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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Second Quarter 2019 Response Rates

QCEW response rates are presented for establishments (1), employment, and total quarterly wages as first published. They are not updated with subsequent revisions to the data.

QCEW Response Rates for Establishments (1), Employment, and Total Wages (as first published)
AREA Second Quarter
Establishments
June
Employment
Second Quarter
Total Wages
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

United States (2)

92.8% 92.5% 97.9% 97.9% 98.5% 98.4%

Alabama

91.6% 88.9% 97.8% 97.5% 99.1% 98.2%

Alaska

96.5% 96.2% 95.6% 91.5% 96.8% 90.0%

Arizona

91.4% 91.3% 98.5% 96.6% 99.3% 98.6%

Arkansas

90.5% 90.2% 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 98.7%

California

95.4% 96.1% 99.1% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6%

Colorado

93.2% 93.9% 96.3% 97.1% 97.2% 98.0%

Connecticut

79.2% 93.3% 90.0% 95.7% 93.0% 92.9%

Delaware

88.7% 88.1% 96.4% 95.2% 96.5% 94.4%

District of Columbia

80.0% 83.3% 97.8% 95.1% 99.1% 98.2%

Florida

94.7% 92.4% 98.8% 98.7% 99.3% 98.8%

Georgia

89.6% 90.6% 97.7% 97.5% 98.7% 97.4%

Hawaii

93.7% 92.1% 99.3% 99.0% 99.6% 99.6%

Idaho

95.8% 94.4% 97.4% 97.0% 95.7% 95.5%

Illinois

90.2% 90.3% 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 99.5%

Indiana

93.4% 94.0% 96.4% 96.5% 98.2% 98.6%

Iowa

97.0% 97.5% 97.7% 97.8% 97.4% 98.5%

Kansas

96.1% 96.1% 98.9% 98.3% 99.5% 98.9%

Kentucky

90.8% 92.0% 98.3% 97.2% 99.2% 97.9%

Louisiana

87.9% 88.3% 97.5% 96.4% 98.3% 98.0%

Maine

94.4% 93.1% 99.4% 98.9% 99.6% 99.1%

Maryland

94.4% 91.5% 98.5% 97.6% 99.0% 98.1%

Massachusetts

98.3% 94.5% 98.0% 98.1% 98.2% 98.9%

Michigan

84.5% 88.6% 96.5% 96.8% 96.9% 98.0%

Minnesota

93.0% 91.4% 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 99.3%

Mississippi

91.9% 91.3% 97.7% 96.4% 98.1% 97.3%

Missouri

94.1% 93.4% 98.1% 97.6% 99.0% 98.3%

Montana

93.5% 95.9% 98.6% 98.5% 98.8% 98.2%

Nebraska

98.1% 98.8% 99.0% 99.3% 99.6% 99.9%

Nevada

92.8% 93.3% 95.4% 94.3% 97.0% 96.4%

New Hampshire

96.2% 95.6% 99.1% 98.9% 99.4% 99.2%

New Jersey

86.9% 86.9% 98.4% 98.0% 99.5% 99.2%

New Mexico

92.8% 91.1% 97.8% 97.3% 98.4% 98.2%

New York

90.7% 91.9% 95.9% 96.4% 95.9% 96.5%

North Carolina

94.6% 94.2% 99.4% 99.1% 99.6% 99.3%

North Dakota

97.5% 98.0% 97.3% 99.1% 99.7% 99.6%

Ohio

93.3% 93.1% 96.9% 97.3% 98.7% 98.6%

Oklahoma

87.3% 87.3% 98.5% 98.5% 97.9% 99.1%

Oregon

92.5% 92.0% 97.0% 96.5% 97.7% 97.2%

Pennsylvania

97.3% 97.5% 97.0% 96.6% 96.2% 96.5%

Rhode Island

95.8% 95.5% 98.2% 96.9% 97.8% 96.5%

South Carolina

79.0% 81.3% 96.2% 96.8% 98.3% 97.6%

South Dakota

98.4% 98.4% 95.5% 97.4% 97.7% 98.3%

Tennessee

91.5% 92.1% 98.0% 98.5% 99.1% 99.6%

Texas

95.8% 95.6% 98.4% 98.5% 99.2% 99.1%

Utah

97.0% 96.6% 98.9% 98.7% 99.5% 99.5%

Vermont

96.6% 96.4% 98.5% 98.1% 99.3% 99.5%

Virginia

91.6% 90.6% 97.8% 97.7% 98.8% 98.9%

Washington

85.3% 70.9% 98.4% 97.3% 99.4% 99.0%

West Virginia

93.9% 94.5% 98.8% 99.2% 99.4% 99.5%

Wisconsin

95.6% 94.3% 98.0% 97.4% 99.3% 99.4%

Wyoming

97.5% 95.2% 98.4% 97.1% 99.4% 98.1%

Puerto Rico

94.8% 92.3% 96.9% 96.9% 95.7% 95.3%

Virgin Islands

56.6% 55.2% 80.5% 88.2% 85.5% 91.0%

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.

Last Modified Date: August 17, 2020