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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
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QCEW Fourth Quarter 2021 Final Response Rates
QCEW response rates are presented for establishments (1), employment, and total quarterly wages. Response rates are finalized with the publication of the following year's first quarter of data. 2021 response rates were finalized in first quarter 2022.
| AREA | Fourth Quarter Establishments |
December Employment |
Fourth Quarter Total Wages |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | Final | Difference | Initial | Final | Difference | Initial | Final | Difference | |
|
United States (2) |
92.1% | 93.0% | 0.9% | 97.5% | 97.6% | 0.1% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 0.0% |
|
Alabama |
90.2% | 90.7% | 0.5% | 98.2% | 98.3% | 0.1% | 98.5% | 98.4% | -0.1% |
|
Alaska |
97.3% | 97.5% | 0.2% | 95.4% | 95.4% | 0.0% | 88.2% | 88.4% | 0.2% |
|
Arizona |
85.9% | 87.0% | 1.1% | 95.5% | 98.0% | 2.5% | 97.6% | 99.3% | 1.7% |
|
Arkansas |
87.6% | 90.8% | 3.2% | 98.3% | 99.5% | 1.2% | 98.4% | 99.5% | 1.1% |
|
California |
97.3% | 98.4% | 1.1% | 99.5% | 99.9% | 0.4% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 0.1% |
|
Colorado |
93.0% | 93.2% | 0.2% | 96.7% | 96.8% | 0.1% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 0.0% |
|
Connecticut |
92.3% | 92.8% | 0.5% | 92.7% | 92.5% | -0.2% | 93.4% | 91.7% | -1.7% |
|
Delaware |
84.3% | 83.6% | -0.7% | 92.5% | 92.1% | -0.4% | 89.3% | 84.9% | -4.4% |
|
District of Columbia |
87.7% | 87.8% | 0.1% | 95.3% | 94.7% | -0.6% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 0.0% |
|
Florida |
89.6% | 92.5% | 2.9% | 96.9% | 96.4% | -0.5% | 97.7% | 97.8% | 0.1% |
|
Georgia |
83.0% | 83.2% | 0.2% | 94.3% | 94.5% | 0.2% | 94.2% | 94.7% | 0.5% |
|
Hawaii |
89.7% | 92.2% | 2.5% | 98.4% | 98.1% | -0.3% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 0.1% |
|
Idaho |
92.9% | 92.4% | -0.5% | 96.0% | 95.4% | -0.6% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 0.0% |
|
Illinois |
90.5% | 92.0% | 1.5% | 99.9% | 99.3% | -0.6% | 100.0% | 99.6% | -0.4% |
|
Indiana |
94.1% | 94.0% | -0.1% | 97.1% | 97.2% | 0.1% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 0.0% |
|
Iowa |
97.2% | 97.6% | 0.4% | 97.2% | 97.9% | 0.7% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 0.7% |
|
Kansas |
97.3% | 96.9% | -0.4% | 98.5% | 98.6% | 0.1% | 99.5% | 99.6% | 0.1% |
|
Kentucky |
87.3% | 87.2% | -0.1% | 97.9% | 97.9% | 0.0% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 0.0% |
|
Louisiana |
83.9% | 85.2% | 1.3% | 96.6% | 97.5% | 0.9% | 98.4% | 98.7% | 0.3% |
|
Maine |
93.4% | 95.0% | 1.6% | 95.2% | 98.9% | 3.7% | 99.1% | 99.4% | 0.3% |
|
Maryland |
88.4% | 89.1% | 0.7% | 95.8% | 96.3% | 0.5% | 97.8% | 98.1% | 0.3% |
|
Massachusetts |
94.1% | 94.6% | 0.5% | 97.4% | 97.4% | 0.0% | 98.6% | 98.8% | 0.2% |
|
Michigan |
89.4% | 89.0% | -0.4% | 95.4% | 97.0% | 1.6% | 97.3% | 97.5% | 0.2% |
|
Minnesota |
90.0% | 90.0% | 0.0% | 96.8% | 96.7% | -0.1% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 0.0% |
|
Mississippi |
87.9% | 91.1% | 3.2% | 96.3% | 96.8% | 0.5% | 97.0% | 97.4% | 0.4% |
|
Missouri |
93.3% | 93.9% | 0.6% | 96.7% | 96.6% | -0.1% | 96.7% | 96.6% | -0.1% |
|
Montana |
95.6% | 95.4% | -0.2% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 0.0% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 0.0% |
|
Nebraska |
75.9% | 80.0% | 4.1% | 93.1% | 94.7% | 1.6% | 94.1% | 97.3% | 3.2% |
|
Nevada |
95.3% | 95.0% | -0.3% | 93.9% | 94.0% | 0.1% | 94.1% | 94.3% | 0.2% |
|
New Hampshire |
94.2% | 95.0% | 0.8% | 97.7% | 96.9% | -0.8% | 98.6% | 98.8% | 0.2% |
|
New Jersey |
90.4% | 91.1% | 0.7% | 98.0% | 97.9% | -0.1% | 98.5% | 97.9% | -0.6% |
|
New Mexico |
89.7% | 90.8% | 1.1% | 97.4% | 98.2% | 0.8% | 98.1% | 98.7% | 0.6% |
|
New York |
90.8% | 92.0% | 1.2% | 96.5% | 96.9% | 0.4% | 96.1% | 95.5% | -0.6% |
|
North Carolina |
92.4% | 92.7% | 0.3% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 0.1% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 0.0% |
|
North Dakota |
98.1% | 98.1% | 0.0% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 0.0% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 0.0% |
|
Ohio |
92.6% | 93.2% | 0.6% | 96.1% | 96.6% | 0.5% | 97.5% | 98.3% | 0.8% |
|
Oklahoma |
86.1% | 87.9% | 1.8% | 98.9% | 99.0% | 0.1% | 98.2% | 98.4% | 0.2% |
|
Oregon |
90.8% | 89.2% | -1.6% | 97.5% | 97.5% | 0.0% | 97.3% | 97.4% | 0.1% |
|
Pennsylvania |
98.1% | 98.1% | 0.0% | 97.9% | 97.2% | -0.7% | 98.9% | 98.6% | -0.3% |
|
Rhode Island |
98.5% | 98.2% | -0.3% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 0.1% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 0.0% |
|
South Carolina |
91.7% | 91.9% | 0.2% | 98.7% | 98.3% | -0.4% | 99.1% | 99.3% | 0.2% |
|
South Dakota |
98.0% | 98.0% | 0.0% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 0.0% | 95.8% | 95.8% | 0.0% |
|
Tennessee |
90.8% | 92.0% | 1.2% | 97.9% | 98.7% | 0.8% | 99.6% | 99.5% | -0.1% |
|
Texas |
95.7% | 96.7% | 1.0% | 99.0% | 98.0% | -1.0% | 99.2% | 98.5% | -0.7% |
|
Utah |
97.6% | 97.7% | 0.1% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 0.0% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 0.0% |
|
Vermont |
93.8% | 95.8% | 2.0% | 98.9% | 99.4% | 0.5% | 99.1% | 99.6% | 0.5% |
|
Virginia |
90.4% | 91.4% | 1.0% | 96.4% | 96.7% | 0.3% | 97.9% | 98.1% | 0.2% |
|
Washington |
81.1% | 81.3% | 0.2% | 95.5% | 95.8% | 0.3% | 92.5% | 93.0% | 0.5% |
|
West Virginia |
92.5% | 93.6% | 1.1% | 96.9% | 97.4% | 0.5% | 95.2% | 95.5% | 0.3% |
|
Wisconsin |
96.0% | 96.1% | 0.1% | 97.7% | 97.7% | 0.0% | 98.4% | 98.4% | 0.0% |
|
Wyoming |
98.3% | 99.2% | 0.9% | 98.8% | 99.0% | 0.2% | 99.2% | 99.4% | 0.2% |
|
Puerto Rico |
96.5% | 97.4% | 0.9% | 97.3% | 97.7% | 0.4% | 97.1% | 97.2% | 0.1% |
|
Virgin Islands |
66.7% | 68.2% | 1.5% | 95.9% | 96.5% | 0.6% | 97.6% | 97.7% | 0.1% |
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Footnotes: (1) Percentage of establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter. (2) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. |
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Last Modified Date: August 24, 2022