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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Third 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 Third Quarter
Establishments
September
Employment
Third Quarter
Total Wages
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

United States (2)

92.5% 91.7% 97.9% 97.5% 98.5% 98.2%

Alabama

90.2% 90.9% 98.2% 97.8% 98.9% 97.9%

Alaska

95.6% 97.8% 91.0% 99.2% 88.6% 92.6%

Arizona

90.2% 91.3% 97.5% 97.6% 98.9% 99.0%

Arkansas

90.3% 90.1% 98.6% 98.1% 98.7% 98.5%

California

95.5% 96.0% 99.2% 98.9% 99.5% 99.6%

Colorado

93.4% 93.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97.6% 97.0%

Connecticut

81.5% 92.7% 94.8% 94.1% 93.3% 93.0%

Delaware

88.1% 87.2% 96.9% 94.6% 97.2% 92.9%

District of Columbia

80.5% 82.4% 97.5% 95.8% 99.0% 98.8%

Florida

91.5% 92.2% 98.0% 98.6% 98.5% 98.7%

Georgia

90.3% 90.1% 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 98.3%

Hawaii

93.3% 90.0% 98.3% 96.9% 99.0% 96.2%

Idaho

95.9% 94.6% 98.2% 96.4% 98.2% 94.7%

Illinois

90.7% 91.0% 99.7% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%

Indiana

93.2% 93.8% 95.5% 96.9% 98.0% 98.3%

Iowa

97.2% 97.4% 97.5% 97.7% 95.7% 97.7%

Kansas

96.1% 95.5% 99.0% 97.1% 99.6% 99.5%

Kentucky

89.6% 89.5% 97.9% 96.3% 98.8% 98.1%

Louisiana

88.4% 87.6% 97.5% 97.8% 98.3% 98.9%

Maine

94.1% 92.9% 98.7% 99.0% 99.1% 99.3%

Maryland

94.1% 91.3% 99.0% 95.4% 99.0% 98.3%

Massachusetts

98.7% 94.3% 98.4% 98.3% 98.4% 99.0%

Michigan

83.3% 85.8% 96.8% 96.0% 96.7% 97.4%

Minnesota

92.8% 92.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 99.5%

Mississippi

89.7% 89.1% 97.2% 95.4% 97.9% 96.6%

Missouri

93.5% 92.9% 97.4% 97.4% 97.8% 98.1%

Montana

92.6% 93.9% 98.7% 98.5% 99.2% 98.7%

Nebraska

98.4% 84.0% 98.7% 95.1% 99.6% 98.1%

Nevada

92.7% 93.0% 95.5% 94.8% 95.9% 96.5%

New Hampshire

96.4% 95.5% 99.3% 98.7% 99.5% 99.2%

New Jersey

87.3% 87.1% 98.3% 97.9% 99.6% 99.2%

New Mexico

92.1% 90.1% 98.1% 97.3% 98.6% 97.9%

New York

92.3% 92.6% 97.3% 97.6% 97.0% 97.1%

North Carolina

92.7% 94.0% 99.2% 99.0% 99.5% 99.1%

North Dakota

97.8% 98.2% 97.5% 99.2% 99.8% 99.7%

Ohio

93.2% 93.1% 96.2% 96.5% 98.7% 98.5%

Oklahoma

87.4% 87.1% 98.7% 98.8% 98.0% 99.3%

Oregon

92.2% 92.6% 97.1% 96.4% 97.9% 93.9%

Pennsylvania

97.5% 97.7% 96.8% 96.9% 96.5% 96.9%

Rhode Island

95.3% 95.8% 95.4% 97.6% 96.1% 97.7%

South Carolina

78.3% 80.5% 95.4% 97.2% 97.3% 98.2%

South Dakota

98.3% 98.3% 94.9% 97.0% 97.3% 97.9%

Tennessee

91.1% 92.0% 97.1% 96.7% 98.5% 97.6%

Texas

96.1% 95.3% 98.5% 98.3% 98.9% 98.6%

Utah

97.0% 96.8% 98.6% 98.7% 99.3% 99.6%

Vermont

96.7% 96.6% 98.2% 98.4% 98.9% 98.2%

Virginia

91.1% 70.8% 97.9% 90.6% 98.9% 93.2%

Washington

84.8% 70.8% 98.1% 96.8% 99.6% 99.0%

West Virginia

93.7% 94.3% 99.0% 99.2% 99.5% 99.6%

Wisconsin

95.6% 93.7% 97.4% 95.8% 99.5% 98.6%

Wyoming

97.4% 95.3% 97.7% 96.3% 99.5% 99.1%

Puerto Rico

93.6% 92.6% 96.6% 96.7% 96.5% 95.8%

Virgin Islands

54.2% 44.0% 85.8% 74.0% 86.5% 82.9%

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