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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 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1] 2024 Q2[1] 2024 Q3[1] 2024 Q4[1]
United States[2] 92.0 91.0 91.5 88.5 90.6 89.2 91.0 90.9 90.5
Alabama 89.7 89.4 90.0 90.4 90.7 87.9 88.3 88.5 87.9
Alaska 97.4 96.4 97.0 96.4 97.0 97.4 97.2 96.2 97.0
Arizona 87.4 82.4 87.3 88.0 74.4 86.4 89.7 89.7 89.1
Arkansas 92.4 91.3 91.4 91.4 91.6 89.2 92.2 88.3 86.2
California 98.0 97.7 98.0 97.5 96.2 84.2 94.7 93.9 93.7
Colorado 95.0 85.5 90.0 28.3 84.5 86.0 85.9 90.0 94.6
Connecticut 91.0 89.4 88.7 89.1 91.5 90.6 90.1 89.5 89.9
Delaware 84.5 78.5 72.6 77.4 83.2 66.8 76.4 83.4 84.8
District of Columbia 86.6 84.1 80.5 81.8 85.3 81.0 80.9 81.6 84.4
Florida 90.8 90.7 91.1 91.3 92.0 92.3 91.9 92.3 89.9
Georgia 81.8 83.3 83.3 83.0 84.6 83.3 85.3 85.6 84.7
Hawaii 88.4 86.5 85.3 84.3 84.4 82.8 81.7 80.7 79.0
Idaho 85.0 83.7 85.0 81.9 79.1 79.3 80.1 77.9 80.5
Illinois 89.9 90.8 90.2 89.9 90.7 90.8 90.4 89.2 89.7
Indiana 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.6 93.1 91.4 92.9 92.4 92.3
Iowa 97.0 97.5 97.0 97.6 97.2 97.5 97.1 97.6 96.1
Kansas 97.9 97.6 98.0 97.8 97.5 97.3 97.7 95.7 95.3
Kentucky 86.1 85.4 84.9 84.6 84.4 83.8 83.4 83.1 83.1
Louisiana 84.4 84.8 84.5 82.2 82.8 83.2 82.2 82.3 81.1
Maine 94.5 94.1 93.8 94.0 94.5 94.9 94.0 93.7 92.7
Maryland 96.6 97.5 97.6 91.0 88.7 92.2 91.8 90.7 89.1
Massachusetts 92.5 91.0 91.3 92.0 92.0 93.7 94.4 93.9 89.4
Michigan 82.0 80.4 79.6 79.0 78.2 87.9 87.0 85.5 86.2
Minnesota 87.2 80.0 87.2 14.1 86.7 85.7 84.7 85.2 79.9
Mississippi 88.0 86.2 86.2 84.6 84.1 85.0 84.2 84.7 83.4
Missouri 91.9 91.2 90.8 90.3 90.0 94.2 93.7 92.9 91.9
Montana 90.0 87.7 87.1 86.2 87.6 93.5 92.3 91.1 89.2
Nebraska 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.8 96.4 96.7 97.1 97.8 96.4
Nevada 97.1 94.4 94.2 91.2 89.1 95.1 95.8 96.6 96.6
New Hampshire 91.6 94.6 94.8 94.5 94.6 94.2 93.8 93.3 92.4
New Jersey 90.7 84.3 84.7 84.4 90.6 82.8 83.0 84.2 89.5
New Mexico 90.7 92.3 92.2 91.9 91.4 89.9 90.7 91.0 89.1
New York 91.7 90.8 90.9 91.0 90.9 89.2 89.9 89.9 88.9
North Carolina 88.2 87.4 87.0 85.4 81.2 83.4 87.0 87.2 85.8
North Dakota 96.9 97.8 97.8 97.5 96.9 96.8 97.0 96.9 96.5
Ohio 91.3 90.4 91.2 91.5 92.6 90.6 90.0 89.9 89.8
Oklahoma 92.1 90.3 91.1 91.7 91.8 92.6 92.5 93.0 91.9
Oregon 76.2 84.0 83.1 83.0 79.0 82.6 82.2 83.4 84.8
Pennsylvania 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.6 98.6 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.2
Rhode Island 98.5 97.8 98.1 98.3 98.6 97.9 98.2 98.1 98.6
South Carolina 92.2 91.3 94.5 91.4 81.1 90.4 90.5 88.8 93.1
South Dakota 98.1 97.7 98.3 98.6 98.7 98.6 98.7 98.5 98.7
Tennessee 90.3 88.0 85.7 83.7 83.5 81.6 82.7 83.7 82.7
Texas 96.3 94.5 95.1 95.1 96.1 94.6 95.4 95.4 95.9
Utah 97.3 98.2 97.9 98.5 98.0 97.5 96.8 99.1 98.1
Vermont 94.7 92.6 93.7 94.2 94.1 93.8 93.1 92.2 92.4
Virginia 93.2 90.8 93.1 93.6 94.3 92.8 91.6 93.3 93.0
Washington 79.5 83.5 85.9 85.5 85.4 91.8 88.2 85.9 83.0
West Virginia 95.9 85.0 90.7 91.1 92.0 91.1 90.7 88.9 87.2
Wisconsin 98.0 97.5 98.2 98.1 97.9 97.5 97.5 97.1 96.7
Wyoming 98.7 97.9 98.2 98.3 98.5 97.7 97.7 97.9 97.5
Puerto Rico 95.1 93.5 93.3 93.5 93.3 95.4 95.7 97.3 96.2
Virgin Islands 57.0 63.3 64.2 61.8 59.6 58.9 47.5 56.5 31.5

[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. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023 Sep. 2023 Dec. 2023 Mar. 2024[1] Jun. 2024[1] Sep. 2024[1] Dec. 2024[1]
United States[2] 97.2 96.9 97.0 94.5 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.6 96.6
Alabama 98.5 97.7 97.5 98.2 98.3 97.9 96.3 96.7 96.5
Alaska 97.0 96.3 94.3 97.1 96.8 97.5 95.9 96.4 96.8
Arizona 96.9 96.1 99.1 98.8 85.9 98.5 98.5 98.7 98.7
Arkansas 99.0 98.5 98.6 98.9 99.2 98.2 98.6 98.9 97.9
California 96.4 96.2 96.7 96.5 96.3 95.1 95.5 95.8 96.1
Colorado 97.7 96.5 95.6 40.6 83.0 89.0 89.6 90.1 90.5
Connecticut 96.6 96.2 95.9 95.7 96.2 96.6 96.6 97.2 97.1
Delaware 94.7 95.2 94.1 91.8 96.3 88.1 94.1 92.8 95.9
District of Columbia 93.8 95.5 96.5 95.8 96.3 96.8 95.8 93.8 94.5
Florida 96.9 96.7 95.1 96.7 97.1 96.5 94.5 95.5 95.9
Georgia 97.5 96.0 95.8 95.8 96.9 97.0 97.3 96.5 97.5
Hawaii 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.7 98.4 98.6 95.6 95.8 95.0
Idaho 96.5 95.8 95.9 96.1 94.8 96.0 96.0 96.4 96.1
Illinois 96.7 97.2 97.7 98.0 97.8 97.2 97.9 97.8 97.8
Indiana 97.3 96.1 96.5 96.6 97.4 96.1 97.1 95.9 95.7
Iowa 98.3 97.7 98.3 98.1 97.2 98.1 97.8 98.1 98.0
Kansas 99.2 98.4 99.1 98.3 98.8 98.4 98.3 97.9 97.0
Kentucky 97.2 96.7 96.8 97.0 97.5 97.3 96.9 96.5 96.9
Louisiana 97.2 98.6 98.1 97.7 97.8 98.3 97.6 97.4 97.0
Maine 98.1 95.9 97.7 97.5 98.4 98.7 96.7 96.8 97.1
Maryland 97.9 98.5 98.7 96.5 98.9 98.6 95.0 94.6 94.8
Massachusetts 98.1 96.8 97.2 96.1 95.7 96.4 96.7 96.0 96.6
Michigan 96.4 94.3 92.7 94.9 95.2 95.3 97.6 96.2 95.6
Minnesota 96.5 97.6 96.7 19.7 98.1 97.6 96.9 98.0 94.8
Mississippi 95.5 95.8 96.9 96.5 97.0 96.7 95.4 95.8 96.6
Missouri 98.0 97.4 98.3 98.3 98.8 98.4 98.2 98.1 98.3
Montana 98.7 98.7 98.9 99.2 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.6
Nebraska 98.7 98.0 98.5 98.4 99.0 98.6 98.3 98.1 98.1
Nevada 95.8 94.7 93.3 95.3 94.9 95.4 95.0 94.1 94.4
New Hampshire 93.4 96.8 97.7 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.5
New Jersey 98.2 97.0 97.4 97.3 98.0 97.0 97.1 96.6 96.9
New Mexico 97.2 96.9 97.3 98.0 97.0 96.5 96.8 97.2 96.5
New York 94.9 95.7 94.8 93.4 94.2 96.1 95.7 95.5 95.8
North Carolina 97.9 97.4 97.7 97.3 96.7 96.3 95.6 97.6 96.7
North Dakota 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.5 99.7 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.9
Ohio 98.0 97.3 97.9 97.3 97.9 97.6 97.1 97.4 97.5
Oklahoma 97.8 96.3 97.7 98.5 97.8 98.3 96.5 96.9 96.8
Oregon 89.2 93.7 95.4 95.4 95.0 95.0 94.9 95.8 96.5
Pennsylvania 96.6 97.4 97.1 97.0 96.7 97.1 96.8 97.1 96.8
Rhode Island 98.1 98.8 99.2 97.7 98.2 99.3 98.2 96.5 98.3
South Carolina 98.3 97.7 98.9 98.9 94.6 98.9 98.4 97.7 98.0
South Dakota 98.8 98.4 98.4 99.0 98.5 98.7 96.5 97.5 98.2
Tennessee 98.0 97.8 97.4 97.5 96.8 95.5 96.8 97.2 97.2
Texas 99.3 98.7 98.9 99.0 99.1 98.2 98.7 98.6 98.4
Utah 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.0 98.4 96.6 97.4 98.4 98.0
Vermont 99.4 98.5 98.0 99.1 99.6 99.5 97.8 98.4 98.2
Virginia 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.3 97.8 96.8 94.8 94.2 94.2
Washington 97.3 97.4 97.9 97.5 97.6 96.8 95.5 96.4 94.6
West Virginia 95.1 95.5 95.5 96.6 96.5 96.3 94.1 95.6 96.7
Wisconsin 98.7 97.5 99.1 99.1 98.4 97.1 98.3 98.7 97.8
Wyoming 97.4 98.5 97.8 96.7 98.5 97.4 97.1 97.1 97.2
Puerto Rico 96.1 97.6 97.3 97.7 97.1 98.1 97.4 97.6 97.4
Virgin Islands 94.8 97.8 97.9 96.4 93.3 96.3 90.2 86.5 64.9

[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 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1] 2024 Q2[1] 2024 Q3[1] 2024 Q4[1]
United States[2] 97.4 96.6 97.3 97.6 96.9 96.7 96.5 96.5 96.3
Alabama 99.0 98.2 98.4 98.8 98.4 98.2 96.1 96.5 96.9
Alaska 98.8 97.7 97.3 97.2 97.4 97.6 96.7 95.9 96.9
Arizona 97.8 97.3 98.7 99.2 86.8 99.4 98.8 98.6 98.9
Arkansas 99.5 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.5 98.9 98.9 99.1 98.1
California 94.6 93.4 93.5 95.6 93.9 92.7 93.1 93.5 92.3
Colorado 98.1 97.6 97.5 91.2 90.1 94.6 94.1 92.5 94.8
Connecticut 95.9 94.2 97.1 95.7 96.6 95.8 97.2 97.3 96.2
Delaware 94.9 92.8 85.3 90.9 96.6 88.3 92.1 91.7 91.3
District of Columbia 98.3 99.1 97.7 99.0 98.1 99.0 97.3 97.0 96.4
Florida 97.2 96.8 97.5 97.5 97.1 96.4 96.9 95.6 96.4
Georgia 97.5 95.5 97.8 97.5 97.2 97.0 96.8 96.7 97.8
Hawaii 99.1 98.9 98.4 99.4 99.1 98.7 94.3 93.8 93.1
Idaho 97.7 98.1 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.6 99.1 99.1 98.2
Illinois 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.4 98.7 97.9 98.9 99.1 99.3
Indiana 95.2 95.5 96.4 96.7 96.0 92.4 96.2 95.3 93.3
Iowa 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.0 97.9 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.7
Kansas 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.5 98.8 98.3 98.1
Kentucky 97.7 96.6 96.7 98.5 98.4 97.4 97.8 97.6 97.8
Louisiana 97.5 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.0 98.5 97.3 97.1 97.0
Maine 98.5 95.7 98.0 98.4 97.7 98.2 96.7 96.6 97.0
Maryland 98.6 99.5 99.6 98.6 99.5 99.5 95.8 96.0 95.8
Massachusetts 97.8 95.1 96.6 95.0 95.7 96.6 97.1 97.0 97.2
Michigan 98.6 95.6 96.9 96.9 96.5 97.4 98.3 98.3 97.5
Minnesota 97.8 98.6 98.0 97.5 99.3 98.8 99.0 99.0 98.5
Mississippi 96.9 95.8 96.8 97.2 97.3 96.4 94.7 95.1 95.4
Missouri 98.4 98.0 98.8 99.1 99.3 98.7 98.6 98.4 98.6
Montana 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.3 98.8 99.3 98.8 98.8 99.1
Nebraska 99.4 99.0 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.2 98.9 98.5 99.0
Nevada 96.0 96.6 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.2 97.1 95.8 96.2
New Hampshire 96.3 98.2 98.2 99.0 99.0 98.3 98.6 98.6 97.8
New Jersey 99.4 98.6 99.1 99.1 99.4 98.7 98.9 98.5 98.3
New Mexico 97.2 98.3 97.1 98.4 97.4 97.0 96.5 97.1 96.6
New York 96.0 93.2 94.8 96.1 94.9 94.7 95.5 94.2 94.7
North Carolina 98.2 96.6 98.2 98.2 97.8 97.3 96.7 98.4 96.8
North Dakota 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 98.8 99.8 99.1 99.6
Ohio 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.3 98.4 98.4
Oklahoma 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.9 98.6 98.6 96.1 96.5 96.1
Oregon 88.7 94.0 96.8 96.4 95.3 96.3 96.7 96.9 96.9
Pennsylvania 98.3 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.4 98.5 97.7 96.5 97.4
Rhode Island 98.0 99.7 99.5 97.1 98.1 99.7 97.4 96.9 97.3
South Carolina 98.4 98.0 99.1 99.0 95.2 98.9 98.5 98.1 98.4
South Dakota 99.6 98.3 97.6 99.6 99.2 98.8 99.5 99.5 99.2
Tennessee 99.2 99.0 98.6 98.7 97.8 96.3 97.5 97.4 98.4
Texas 99.1 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.2 98.8 98.9 99.3 98.9
Utah 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.0 98.9 94.0 93.7 97.3 96.7
Vermont 99.6 99.0 99.1 99.5 99.7 99.6 98.7 98.7 98.1
Virginia 98.3 98.1 98.8 98.7 98.4 97.6 94.7 94.5 94.0
Washington 98.9 98.1 99.4 99.4 99.4 96.0 91.6 94.9 91.5
West Virginia 95.3 93.1 93.6 94.9 96.5 93.5 90.4 91.4 93.2
Wisconsin 97.7 97.6 99.4 99.5 99.2 98.1 99.2 99.4 99.3
Wyoming 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.4 98.9 99.6 98.6 98.9
Puerto Rico 95.9 96.9 97.8 97.4 97.1 97.5 97.4 97.5 97.1
Virgin Islands 94.2 98.9 98.5 97.0 95.2 97.2 91.6 89.8 69.2

[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: June 4, 2025