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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 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1]
United States[2] 91.1 91.6 91.7 92.0 91.0 91.5 88.5 90.6 86.5
Alabama 89.1 89.9 90.1 89.7 89.4 90.0 90.4 90.7 87.3
Alaska 96.8 97.0 97.8 97.4 96.4 97.0 96.4 97.0 95.7
Arizona 88.6 86.4 80.8 87.4 82.4 87.3 88.0 74.4 84.8
Arkansas 91.9 92.4 91.8 92.4 91.3 91.4 91.4 91.6 86.7
California 95.8 98.1 98.2 98.0 97.7 98.0 97.5 96.2 80.3
Colorado 91.2 83.6 85.3 95.0 85.5 90.0 28.3 84.5 85.8
Connecticut 91.1 90.1 91.8 91.0 89.4 88.7 89.1 91.5 89.7
Delaware 79.2 81.1 82.8 84.5 78.5 72.6 77.4 83.2 68.7
District of Columbia 83.7 83.2 87.2 86.6 84.1 80.5 81.8 85.3 81.1
Florida 89.3 90.7 90.8 90.8 90.7 91.1 91.3 92.0 89.4
Georgia 81.9 79.7 81.1 81.8 83.3 83.3 83.0 84.6 80.9
Hawaii 90.4 88.5 88.8 88.4 86.5 85.3 84.3 84.4 81.9
Idaho 45.4 89.1 89.7 85.0 83.7 85.0 81.9 79.1 80.2
Illinois 92.7 92.2 90.6 89.9 90.8 90.2 89.9 90.7 88.0
Indiana 90.1 91.4 92.5 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.6 93.1 90.5
Iowa 97.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 97.5 97.0 97.6 97.2 96.5
Kansas 95.3 96.6 97.4 97.9 97.6 98.0 97.8 97.5 97.5
Kentucky 87.3 86.6 87.5 86.1 85.4 84.9 84.6 84.4 82.9
Louisiana 85.8 84.4 85.0 84.4 84.8 84.5 82.2 82.8 81.5
Maine 94.8 94.8 94.9 94.5 94.1 93.8 94.0 94.5 92.6
Maryland 97.1 96.0 95.8 96.6 97.5 97.6 91.0 88.7 84.8
Massachusetts 92.8 89.6 92.6 92.5 91.0 91.3 92.0 92.0 89.8
Michigan 85.4 84.4 83.3 82.0 80.4 79.6 79.0 78.2 76.2
Minnesota 85.2 86.0 85.8 87.2 80.0 87.2 14.1 86.7 85.5
Mississippi 89.0 89.8 89.1 88.0 86.2 86.2 84.6 84.1 81.6
Missouri 92.5 91.1 92.2 91.9 91.2 90.8 90.3 90.0 87.3
Montana 94.0 92.0 90.6 90.0 87.7 87.1 86.2 87.6 93.8
Nebraska 91.9 90.5 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.8 96.4 95.7
Nevada 91.6 95.9 93.3 97.1 94.4 94.2 91.2 89.1 93.2
New Hampshire 94.4 94.3 95.3 91.6 94.6 94.8 94.5 94.6 92.6
New Jersey 85.4 84.7 85.0 90.7 84.3 84.7 84.4 90.6 80.0
New Mexico 86.0 91.1 90.7 90.7 92.3 92.2 91.9 91.4 88.6
New York 89.9 91.5 91.8 91.7 90.8 90.9 91.0 90.9 88.5
North Carolina 90.6 90.8 89.6 88.2 87.4 87.0 85.4 81.2 76.9
North Dakota 97.8 97.9 97.5 96.9 97.8 97.8 97.5 96.9 96.1
Ohio 92.0 92.2 89.8 91.3 90.4 91.2 91.5 92.6 90.6
Oklahoma 85.1 91.8 92.7 92.1 90.3 91.1 91.7 91.8 88.6
Oregon 89.5 84.2 80.2 76.2 84.0 83.1 83.0 79.0 80.6
Pennsylvania 98.1 96.7 98.3 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.6 98.6 97.8
Rhode Island 93.4 93.9 98.3 98.5 97.8 98.1 98.3 98.6 98.6
South Carolina 88.6 88.5 91.2 92.2 91.3 94.5 91.4 81.1 90.3
South Dakota 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.1 97.7 98.3 98.6 98.7 98.4
Tennessee 90.1 89.4 90.1 90.3 88.0 85.7 83.7 83.5 75.0
Texas 94.6 95.5 95.4 96.3 94.5 95.1 95.1 96.1 93.8
Utah 97.6 97.4 97.6 97.3 98.2 97.9 98.5 98.0 95.9
Vermont 93.3 93.4 93.9 94.7 92.6 93.7 94.2 94.1 92.4
Virginia 92.3 92.3 92.5 93.2 90.8 93.1 93.6 94.3 91.0
Washington 82.5 85.3 80.8 79.5 83.5 85.9 85.5 85.4 84.8
West Virginia 94.2 96.6 95.4 95.9 85.0 90.7 91.1 92.0 89.1
Wisconsin 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.0 97.5 98.2 98.1 97.9 96.6
Wyoming 98.2 98.3 99.0 98.7 97.9 98.2 98.3 98.5 96.9
Puerto Rico 94.6 95.2 91.5 95.1 93.5 93.3 93.5 93.3 90.1
Virgin Islands 94.1 96.9 59.6 57.0 63.3 64.2 61.8 59.6 49.6

[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 Mar. 2022 Jun. 2022 Sep. 2022 Dec. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023 Sep. 2023 Dec. 2023 Mar. 2024[1]
United States[2] 97.1 96.5 97.1 97.2 96.9 97.0 94.5 96.6 96.4
Alabama 97.6 97.9 98.4 98.5 97.7 97.5 98.2 98.3 98.1
Alaska 91.9 91.1 99.2 97.0 96.3 94.3 97.1 96.8 97.3
Arizona 97.7 94.5 95.7 96.9 96.1 99.1 98.8 85.9 97.1
Arkansas 99.1 98.4 99.0 99.0 98.5 98.6 98.9 99.2 97.8
California 99.4 99.3 97.2 96.4 96.2 96.7 96.5 96.3 94.8
Colorado 95.6 94.2 96.4 97.7 96.5 95.6 40.6 83.0 89.6
Connecticut 95.3 92.9 95.3 96.6 96.2 95.9 95.7 96.2 96.4
Delaware 91.2 91.2 91.9 94.7 95.2 94.1 91.8 96.3 87.4
District of Columbia 93.2 92.2 95.4 93.8 95.5 96.5 95.8 96.3 96.8
Florida 95.1 93.6 96.6 96.9 96.7 95.1 96.7 97.1 95.5
Georgia 96.4 96.1 95.3 97.5 96.0 95.8 95.8 96.9 96.5
Hawaii 98.0 96.3 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.7 98.4 98.3
Idaho 68.9 94.8 95.2 96.5 95.8 95.9 96.1 94.8 96.6
Illinois 99.8 99.4 96.4 96.7 97.2 97.7 98.0 97.8 97.5
Indiana 95.4 92.4 96.3 97.3 96.1 96.5 96.6 97.4 96.8
Iowa 98.0 97.5 97.9 98.3 97.7 98.3 98.1 97.2 97.7
Kansas 97.4 95.9 98.9 99.2 98.4 99.1 98.3 98.8 97.4
Kentucky 98.2 96.9 98.4 97.2 96.7 96.8 97.0 97.5 96.2
Louisiana 97.5 98.1 97.5 97.2 98.6 98.1 97.7 97.8 97.8
Maine 97.3 98.0 98.7 98.1 95.9 97.7 97.5 98.4 97.6
Maryland 97.9 94.9 96.9 97.9 98.5 98.7 96.5 98.9 98.3
Massachusetts 97.3 94.4 97.2 98.1 96.8 97.2 96.1 95.7 95.8
Michigan 96.6 96.3 96.3 96.4 94.3 92.7 94.9 95.2 95.9
Minnesota 94.4 91.6 97.1 96.5 97.6 96.7 19.7 98.1 98.1
Mississippi 96.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.8 96.9 96.5 97.0 95.2
Missouri 96.6 96.0 98.2 98.0 97.4 98.3 98.3 98.8 98.2
Montana 99.1 97.8 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.9 99.2 98.6 99.0
Nebraska 96.5 96.5 98.3 98.7 98.0 98.5 98.4 99.0 98.3
Nevada 93.7 93.3 94.4 95.8 94.7 93.3 95.3 94.9 94.7
New Hampshire 99.0 97.9 98.4 93.4 96.8 97.7 98.6 98.7 98.5
New Jersey 97.3 96.5 97.8 98.2 97.0 97.4 97.3 98.0 96.6
New Mexico 97.2 97.7 97.8 97.2 96.9 97.3 98.0 97.0 95.6
New York 95.4 94.8 93.9 94.9 95.7 94.8 93.4 94.2 95.8
North Carolina 99.2 99.0 98.8 97.9 97.4 97.7 97.3 96.7 94.8
North Dakota 99.0 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.5 99.7 98.5
Ohio 96.9 95.2 96.7 98.0 97.3 97.9 97.3 97.9 97.4
Oklahoma 99.0 97.8 98.4 97.8 96.3 97.7 98.5 97.8 97.7
Oregon 97.2 93.8 94.8 89.2 93.7 95.4 95.4 95.0 95.7
Pennsylvania 97.0 94.9 97.5 96.6 97.4 97.1 97.0 96.7 97.1
Rhode Island 98.6 98.4 98.1 98.1 98.8 99.2 97.7 98.2 99.2
South Carolina 96.2 96.9 98.2 98.3 97.7 98.9 98.9 94.6 98.8
South Dakota 98.5 98.1 98.9 98.8 98.4 98.4 99.0 98.5 98.5
Tennessee 97.8 96.4 98.3 98.0 97.8 97.4 97.5 96.8 94.2
Texas 98.5 99.2 99.4 99.3 98.7 98.9 99.0 99.1 98.2
Utah 98.9 99.3 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.0 98.4 96.6
Vermont 98.2 97.2 99.3 99.4 98.5 98.0 99.1 99.6 99.2
Virginia 95.9 96.4 97.5 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.3 97.8 96.6
Washington 94.6 96.7 96.5 97.3 97.4 97.9 97.5 97.6 97.0
West Virginia 98.1 98.8 95.5 95.1 95.5 95.5 96.6 96.5 94.2
Wisconsin 96.7 97.0 98.9 98.7 97.5 99.1 99.1 98.4 97.8
Wyoming 98.7 98.0 97.5 97.4 98.5 97.8 96.7 98.5 97.1
Puerto Rico 96.3 96.3 91.4 96.1 97.6 97.3 97.7 97.1 96.1
Virgin Islands 97.0 99.6 95.8 94.8 97.8 97.9 96.4 93.3 84.7

[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 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1]
United States[2] 97.7 98.2 97.6 97.4 96.6 97.3 97.6 96.9 96.8
Alabama 98.5 99.0 98.8 99.0 98.2 98.4 98.8 98.4 98.1
Alaska 85.3 88.3 98.3 98.8 97.7 97.3 97.2 97.4 97.6
Arizona 98.7 95.1 96.5 97.8 97.3 98.7 99.2 86.8 98.5
Arkansas 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.5 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.5 98.6
California 99.7 99.5 95.8 94.6 93.4 93.5 95.6 93.9 93.0
Colorado 97.2 97.1 96.9 98.1 97.6 97.5 91.2 90.1 95.0
Connecticut 92.2 93.3 95.6 95.9 94.2 97.1 95.7 96.6 95.8
Delaware 93.9 93.9 93.1 94.9 92.8 85.3 90.9 96.6 87.6
District of Columbia 97.8 97.6 97.8 98.3 99.1 97.7 99.0 98.1 98.8
Florida 95.8 96.9 97.4 97.2 96.8 97.5 97.5 97.1 95.3
Georgia 96.7 97.7 95.4 97.5 95.5 97.8 97.5 97.2 96.8
Hawaii 99.0 98.9 98.9 99.1 98.9 98.4 99.4 99.1 98.6
Idaho 78.4 98.5 98.3 97.7 98.1 99.6 99.2 99.0 99.3
Illinois 100.0 99.9 98.7 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.4 98.7 98.5
Indiana 97.6 96.3 96.6 95.2 95.5 96.4 96.7 96.0 96.0
Iowa 97.6 98.8 98.8 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.0 97.9 98.7
Kansas 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.7 99.6 98.5
Kentucky 98.8 99.0 98.9 97.7 96.6 96.7 98.5 98.4 95.9
Louisiana 97.9 99.5 97.6 97.5 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.0 98.1
Maine 99.1 99.1 99.1 98.5 95.7 98.0 98.4 97.7 97.0
Maryland 98.7 98.4 97.7 98.6 99.5 99.6 98.6 99.5 98.8
Massachusetts 98.4 98.0 97.3 97.8 95.1 96.6 95.0 95.7 96.0
Michigan 98.0 98.2 98.6 98.6 95.6 96.9 96.9 96.5 98.5
Minnesota 97.5 98.3 98.7 97.8 98.6 98.0 97.5 99.3 98.9
Mississippi 96.4 97.1 96.6 96.9 95.8 96.8 97.2 97.3 94.8
Missouri 96.5 98.4 99.2 98.4 98.0 98.8 99.1 99.3 98.5
Montana 99.3 97.2 98.4 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.3 98.8 99.3
Nebraska 98.1 98.7 98.8 99.4 99.0 99.4 99.1 99.7 98.7
Nevada 95.1 93.3 97.3 96.0 96.6 97.4 97.3 97.1 96.5
New Hampshire 98.9 99.5 99.2 96.3 98.2 98.2 99.0 99.0 98.2
New Jersey 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.4 98.6 99.1 99.1 99.4 98.9
New Mexico 98.0 98.3 98.2 97.2 98.3 97.1 98.4 97.4 96.1
New York 94.4 95.9 95.3 96.0 93.2 94.8 96.1 94.9 95.6
North Carolina 99.3 99.0 98.8 98.2 96.6 98.2 98.2 97.8 96.5
North Dakota 99.6 99.7 99.9 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 98.8
Ohio 98.2 98.6 98.2 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.7
Oklahoma 97.8 97.5 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.9 98.6 98.2
Oregon 96.4 94.7 95.3 88.7 94.0 96.8 96.4 95.3 96.7
Pennsylvania 98.5 98.8 98.6 98.3 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.4 98.7
Rhode Island 99.7 99.7 99.6 98.0 99.7 99.5 97.1 98.1 99.7
South Carolina 97.1 97.9 98.7 98.4 98.0 99.1 99.0 95.2 98.8
South Dakota 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.6 98.3 97.6 99.6 99.2 98.7
Tennessee 99.1 99.2 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.6 98.7 97.8 96.2
Texas 98.6 99.3 99.4 99.1 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.2 98.7
Utah 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.0 98.9 96.8
Vermont 98.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.0 99.1 99.5 99.7 99.3
Virginia 98.2 98.8 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.8 98.7 98.4 97.5
Washington 94.3 99.0 98.5 98.9 98.1 99.4 99.4 99.4 98.7
West Virginia 97.3 98.3 94.9 95.3 93.1 93.6 94.9 96.5 91.9
Wisconsin 97.3 97.5 98.3 97.7 97.6 99.4 99.5 99.2 97.9
Wyoming 98.6 98.6 98.3 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.4 98.8
Puerto Rico 96.0 96.2 90.1 95.9 96.9 97.8 97.4 97.1 96.0
Virgin Islands 97.5 97.2 95.1 94.2 98.9 98.5 97.0 95.2 85.4

[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: August 21, 2024