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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 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1[1] 2023 Q2[1] 2023 Q3[1] 2023 Q4[1]
United States[2] 93.0 91.1 91.6 91.7 92.0 90.9 91.3 88.2 88.8
Alabama 90.7 89.1 89.9 90.1 89.7 89.4 90.0 90.4 89.4
Alaska 97.5 96.8 97.0 97.8 97.4 96.6 97.1 96.3 97.1
Arizona 87.0 88.6 86.4 80.8 87.4 81.9 86.6 87.6 73.3
Arkansas 90.8 91.9 92.4 91.8 92.4 91.3 91.4 91.4 89.5
California 98.4 95.8 98.1 98.2 98.0 97.6 97.8 97.3 95.8
Colorado 93.2 91.2 83.6 85.3 95.0 85.5 90.0 28.2 84.7
Connecticut 92.8 91.1 90.1 91.8 91.0 89.4 88.7 89.1 89.1
Delaware 83.6 79.2 81.1 82.8 84.5 79.0 73.2 78.3 84.0
District of Columbia 87.8 83.7 83.2 87.2 86.6 84.1 80.5 81.8 84.2
Florida 92.5 89.3 90.7 90.8 90.8 90.7 91.1 91.3 88.5
Georgia 83.2 81.9 79.7 81.1 81.8 83.4 83.4 83.0 84.1
Hawaii 92.2 90.4 88.5 88.8 88.4 86.4 85.3 84.1 82.2
Idaho 92.4 45.4 89.1 89.7 85.0 83.7 85.1 82.0 79.4
Illinois 92.0 92.7 92.2 90.6 89.9 90.4 89.6 89.1 89.0
Indiana 94.0 90.1 91.4 92.5 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.6 92.8
Iowa 97.6 97.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 97.5 97.0 97.6 96.3
Kansas 96.9 95.3 96.6 97.4 97.9 97.6 98.0 97.8 97.4
Kentucky 87.2 87.3 86.6 87.5 86.1 85.4 85.0 84.8 84.0
Louisiana 85.2 85.8 84.4 85.0 84.4 85.1 84.7 82.5 80.6
Maine 95.0 94.8 94.8 94.9 94.5 93.7 93.4 93.5 93.6
Maryland 89.1 97.1 96.0 95.8 96.6 97.6 97.7 90.0 87.9
Massachusetts 94.6 92.8 89.6 92.6 92.5 91.0 91.2 90.5 89.4
Michigan 89.0 85.4 84.4 83.3 82.0 80.6 79.8 79.3 78.5
Minnesota 90.0 85.2 86.0 85.8 87.2 80.1 87.4 13.9 87.0
Mississippi 91.1 89.0 89.8 89.1 88.0 86.2 85.9 84.0 83.1
Missouri 93.9 92.5 91.1 92.2 91.9 91.2 90.9 90.3 89.0
Montana 95.4 94.0 92.0 90.6 90.0 87.8 87.2 86.3 85.3
Nebraska 80.0 91.9 90.5 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.8 95.7
Nevada 95.0 91.6 95.9 93.3 97.1 94.5 94.3 91.1 85.2
New Hampshire 95.0 94.4 94.3 95.3 91.6 94.5 94.6 94.1 93.9
New Jersey 91.1 85.4 84.7 85.0 90.7 84.1 84.5 84.1 89.7
New Mexico 90.8 86.0 91.1 90.7 90.7 92.3 92.2 91.7 89.1
New York 92.0 89.9 91.5 91.8 91.7 90.9 91.0 90.9 90.0
North Carolina 92.7 90.6 90.8 89.6 88.2 87.4 87.3 85.7 78.4
North Dakota 98.1 97.8 97.9 97.5 96.9 97.8 97.8 97.5 96.9
Ohio 93.2 92.0 92.2 89.8 91.3 90.4 91.2 91.4 92.6
Oklahoma 87.9 85.1 91.8 92.7 92.1 90.3 91.1 91.2 90.1
Oregon 89.2 89.5 84.2 80.2 76.2 80.8 79.8 79.5 75.6
Pennsylvania 98.1 98.1 96.7 98.3 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.6 98.3
Rhode Island 98.2 93.4 93.9 98.3 98.5 97.9 98.2 98.4 98.7
South Carolina 91.9 88.6 88.5 91.2 92.2 91.3 94.5 91.5 81.0
South Dakota 98.0 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.1 97.7 98.3 98.6 98.7
Tennessee 92.0 90.1 89.4 90.1 90.3 88.0 85.8 83.8 51.5
Texas 96.7 94.6 95.5 95.4 96.3 94.5 95.1 95.1 95.4
Utah 97.7 97.6 97.4 97.6 97.3 98.2 97.9 98.5 97.2
Vermont 95.8 93.3 93.4 93.9 94.7 92.5 93.6 94.0 93.3
Virginia 91.4 92.3 92.3 92.5 93.2 91.1 93.3 93.4 92.9
Washington 81.3 82.5 85.3 80.8 79.5 83.5 81.9 80.3 78.1
West Virginia 93.6 94.2 96.6 95.4 95.9 85.2 90.8 91.2 90.3
Wisconsin 96.1 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.0 97.4 98.2 98.0 97.6
Wyoming 99.2 98.2 98.3 99.0 98.7 97.9 98.2 98.3 97.3
Puerto Rico 97.4 94.6 95.2 91.5 95.1 93.3 93.1 93.2 91.4
Virgin Islands 68.2 94.1 96.9 59.6 57.0 63.0 63.8 60.7 55.9

[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 Dec. 2021 Mar. 2022 Jun. 2022 Sep. 2022 Dec. 2022 Mar. 2023[1] Jun. 2023[1] Sep. 2023[1] Dec. 2023[1]
United States[2] 97.6 97.1 96.5 97.1 97.2 96.9 97.1 94.5 95.8
Alabama 98.3 97.6 97.9 98.4 98.5 97.7 97.5 98.2 97.3
Alaska 95.4 91.9 91.1 99.2 97.0 97.1 95.6 98.1 97.8
Arizona 98.0 97.7 94.5 95.7 96.9 96.0 99.0 99.0 85.6
Arkansas 99.5 99.1 98.4 99.0 99.0 98.5 98.6 98.9 98.3
California 99.9 99.4 99.3 97.2 96.4 96.1 96.7 96.6 96.4
Colorado 96.8 95.6 94.2 96.4 97.7 96.5 95.6 40.4 83.4
Connecticut 92.5 95.3 92.9 95.3 96.6 96.2 95.9 95.7 96.6
Delaware 92.1 91.2 91.2 91.9 94.7 95.2 94.1 91.8 95.9
District of Columbia 94.7 93.2 92.2 95.4 93.8 95.4 96.5 95.7 96.2
Florida 96.4 95.1 93.6 96.6 96.9 96.7 95.1 96.7 96.2
Georgia 94.5 96.4 96.1 95.3 97.5 96.2 96.0 95.9 96.7
Hawaii 98.1 98.0 96.3 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.3 98.7 98.5
Idaho 95.4 68.9 94.8 95.2 96.5 95.8 96.0 96.1 94.8
Illinois 99.3 99.8 99.4 96.4 96.7 97.3 97.8 98.0 97.7
Indiana 97.2 95.4 92.4 96.3 97.3 95.8 96.2 96.7 97.6
Iowa 97.9 98.0 97.5 97.9 98.3 97.6 98.3 98.1 96.4
Kansas 98.6 97.4 95.9 98.9 99.2 98.4 99.1 98.3 98.8
Kentucky 97.9 98.2 96.9 98.4 97.2 96.7 96.8 96.9 97.5
Louisiana 97.5 97.5 98.1 97.5 97.2 98.5 98.0 97.4 97.4
Maine 98.9 97.3 98.0 98.7 98.1 95.9 97.6 97.3 98.2
Maryland 96.3 97.9 94.9 96.9 97.9 98.5 98.7 96.6 98.3
Massachusetts 97.4 97.3 94.4 97.2 98.1 96.8 97.1 96.1 95.0
Michigan 97.0 96.6 96.3 96.3 96.4 94.3 92.7 94.9 95.9
Minnesota 96.7 94.4 91.6 97.1 96.5 97.6 96.6 19.4 98.1
Mississippi 96.8 96.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.8 96.7 96.3 96.7
Missouri 96.6 96.6 96.0 98.2 98.0 97.3 98.4 98.3 98.8
Montana 99.2 99.1 97.8 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.9 99.2 98.6
Nebraska 94.7 96.5 96.5 98.3 98.7 98.0 98.5 98.4 98.9
Nevada 94.0 93.7 93.3 94.4 95.8 94.6 93.3 95.2 94.2
New Hampshire 96.9 99.0 97.9 98.4 93.4 96.8 97.6 98.5 98.6
New Jersey 97.9 97.3 96.5 97.8 98.2 97.0 97.4 97.3 97.9
New Mexico 98.2 97.2 97.7 97.8 97.2 96.9 97.3 98.0 96.1
New York 96.9 95.4 94.8 93.9 94.9 95.8 95.0 93.5 94.0
North Carolina 99.5 99.2 99.0 98.8 97.9 97.4 97.9 97.4 91.9
North Dakota 99.7 99.0 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.5 99.7
Ohio 96.6 96.9 95.2 96.7 98.0 97.3 97.9 97.3 97.7
Oklahoma 99.0 99.0 97.8 98.4 97.8 96.3 97.7 98.5 97.2
Oregon 97.5 97.2 93.8 94.8 89.2 93.7 95.4 95.4 95.2
Pennsylvania 97.2 97.0 94.9 97.5 96.6 97.4 97.1 97.1 97.0
Rhode Island 99.5 98.6 98.4 98.1 98.1 98.8 99.2 97.6 98.2
South Carolina 98.3 96.2 96.9 98.2 98.3 97.8 98.9 99.0 94.5
South Dakota 95.3 98.5 98.1 98.9 98.8 98.4 98.4 99.0 98.7
Tennessee 98.7 97.8 96.4 98.3 98.0 97.8 97.3 97.4 74.5
Texas 98.0 98.5 99.2 99.4 99.3 98.7 98.9 99.0 98.9
Utah 99.0 98.9 99.3 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 98.4
Vermont 99.4 98.2 97.2 99.3 99.4 98.5 98.0 99.1 99.3
Virginia 96.7 95.9 96.4 97.5 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.3 97.8
Washington 95.8 94.6 96.7 96.5 97.3 97.4 97.8 97.5 97.1
West Virginia 97.4 98.1 98.8 95.5 95.1 95.8 95.8 96.7 96.9
Wisconsin 97.7 96.7 97.0 98.9 98.7 97.5 99.1 98.9 98.2
Wyoming 99.0 98.7 98.0 97.5 97.4 98.5 97.8 96.7 98.3
Puerto Rico 97.7 96.3 96.3 91.4 96.1 97.1 96.6 97.0 95.7
Virgin Islands 96.5 97.0 99.6 95.8 94.8 97.6 97.6 95.3 89.8

[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 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1[1] 2023 Q2[1] 2023 Q3[1] 2023 Q4[1]
United States[2] 98.0 97.7 98.2 97.6 97.4 96.6 97.4 97.6 96.2
Alabama 98.4 98.5 99.0 98.8 99.0 98.2 98.4 98.8 98.0
Alaska 88.4 85.3 88.3 98.3 98.8 98.6 98.4 98.6 98.3
Arizona 99.3 98.7 95.1 96.5 97.8 97.2 98.7 99.3 87.9
Arkansas 99.5 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.5 99.1 99.1 99.1 98.8
California 99.9 99.7 99.5 95.8 94.6 93.4 93.5 95.7 93.9
Colorado 97.1 97.2 97.1 96.9 98.1 97.6 97.5 91.2 89.4
Connecticut 91.7 92.2 93.3 95.6 95.9 94.2 97.1 95.7 96.8
Delaware 84.9 93.9 93.9 93.1 94.9 92.8 85.4 88.9 94.6
District of Columbia 97.0 97.8 97.6 97.8 98.3 99.0 97.7 99.0 99.0
Florida 97.8 95.8 96.9 97.4 97.2 96.8 97.5 97.5 96.1
Georgia 94.7 96.7 97.7 95.4 97.5 95.5 97.8 97.5 96.9
Hawaii 98.8 99.0 98.9 98.9 99.1 98.9 98.4 99.4 99.1
Idaho 97.1 78.4 98.5 98.3 97.7 98.1 99.6 99.2 99.0
Illinois 99.6 100.0 99.9 98.7 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.4 98.6
Indiana 99.1 97.6 96.3 96.6 95.2 96.0 96.4 96.7 96.2
Iowa 99.0 97.6 98.8 98.8 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.0 97.5
Kansas 99.6 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.7 99.6
Kentucky 99.1 98.8 99.0 98.9 97.7 96.6 96.7 98.4 98.2
Louisiana 98.7 97.9 99.5 97.6 97.5 99.2 98.2 97.8 97.5
Maine 99.4 99.1 99.1 99.1 98.5 95.6 97.9 98.0 97.5
Maryland 98.1 98.7 98.4 97.7 98.6 99.5 99.6 98.6 99.4
Massachusetts 98.8 98.4 98.0 97.3 97.8 95.1 96.6 95.0 95.0
Michigan 97.5 98.0 98.2 98.6 98.6 95.6 96.9 96.8 97.9
Minnesota 96.8 97.5 98.3 98.7 97.8 98.6 98.0 97.4 99.2
Mississippi 97.4 96.4 97.1 96.6 96.9 95.8 96.7 96.9 96.8
Missouri 96.6 96.5 98.4 99.2 98.4 98.0 98.9 99.1 99.3
Montana 99.3 99.3 97.2 98.4 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.3 98.8
Nebraska 97.3 98.1 98.7 98.8 99.4 99.0 99.4 99.1 99.6
Nevada 94.3 95.1 93.3 97.3 96.0 96.6 97.4 97.3 96.6
New Hampshire 98.8 98.9 99.5 99.2 96.3 98.2 98.1 98.9 98.9
New Jersey 97.9 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.4 98.6 99.1 99.1 99.4
New Mexico 98.7 98.0 98.3 98.2 97.2 98.3 97.1 98.4 96.5
New York 95.5 94.4 95.9 95.3 96.0 93.2 95.0 96.3 94.8
North Carolina 99.7 99.3 99.0 98.8 98.2 96.6 98.5 98.5 94.1
North Dakota 99.7 99.6 99.7 99.9 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9
Ohio 98.3 98.2 98.6 98.2 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7
Oklahoma 98.4 97.8 97.5 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.8 97.9
Oregon 97.4 96.4 94.7 95.3 88.7 94.0 96.8 96.4 95.3
Pennsylvania 98.6 98.5 98.8 98.6 98.3 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.5
Rhode Island 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.6 98.0 99.7 99.5 97.1 98.2
South Carolina 99.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 98.4 98.0 99.1 99.0 94.9
South Dakota 95.8 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.6 98.3 97.6 99.6 99.3
Tennessee 99.5 99.1 99.2 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.3 98.8 75.4
Texas 98.5 98.6 99.3 99.4 99.1 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.1
Utah 99.6 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.0 99.2
Vermont 99.6 98.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.0 98.8 99.5 99.5
Virginia 98.1 98.2 98.8 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.8 98.7 98.1
Washington 93.0 94.3 99.0 98.5 98.9 98.1 99.4 99.4 99.0
West Virginia 95.5 97.3 98.3 94.9 95.3 94.0 94.6 95.7 97.6
Wisconsin 98.4 97.3 97.5 98.3 97.7 97.6 99.5 99.6 99.3
Wyoming 99.4 98.6 98.6 98.3 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.1
Puerto Rico 97.2 96.0 96.2 90.1 95.9 96.7 97.0 97.0 96.3
Virgin Islands 97.7 97.5 97.2 95.1 94.2 98.7 98.3 96.1 92.5

[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: May 22, 2024