.1% 75.6% 77.3% 75.6%

Florida

87.8% 87.9% 88.9% 88.1% 87.2% 89.6% 90.9% 90.7% 89.5% 88.9% 90.9% 90.1% 89.4% 91.9% 92.2% 92.4% 91.4% 93.0% 91.5% 94.7% 91.3% 91.4% 91.8% 91.4% 91.0%

Georgia

82.6% 80.7% 80.6% 81.5% 81.7% 83.0% 83.7% 83.7% 84.7% 78.9% 86.5% 86.1% 78.2% 89.7% 90.1% 90.6% 90.5% 89.1% 90.3% 89.6% 89.5% 90.8% 90.3% 90.3% 89.9%

Hawaii

85.8% 87.4% 87.4% 88.3% 89.6% 89.7% 88.9% 89.4% 88.7% 90.9% 90.7% 89.3% 89.1% 91.1% 90.0% 92.1% 93.2% 94.9% 93.3% 93.7% 93.0% 94.8% 93.8% 93.8% 92.9%

Idaho

82.6% 85.9% 91.4% 91.4% 47.3% 92.9% 93.8% 93.9% 94.2% 95.6% 95.9% 96.0% 94.7% 96.9% 94.6% 94.4% 93.8% 95.1% 95.9% 95.8% 95.4% 93.8% 93.6% 93.2% 93.0%

Illinois

87.7% 88.6% 87.8% 89.3% 88.5% 90.5% 90.1% 89.9% 89.6% 91.6% 91.0% 90.0% 88.6% 91.9% 91.0% 90.3% 90.5% 92.6% 90.7% 90.2% 88.8% 91.2% 90.3% 81.6% 81.7%

Indiana

90.5% 91.3% 92.2% 91.0% 92.4% 94.1% 92.4% 93.2% 92.5% 93.0% 94.0% 93.9% 91.0% 94.6% 93.8% 94.0% 92.0% 94.0% 93.2% 93.4% 91.9% 94.1% 93.9% 93.5% 92.9%

Iowa

95.7% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8% 96.3% 97.2% 96.8% 97.0% 97.0% 97.5% 97.3% 97.4% 97.2% 97.6% 97.4% 97.5% 96.7% 97.6% 97.2% 97.0% 97.0% 97.8% 97.5% 97.1% 96.3%

Kansas

96.8% 97.8% 97.0% 97.0% 96.0% 97.3% 96.6% 97.1% 95.8% 96.6% 95.3% 94.4% 93.1% 96.9% 95.5% 96.1% 95.6% 95.9% 96.1% 96.1% 96.5% 96.7% 94.9% 96.5% 92.7%

Kentucky

84.9% 85.4% 86.7% 84.9% 86.3% 87.3% 86.5% 87.6% 85.4% 84.7% 87.9% 88.4% 88.9% 90.5% 89.5% 92.0% 90.7% 92.3% 89.6% 90.8% 88.7% 84.4% 88.9% 90.1% 80.5%

Louisiana

83.3% 82.2% 82.1% 83.3% 82.1% 83.9% 82.6% 84.7% 84.8% 85.0% 83.9% 83.6% 84.5% 87.7% 87.6% 88.3% 88.0% 88.9% 88.4% 87.9% 88.7% 88.8% 88.9% 89.4% 89.4%

Maine

91.2% 93.9% 93.6% 93.2% 92.7% 93.4% 93.7% 93.6% 93.0% 93.9% 94.4% 94.8% 93.5% 94.7% 92.9% 93.1% 90.4% 87.6% 94.1% 94.4% 93.6% 94.3% 94.3% 93.2% 91.9%

Maryland

88.7% 88.9% 88.8% 88.0% 88.4% 88.4% 88.3% 89.7% 89.2% 89.6% 88.8% 91.0% 89.9% 89.1% 91.3% 91.5% 92.4% 94.1% 94.1% 94.4% 94.1% 95.0% 94.3% 94.2% 93.7%

Massachusetts

89.9% 91.9% 91.6% 88.9% 91.3% 94.1% 91.8% 92.2% 91.3% 94.9% 94.4% 91.7% 92.6% 95.4% 94.3% 94.5% 92.0% 94.9% 98.7% 98.3% 96.2% 96.5% 99.4% 99.2% 99.1%

Michigan

81.2% 82.3% 84.4% 85.3% 86.6% 89.4% 89.1% 89.1% 88.7% 89.5% 88.3% 86.9% 86.6% 87.7% 85.8% 88.6% 82.0% 85.0% 83.3% 84.5% 81.7% 84.9% 84.2% 84.0% 82.0%

Minnesota

79.8% 86.7% 85.4% 86.2% 85.1% 90.0% 89.8% 85.1% 87.7% 89.6% 90.2% 88.5% 88.6% 92.8% 92.7% 91.4% 91.0% 92.8% 92.8% 93.0% 93.7% 94.9% 95.2% 95.6% 92.5%

Mississippi

77.3% 86.6% 87.9% 89.6% 87.5% 87.9% 89.5% 89.7% 89.4% 89.2% 89.8% 90.6% 88.9% 89.9% 89.1% 91.3% 89.5% 89.6% 89.7% 91.9% 91.5% 91.9% 91.5% 92.3% 90.6%

Missouri

89.5% 91.0% 91.0% 80.3% 92.3% 93.3% 92.8% 92.6% 91.1% 91.6% 91.8% 91.7% 90.2% 92.8% 92.9% 93.4% 93.3% 93.1% 93.5% 94.1% 86.9% 85.3% 85.1% 85.6% 85.5%

Montana

87.7% 89.9% 90.7% 92.0% 94.0% 95.6% 92.9% 93.9% 92.9% 90.6% 91.2% 94.2% 91.9% 93.2% 93.9% 95.9% 95.7% 88.4% 92.6% 93.5% 94.8% 91.2% 91.5% 93.5% 93.3%

Nebraska

95.3% 96.0% 92.1% 79.1% 90.6% 75.9% 91.4% 97.7% 96.7% 98.2% 98.9% 97.8% 96.1% 95.2% 84.0% 98.8% 97.4% 98.3% 98.4% 98.1% 96.0% 97.5% 98.0% 97.9% 96.2%

Nevada

96.0% 97.4% 90.2% 95.3% 89.0% 95.3% 95.0% 94.2% 89.4% 93.3% 89.9% 93.1% 92.5% 94.7% 93.0% 93.3% 93.4% 93.5% 92.7% 92.8% 93.1% 93.7% 93.7% 91.3% 90.2%

New Hampshire

92.8% 90.9% 93.8% 93.5% 92.9% 94.2% 93.9% 93.0% 93.0% 94.4% 94.3% 94.6% 94.2% 96.1% 95.5% 95.6% 95.0% 96.5% 96.4% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 94.4% 96.6% 95.9%

New Jersey

81.3% 89.4% 84.0% 82.1% 82.7% 90.4% 85.9% 86.0% 85.2% 87.0% 85.8% 84.5% 83.0% 88.6% 87.1% 86.9% 86.1% 89.3% 87.3% 86.9% 86.8% 89.9% 87.5% 87.2% 86.5%

New Mexico

86.4% 89.9% 84.3% 85.2% 85.0% 89.7% 90.4% 91.4% 85.9% 89.4% 91.0% 91.2% 88.1% 89.5% 90.1% 91.1% 91.3% 92.9% 92.1% 92.8% 92.8% 94.8% 94.9% 94.2% 93.6%

New York

89.9% 91.5% 91.8% 91.9% 89.8% 90.8% 91.0% 90.4% 89.5% 91.1% 90.7% 91.3% 90.3% 92.8% 92.6% 91.9% 91.5% 92.5% 92.3% 90.7% 91.1% 92.3% 91.9% 89.0% 90.9%

North Carolina

85.8% 76.3% 87.0% 89.7% 90.8% 92.4% 93.1% 88.9% 92.6% 94.1% 93.0% 92.7% 91.5% 94.2% 94.0% 94.2% 95.4% 95.4% 92.7% 94.6% 92.1% 95.1% 94.2% 94.7% 93.7%

North Dakota

96.9% 96.9% 97.6% 97.5% 96.8% 98.1% 98.1% 98.1% 97.5% 97.9% 98.4% 97.5% 93.7% 98.4% 98.2% 98.0% 97.9% 98.0% 97.8% 97.5% 96.8% 98.2% 98.2% 98.2% 97.9%

Ohio

89.2% 91.5% 89.9% 91.9% 92.0% 92.6% 93.0% 93.7% 92.9% 93.7% 93.3% 93.6% 91.9% 93.3% 93.1% 93.1% 92.5% 93.4% 93.2% 93.3% 92.5% 93.4% 92.8% 93.1% 92.7%

Oklahoma

88.6% 91.3% 90.2% 82.7% 82.0% 86.1% 85.1% 85.4% 82.6% 83.3% 81.9% 85.5% 83.6% 87.7% 87.1% 87.3% 85.8% 88.6% 87.4% 87.3% 85.2% 87.2% 86.7% 87.1% 86.8%

Oregon

79.9% 76.1% 85.7% 86.3% 90.4% 90.8% 91.8% 92.7% 91.0% 92.6% 93.1% 93.0% 90.4% 92.5% 92.6% 92.0% 90.8% 92.4% 92.2% 92.5% 91.5% 93.1% 92.3% 91.8% 91.5%

Pennsylvania

97.5% 98.0% 96.5% 95.6% 97.5% 98.1% 97.7% 98.1% 97.8% 98.0% 97.7% 97.6% 96.8% 98.0% 97.7% 97.5% 97.2% 98.1% 97.5% 97.3% 97.0% 97.6% 97.2% 97.2% 96.7%

Rhode Island

98.4% 98.6% 98.6% 93.7% 93.1% 98.5% 94.7% 94.4% 93.6% 94.8% 94.5% 94.0% 92.9% 95.9% 95.8% 95.5% 94.3% 94.8% 95.3% 95.8% 98.5% 95.8% 93.8% 95.4% 95.2%

South Carolina

91.4% 92.3% 91.3% 88.6% 88.6% 91.7% 91.8% 90.3% 91.4% 91.5% 91.1% 91.3% 90.0% 85.5% 80.5% 81.3% 77.6% 80.4% 78.3% 79.0% 72.4% 85.9% 85.9% 87.9% 86.2%

South Dakota

97.5% 98.1% 98.1% 97.9% 97.9% 98.0% 98.2% 98.5% 98.9% 99.0% 98.5% 98.5% 97.9% 98.7% 98.3% 98.4% 98.1% 98.2% 98.3% 98.4% 98.9% 98.2% 98.2% 98.6% 98.3%

Tennessee

87.0% 88.9% 89.1% 87.6% 88.2% 90.8% 89.5% 90.9% 90.7% 92.0% 91.7% 91.1% 89.9% 92.1% 92.0% 92.1% 90.8% 91.6% 91.1% 91.5% 89.3% 91.7% 91.6% 91.8% 90.6%

Texas

93.3% 95.6% 94.5% 94.6% 93.3% 95.7% 94.5% 94.3% 94.1% 95.9% 95.1% 94.4% 93.2% 96.5% 95.3% 95.6% 94.3% 96.6% 96.1% 95.8% 94.7% 96.6% 95.9% 95.8% 95.1%

Utah

95.1% 95.5% 96.4% 96.4% 95.5% 97.6% 96.8% 96.8% 96.0% 97.0% 96.2% 96.4% 95.7% 97.2% 96.8% 96.6% 96.3% 97.3% 97.0% 97.0% 95.5% 97.5% 97.4% 96.9% 96.4%

Vermont

91.6% 94.0% 94.2% 93.8% 94.0% 93.8% 93.8% 94.0% 93.0% 95.0% 94.8% 94.8% 94.1% 97.2% 96.6% 96.4% 96.7% 97.1% 96.7% 96.6% 95.8% 97.3% 97.1% 97.3% 97.0%

Virginia

90.5% 92.9% 91.7% 92.0% 91.8% 90.4% 89.0% 90.0% 89.7% 91.6% 91.4% 92.0% 90.4% 91.2% 70.8% 90.6% 89.9% 91.7% 91.1% 91.6% 90.9% 92.9% 92.5% 92.3% 92.3%

Washington

78.3% 79.1% 80.0% 84.6% 81.3% 81.1% 79.9% 80.8% 80.0% 80.1% 81.9% 80.6% 83.2% 84.0% 70.8% 70.9% 84.8% 82.0% 84.8% 85.3% 85.5% 80.1% 82.9% 81.4% 63.9%

West Virginia

84.2% 96.9% 79.3% 91.8% 91.9% 92.5% 92.6% 93.9% 92.6% 94.2% 94.3% 94.6% 93.4% 95.9% 94.3% 94.5% 92.8% 94.4% 93.7% 93.9% 92.7% 94.1% 93.9% 94.5% 92.9%

Wisconsin

96.1% 97.1% 97.1% 96.5% 95.7% 96.0% 95.9% 96.6% 96.1% 96.4% 96.8% 96.9% 95.8% 94.3% 93.7% 94.3% 96.1% 95.5% 95.6% 95.6% 95.5% 95.3% 95.7% 95.7% 95.1%

Wyoming

96.1% 98.1% 97.5% 97.7% 97.3% 98.3% 97.6% 98.0% 97.8% 98.1% 97.7% 97.6% 97.0% 97.8% 95.3% 95.2% 96.1% 98.0% 97.4% 97.5% 97.5% 98.1% 97.7% 98.0% 97.4%

Puerto Rico

92.2% 93.9% 89.9% 94.6% 90.0% 96.5% 95.6% 95.0% 93.9% 95.9% 95.5% 91.4% 82.6% 92.4% 92.6% 92.3% 92.9% 96.0% 93.6% 94.8% 93.3% 94.3% 71.6% 91.9% 93.6%

Virgin Islands

43.6% 53.1% 46.9% 98.5% 94.9% 66.7% 51.1% 64.3% 61.2% 58.5% 54.9% 56.4% 61.8% 60.3% 44.0% 55.2% 61.5% 57.7% 54.2% 56.6% 60.3% 55.0% 42.9% 52.8% 72.0%

Footnote:

(1) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Last Modified Date: August 23, 2023