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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 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1[1] 2025 Q2[1] 2025 Q3[1]
United States[2] 88.5 90.6 89.3 91.1 91.2 91.5 90.8 91.0 90.1
Alabama 90.4 90.7 87.8 88.3 88.4 89.2 87.6 87.7 84.6
Alaska 96.4 97.0 97.4 97.3 96.2 96.6 96.6 95.9 96.1
Arizona 88.0 74.4 86.5 89.8 89.7 89.2 87.6 89.3 89.0
Arkansas 91.4 91.6 89.2 92.2 88.3 87.8 87.6 86.8 82.9
California 97.5 96.2 84.6 94.6 94.3 93.2 94.5 93.4 91.7
Colorado 28.3 84.5 86.0 85.9 90.0 94.5 93.0 93.3 93.1
Connecticut 89.1 91.5 90.6 90.1 89.5 91.1 90.9 91.2 91.4
Delaware 77.4 83.2 66.2 75.7 82.3 84.0 80.6 83.2 84.5
District of Columbia 81.8 85.3 81.0 80.9 81.7 85.5 82.7 83.7 83.5
Florida 91.3 92.0 92.3 91.9 92.9 92.5 92.9 92.8 91.1
Georgia 83.0 84.6 83.4 85.4 85.7 85.9 84.5 84.4 83.4
Hawaii 84.3 84.4 82.9 81.8 80.7 82.4 78.8 79.2 77.3
Idaho 81.9 79.1 79.2 80.0 77.6 79.9 77.7 81.2 81.4
Illinois 89.9 90.7 91.2 91.1 90.1 90.9 95.3 94.2 93.7
Indiana 91.6 93.1 91.4 92.9 92.4 92.9 90.4 91.3 91.7
Iowa 97.6 97.2 97.5 97.1 97.6 96.9 97.2 97.6 96.7
Kansas 97.8 97.5 97.3 97.8 95.8 96.0 96.4 96.8 97.1
Kentucky 84.6 84.4 83.8 83.3 83.0 83.9 82.5 83.6 82.8
Louisiana 82.2 82.8 83.4 82.4 82.9 81.4 82.0 81.6 80.1
Maine 94.0 94.5 95.1 94.3 93.9 93.7 93.7 93.2 92.2
Maryland 91.0 88.7 93.1 93.0 92.3 91.8 91.4 89.9 90.0
Massachusetts 92.0 92.0 93.7 94.5 93.9 91.3 92.5 92.1 91.4
Michigan 79.0 78.2 87.8 86.9 85.3 85.9 83.9 83.4 82.8
Minnesota 14.1 86.7 85.8 84.7 85.3 79.9 85.3 85.4 86.3
Mississippi 84.6 84.1 85.0 84.2 84.7 84.4 84.5 84.1 82.5
Missouri 90.3 90.0 94.1 93.6 93.1 93.4 92.3 92.1 90.1
Montana 86.2 87.6 93.5 92.2 91.0 89.2 92.5 92.9 90.3
Nebraska 96.8 96.4 96.7 97.1 97.8 97.6 97.4 98.0 97.6
Nevada 91.2 89.1 95.0 95.7 96.3 97.0 96.3 95.6 95.8
New Hampshire 94.5 94.6 94.2 93.8 93.9 93.4 93.0 93.1 92.0
New Jersey 84.4 90.6 82.9 83.1 84.6 90.5 82.5 82.4 82.0
New Mexico 91.9 91.4 89.9 90.7 91.0 90.4 91.9 91.4 89.9
New York 91.0 90.9 89.2 90.0 90.0 89.3 82.7 85.8 87.2
North Carolina 85.4 81.2 83.4 87.0 87.2 87.2 87.2 86.9 84.0
North Dakota 97.5 96.9 96.8 97.0 96.9 96.5 98.4 98.0 97.7
Ohio 91.5 92.6 90.6 90.0 89.9 89.7 89.3 89.8 89.9
Oklahoma 91.7 91.8 92.6 92.5 93.0 93.2 91.6 93.1 97.7
Oregon 83.0 79.0 82.9 82.5 83.7 84.9 85.8 86.8 87.8
Pennsylvania 98.6 98.6 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.3 98.3 98.1
Rhode Island 98.3 98.6 97.9 98.2 97.9 98.4 97.9 98.1 98.7
South Carolina 91.4 81.1 90.3 90.5 88.8 93.2 91.8 96.6 96.7
South Dakota 98.6 98.7 98.6 98.7 98.4 98.7 98.8 98.8 98.3
Tennessee 83.7 83.5 81.7 82.8 85.8 95.4 90.5 95.0 88.4
Texas 95.1 96.1 94.7 95.4 95.5 96.5 95.4 95.9 95.0
Utah 98.5 98.0 97.5 96.8 99.1 99.1 98.6 99.1 97.9
Vermont 94.2 94.1 93.9 93.2 92.3 93.0 92.0 92.1 91.7
Virginia 93.6 94.3 92.8 91.7 93.3 94.1 92.8 93.2 91.7
Washington 85.5 85.4 91.7 88.2 85.9 85.8 85.5 84.5 81.3
West Virginia 91.1 92.0 91.2 90.8 88.8 88.5 88.8 88.6 87.6
Wisconsin 98.1 97.9 97.5 97.5 97.2 97.2 96.7 96.4 96.2
Wyoming 98.3 98.5 97.7 97.7 97.9 97.6 96.3 96.8 97.3
Puerto Rico 93.5 93.3 95.2 95.5 96.8 96.9 91.0 96.8 94.7
Virgin Islands 61.8 59.6 61.2 55.9 68.0 54.4 39.9 61.8 41.9

[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 Sep. 2023 Dec. 2023 Mar. 2024 Jun. 2024 Sep. 2024 Dec. 2024 Mar. 2025[1] Jun. 2025[1] Sep. 2025[1]
United States[2] 94.5 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.5 96.1
Alabama 98.2 98.3 97.9 96.5 96.6 96.7 96.0 96.6 92.9
Alaska 97.1 96.8 97.2 95.7 95.8 96.3 96.4 96.9 95.7
Arizona 98.8 85.9 98.5 98.5 98.8 98.7 97.4 98.5 98.5
Arkansas 98.9 99.2 98.2 98.6 98.8 98.3 96.7 96.9 96.5
California 96.5 96.3 95.0 95.4 95.7 96.0 95.8 96.1 96.1
Colorado 40.6 83.0 89.2 89.7 90.1 90.6 90.2 93.5 94.3
Connecticut 95.7 96.2 96.7 96.6 97.1 96.0 95.5 96.8 97.1
Delaware 91.8 96.3 88.3 94.2 93.1 96.2 95.4 96.7 96.5
District of Columbia 95.8 96.3 96.8 95.9 95.5 96.2 97.0 94.9 93.9
Florida 96.7 97.1 96.5 94.5 95.5 96.4 95.9 93.6 94.8
Georgia 95.8 96.9 97.0 97.3 96.5 97.6 96.9 97.5 96.2
Hawaii 98.7 98.4 98.6 95.6 95.8 95.1 97.3 98.3 95.0
Idaho 96.1 94.8 96.0 96.0 96.3 95.9 96.3 98.1 98.5
Illinois 98.0 97.8 97.2 97.9 97.8 97.7 97.3 96.6 97.3
Indiana 96.6 97.4 96.1 97.1 95.9 95.8 96.1 96.9 95.3
Iowa 98.1 97.2 98.1 97.8 98.1 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.0
Kansas 98.3 98.8 98.4 98.3 98.0 97.1 97.6 98.0 98.7
Kentucky 97.0 97.5 97.3 96.9 96.4 97.0 96.1 96.0 95.9
Louisiana 97.7 97.8 98.3 97.7 97.5 97.1 97.3 97.6 97.3
Maine 97.5 98.4 98.7 96.7 96.8 97.3 97.8 98.4 96.7
Maryland 96.5 98.9 98.6 95.1 94.6 95.3 99.2 99.6 96.5
Massachusetts 96.1 95.7 96.4 96.7 96.0 97.0 96.8 95.4 94.7
Michigan 94.9 95.2 95.3 97.7 96.3 95.5 94.6 95.9 95.8
Minnesota 19.7 98.1 97.6 96.9 98.0 94.7 96.8 96.5 97.0
Mississippi 96.5 97.0 96.7 95.4 95.8 96.5 97.5 96.2 96.4
Missouri 98.3 98.8 98.4 98.2 98.1 98.4 97.0 96.6 95.8
Montana 99.2 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.6 95.9
Nebraska 98.4 99.0 98.6 98.3 98.1 98.3 98.4 98.4 97.9
Nevada 95.3 94.9 95.4 95.0 94.1 94.6 95.9 95.8 95.2
New Hampshire 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.5 96.0 97.4 97.1
New Jersey 97.3 98.0 97.0 97.2 96.6 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.1
New Mexico 98.0 97.0 96.5 96.8 97.2 97.4 97.4 98.1 95.3
New York 93.4 94.2 95.3 95.0 94.7 95.0 94.0 91.9 94.2
North Carolina 97.3 96.7 96.3 95.6 97.6 97.3 97.1 96.8 94.8
North Dakota 99.5 99.7 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.9 98.5 98.7 98.3
Ohio 97.3 97.9 97.6 97.1 97.3 97.7 96.8 97.2 96.2
Oklahoma 98.5 97.8 98.3 96.5 96.9 97.1 96.9 97.9 96.7
Oregon 95.4 95.0 94.7 95.1 95.9 96.8 95.5 96.1 95.5
Pennsylvania 97.0 96.7 97.1 96.8 97.1 97.1 96.9 97.2 97.0
Rhode Island 97.7 98.2 99.3 98.2 96.5 97.8 98.6 99.4 98.0
South Carolina 98.9 94.6 98.9 98.4 97.8 97.8 96.5 97.7 95.5
South Dakota 99.0 98.5 98.7 96.5 97.5 98.3 98.8 97.9 98.5
Tennessee 97.5 96.8 95.6 96.8 97.1 98.0 97.5 96.7 96.0
Texas 99.0 99.1 98.5 99.0 98.9 98.6 98.3 98.5 97.9
Utah 99.0 98.4 96.6 97.4 98.4 98.1 98.6 98.5 98.0
Vermont 99.1 99.6 99.5 98.0 98.6 99.1 98.0 97.8 98.3
Virginia 97.3 97.8 96.8 94.8 94.2 94.3 96.4 96.4 93.4
Washington 97.5 97.6 96.8 95.5 96.5 95.1 96.7 97.9 95.8
West Virginia 96.6 96.5 96.7 94.3 95.2 96.7 97.1 96.9 96.5
Wisconsin 99.1 98.4 97.1 98.3 98.7 97.7 96.8 96.7 96.8
Wyoming 96.7 98.5 97.4 97.1 97.1 97.4 95.4 95.9 96.3
Puerto Rico 97.7 97.1 98.1 97.4 97.6 97.8 83.8 97.3 97.5
Virgin Islands 96.4 93.3 96.9 94.5 91.1 83.1 82.8 93.8 72.3

[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 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1[1] 2025 Q2[1] 2025 Q3[1]
United States[2] 97.6 96.9 96.6 96.5 96.5 96.3 95.7 96.3 96.1
Alabama 98.8 98.4 98.4 96.4 96.4 97.2 94.7 95.2 92.7
Alaska 97.2 97.4 97.0 96.1 95.2 96.2 96.4 96.5 95.5
Arizona 99.2 86.8 99.4 98.8 98.6 99.0 98.2 98.3 98.4
Arkansas 99.0 99.5 98.9 98.9 99.0 98.4 96.9 97.4 97.5
California 95.6 93.9 92.7 92.7 93.4 92.0 93.6 94.7 93.3
Colorado 91.2 90.1 94.7 94.2 92.6 94.8 94.0 95.9 96.9
Connecticut 95.7 96.6 95.8 97.2 97.3 95.7 94.7 96.0 96.0
Delaware 90.9 96.6 88.8 92.2 91.9 91.6 94.0 96.1 96.1
District of Columbia 99.0 98.1 99.1 97.4 99.1 98.1 97.7 96.8 97.6
Florida 97.5 97.1 96.4 96.9 95.7 97.0 94.9 95.0 95.2
Georgia 97.5 97.2 97.0 96.8 96.7 97.9 97.1 97.4 96.1
Hawaii 99.4 99.1 98.7 94.3 93.9 93.3 93.2 94.8 93.6
Idaho 99.2 99.0 98.6 99.1 99.1 98.3 96.2 99.0 98.6
Illinois 99.4 98.7 97.9 98.9 99.1 99.2 98.8 98.1 98.6
Indiana 96.7 96.0 92.4 96.2 95.3 93.5 89.6 94.3 95.4
Iowa 99.0 97.9 99.1 98.6 99.1 99.1 98.8 98.8 98.3
Kansas 99.7 99.6 99.5 98.8 98.3 98.2 98.6 98.6 99.0
Kentucky 98.5 98.4 97.4 97.8 97.6 98.2 95.9 97.7 96.0
Louisiana 98.1 98.0 98.6 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.6 97.9 97.5
Maine 98.4 97.7 98.2 96.8 96.9 97.3 96.3 96.9 96.2
Maryland 98.6 99.5 99.5 95.8 96.0 96.4 99.2 99.6 96.5
Massachusetts 95.0 95.7 96.6 97.2 97.1 97.5 96.9 95.2 94.8
Michigan 96.9 96.5 97.4 98.3 98.3 97.7 95.0 97.9 98.0
Minnesota 97.5 99.3 98.8 99.0 99.1 98.7 97.8 98.4 98.2
Mississippi 97.2 97.3 96.4 94.7 95.1 95.4 95.9 95.0 95.0
Missouri 99.1 99.3 98.7 98.6 98.4 98.7 97.1 97.9 96.0
Montana 99.3 98.8 99.3 98.7 98.8 99.2 98.6 98.3 95.4
Nebraska 99.1 99.7 99.2 98.9 98.5 99.2 98.4 98.6 98.4
Nevada 97.3 97.1 97.2 97.1 95.8 95.7 95.9 96.7 96.7
New Hampshire 99.0 99.0 98.3 98.6 98.6 98.0 95.4 97.0 97.0
New Jersey 99.1 99.4 98.7 98.9 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.9 99.2
New Mexico 98.4 97.4 97.0 96.5 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.4 94.7
New York 96.1 94.9 94.1 95.0 93.7 94.3 90.9 89.6 93.1
North Carolina 98.2 97.8 97.5 96.7 98.4 97.5 97.4 97.5 94.7
North Dakota 99.9 99.9 98.8 99.8 99.1 99.6 98.2 99.3 99.3
Ohio 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.3 98.4 98.5 97.1 97.6 97.1
Oklahoma 98.9 98.6 98.6 96.1 96.5 96.6 94.6 96.1 96.1
Oregon 96.4 95.3 95.9 96.7 96.9 97.1 95.7 97.3 97.0
Pennsylvania 97.8 97.4 98.5 97.7 96.5 97.2 96.7 97.4 98.1
Rhode Island 97.1 98.1 99.7 97.4 96.9 97.0 96.9 98.0 97.9
South Carolina 99.0 95.2 98.8 98.5 98.1 98.9 96.5 97.4 96.0
South Dakota 99.6 99.2 98.8 99.5 99.5 99.2 99.5 99.4 99.4
Tennessee 98.7 97.8 95.3 97.5 97.5 98.4 97.2 96.7 96.6
Texas 99.1 99.2 98.8 98.9 99.3 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.6
Utah 99.0 98.9 96.6 96.5 97.3 96.7 96.7 95.8 97.1
Vermont 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.0 98.7 99.2 97.8 98.5 98.0
Virginia 98.7 98.4 97.6 94.7 94.5 94.2 94.1 94.8 93.9
Washington 99.4 99.4 96.0 91.6 94.9 91.8 94.6 98.5 97.8
West Virginia 94.9 96.5 92.5 91.3 90.1 93.2 89.4 91.6 96.2
Wisconsin 99.5 99.2 98.1 99.2 99.3 99.2 97.6 97.4 98.5
Wyoming 99.7 99.4 98.9 99.6 98.6 99.4 98.2 97.4 98.2
Puerto Rico 97.4 97.1 98.1 97.4 97.5 98.0 83.2 96.7 96.6
Virgin Islands 97.0 95.2 97.7 94.9 93.2 85.6 85.3 95.7 72.9

[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: March 10, 2026