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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 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2026 Q1[1]
United States[2] 89.3 91.1 91.2 91.5 91.2 91.7 92.0 91.8 89.4
Alabama 87.8 88.3 88.4 89.2 87.5 88.1 86.5 86.6 81.2
Alaska 97.4 97.3 96.2 96.6 96.5 96.1 95.9 97.3 95.3
Arizona 86.5 89.8 89.7 89.2 88.6 90.3 89.8 89.1 88.1
Arkansas 89.2 92.2 88.3 87.8 87.6 86.8 85.1 83.2 82.5
California 84.6 94.6 94.3 93.2 95.8 95.7 95.3 94.2 92.7
Colorado 86.0 85.9 90.0 94.5 93.0 93.3 93.1 93.4 88.0
Connecticut 90.6 90.1 89.5 91.1 90.9 91.2 91.7 91.9 90.2
Delaware 66.2 75.7 82.3 84.0 79.6 81.8 83.3 81.9 78.7
District of Columbia 81.0 80.9 81.7 85.5 82.7 83.7 86.1 87.8 83.2
Florida 92.3 91.9 92.9 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.2 93.9 90.6
Georgia 83.4 85.4 85.7 85.9 84.7 84.5 84.2 84.4 82.5
Hawaii 82.9 81.8 80.7 82.4 78.9 79.2 78.1 77.4 74.3
Idaho 79.2 80.0 77.6 79.9 77.2 83.6 83.8 85.7 85.0
Illinois 91.2 91.1 90.1 90.9 96.0 95.1 95.1 95.6 92.7
Indiana 91.4 92.9 92.4 92.9 90.4 91.3 91.8 92.6 90.5
Iowa 97.5 97.1 97.6 96.9 97.2 97.6 96.8 96.5 96.7
Kansas 97.3 97.8 95.8 96.0 96.5 97.1 98.0 97.5 96.1
Kentucky 83.8 83.3 83.0 83.9 82.4 83.3 83.3 82.9 81.5
Louisiana 83.4 82.4 82.9 81.4 82.4 82.2 82.1 81.5 79.9
Maine 95.1 94.3 93.9 93.7 94.3 93.9 93.6 93.4 91.5
Maryland 93.1 93.0 92.3 91.8 91.8 91.0 91.6 89.0 87.1
Massachusetts 93.7 94.5 93.9 91.3 92.5 92.1 92.2 92.5 92.1
Michigan 87.8 86.9 85.3 85.9 83.8 83.3 82.4 82.8 75.5
Minnesota 85.8 84.7 85.3 79.9 85.6 85.6 86.6 86.4 84.9
Mississippi 85.0 84.2 84.7 84.4 84.5 84.1 82.9 83.3 80.6
Missouri 94.1 93.6 93.1 93.4 92.3 92.1 91.2 91.0 87.5
Montana 93.5 92.2 91.0 89.2 94.1 96.3 95.1 94.8 92.1
Nebraska 96.7 97.1 97.8 97.6 97.4 98.0 98.5 98.5 96.6
Nevada 95.0 95.7 96.3 97.0 96.3 95.5 96.1 96.8 95.1
New Hampshire 94.2 93.8 93.9 93.4 93.3 94.0 93.2 93.3 90.4
New Jersey 82.9 83.1 84.6 90.5 82.8 82.8 87.9 89.7 78.6
New Mexico 89.9 90.7 91.0 90.4 91.9 91.4 91.2 90.1 90.0
New York 89.2 90.0 90.0 89.3 83.5 86.8 89.4 89.4 88.0
North Carolina 83.4 87.0 87.2 87.2 91.0 90.7 90.6 90.9 87.5
North Dakota 96.8 97.0 96.9 96.5 98.4 98.0 97.9 97.5 96.5
Ohio 90.6 90.0 89.9 89.7 89.3 89.8 90.1 90.0 89.9
Oklahoma 92.6 92.5 93.0 93.2 91.6 93.2 97.7 93.7 90.3
Oregon 82.9 82.5 83.7 84.9 86.1 87.1 87.5 88.2 88.6
Pennsylvania 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.3 98.3 98.3 98.6 97.8
Rhode Island 97.9 98.2 97.9 98.4 97.6 97.7 98.3 98.2 98.3
South Carolina 90.3 90.5 88.8 93.2 91.8 96.5 97.2 94.0 93.8
South Dakota 98.6 98.7 98.4 98.7 98.8 98.8 98.6 98.4 97.9
Tennessee 81.7 82.8 85.8 95.4 91.6 95.0 94.8 90.8 88.1
Texas 94.7 95.4 95.5 96.5 95.4 95.9 95.7 96.3 94.3
Utah 97.5 96.8 99.1 99.1 98.6 99.1 99.5 99.3 97.1
Vermont 93.9 93.2 92.3 93.0 92.5 92.7 92.7 92.6 93.9
Virginia 92.8 91.7 93.3 94.1 92.8 93.2 93.1 93.3 90.8
Washington 91.7 88.2 85.9 85.8 85.5 84.7 84.0 83.9 80.7
West Virginia 91.2 90.8 88.8 88.5 88.9 88.6 88.1 86.0 81.3
Wisconsin 97.5 97.5 97.2 97.2 97.3 97.2 97.3 97.3 96.3
Wyoming 97.7 97.7 97.9 97.6 96.1 96.5 97.2 97.2 96.4
Puerto Rico 95.2 95.5 96.8 96.9 90.7 96.5 97.2 97.3 93.4
Virgin Islands 61.2 55.9 68.0 54.4 52.5 65.3 53.0 46.5 55.5

[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 Mar. 2024 Jun. 2024 Sep. 2024 Dec. 2024 Mar. 2025 Jun. 2025 Sep. 2025 Dec. 2025 Mar. 2026[1]
United States[2] 96.7 96.5 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.4 96.4 96.8 96.0
Alabama 97.9 96.5 96.6 96.7 95.8 96.3 93.2 96.2 95.6
Alaska 97.2 95.7 95.8 96.3 95.7 96.7 95.3 98.3 97.0
Arizona 98.5 98.5 98.8 98.7 97.6 98.8 99.1 98.2 98.4
Arkansas 98.2 98.6 98.8 98.3 96.7 96.9 97.4 98.6 94.6
California 95.0 95.4 95.7 96.0 95.7 96.1 96.2 95.9 95.7
Colorado 89.2 89.7 90.1 90.6 90.1 93.5 93.8 95.4 93.6
Connecticut 96.7 96.6 97.1 96.0 95.5 96.9 97.1 95.6 95.8
Delaware 88.3 94.2 93.1 96.2 95.4 96.7 96.5 96.1 93.4
District of Columbia 96.8 95.9 95.5 96.2 97.0 95.0 96.2 95.7 91.3
Florida 96.5 94.5 95.5 96.4 95.9 93.5 95.0 96.3 95.2
Georgia 97.0 97.3 96.5 97.6 97.6 97.5 96.3 97.1 96.1
Hawaii 98.6 95.6 95.8 95.1 97.3 98.3 95.1 98.4 98.5
Idaho 96.0 96.0 96.3 95.9 96.1 98.1 98.8 98.2 98.3
Illinois 97.2 97.9 97.8 97.7 97.3 96.8 97.6 97.6 97.7
Indiana 96.1 97.1 95.9 95.8 96.2 96.9 95.0 96.1 96.1
Iowa 98.1 97.8 98.1 98.3 98.0 98.2 98.4 98.2 98.0
Kansas 98.4 98.3 98.0 97.1 97.6 98.0 98.4 98.4 98.1
Kentucky 97.3 96.9 96.4 97.0 96.1 95.9 96.1 96.4 96.6
Louisiana 98.3 97.7 97.5 97.1 97.1 97.7 98.3 98.1 97.5
Maine 98.7 96.7 96.8 97.3 97.8 98.3 97.1 98.5 98.0
Maryland 98.6 95.1 94.6 95.3 98.8 99.4 97.0 96.6 95.5
Massachusetts 96.4 96.7 96.0 97.0 96.9 95.4 94.9 96.6 96.5
Michigan 95.3 97.7 96.3 95.5 94.6 95.9 95.2 95.2 89.6
Minnesota 97.6 96.9 98.0 94.7 96.8 96.5 97.0 97.1 95.5
Mississippi 96.7 95.4 95.8 96.5 97.6 96.2 96.5 96.7 95.3
Missouri 98.4 98.2 98.1 98.4 97.2 96.7 96.9 97.7 96.0
Montana 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.8 96.0 98.1 97.7
Nebraska 98.6 98.3 98.1 98.3 98.4 98.4 98.0 98.3 97.8
Nevada 95.4 95.0 94.1 94.6 95.9 95.9 95.8 97.3 97.7
New Hampshire 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.5 96.5 97.3 97.3 97.9 96.4
New Jersey 97.0 97.2 96.6 97.3 97.0 97.2 97.3 97.1 96.7
New Mexico 96.5 96.8 97.2 97.4 97.4 98.1 97.8 98.0 94.8
New York 95.3 95.0 94.7 95.0 93.5 91.3 94.1 94.7 92.7
North Carolina 96.3 95.6 97.6 97.3 97.1 96.8 95.4 96.5 95.8
North Dakota 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.9 98.5 98.7 99.2 99.4 98.5
Ohio 97.6 97.1 97.3 97.7 96.7 97.2 97.1 97.5 96.4
Oklahoma 98.3 96.5 96.9 97.1 96.9 97.9 96.6 98.4 96.6
Oregon 94.7 95.1 95.9 96.8 95.0 95.9 95.6 96.2 95.0
Pennsylvania 97.1 96.8 97.1 97.1 96.9 97.2 96.1 97.2 96.9
Rhode Island 99.3 98.2 96.5 97.8 98.6 99.4 99.1 99.3 97.6
South Carolina 98.9 98.4 97.8 97.8 96.5 97.6 94.7 98.1 98.5
South Dakota 98.7 96.5 97.5 98.3 98.8 97.9 98.4 97.4 98.8
Tennessee 95.6 96.8 97.1 98.0 97.0 96.7 96.5 98.1 97.0
Texas 98.5 99.0 98.9 98.6 98.3 98.4 98.3 97.4 97.8
Utah 96.6 97.4 98.4 98.1 98.6 98.5 97.8 96.0 96.0
Vermont 99.5 98.0 98.6 99.1 98.9 97.9 98.4 98.9 98.4
Virginia 96.8 94.8 94.2 94.3 96.5 96.5 95.8 96.5 96.2
Washington 96.8 95.5 96.5 95.1 97.6 97.9 96.3 97.6 96.1
West Virginia 96.7 94.3 95.2 96.7 97.2 95.7 96.9 94.8 97.2
Wisconsin 97.1 98.3 98.7 97.7 96.7 96.6 96.8 97.7 95.7
Wyoming 97.4 97.1 97.1 97.4 95.5 96.0 95.9 97.0 95.1
Puerto Rico 98.1 97.4 97.6 97.8 83.8 97.3 97.2 98.1 93.4
Virgin Islands 96.9 94.5 91.1 83.1 90.2 96.2 87.4 86.5 90.0

[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 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2026 Q1[1]
United States[2] 96.6 96.5 96.5 96.3 95.6 96.3 96.1 96.3 96.2
Alabama 98.4 96.4 96.4 97.2 94.5 94.9 92.2 95.9 96.2
Alaska 97.0 96.1 95.2 96.2 96.0 96.2 95.1 97.0 95.6
Arizona 99.4 98.8 98.6 99.0 98.3 98.7 99.3 98.5 98.2
Arkansas 98.9 98.9 99.0 98.4 96.9 97.4 98.0 99.0 95.7
California 92.7 92.7 93.4 92.0 93.5 94.4 92.4 91.8 93.0
Colorado 94.7 94.2 92.6 94.8 94.0 95.9 96.8 96.3 95.7
Connecticut 95.8 97.2 97.3 95.7 94.7 96.1 96.1 97.6 96.8
Delaware 88.8 92.2 91.9 91.6 94.2 96.3 96.2 94.6 92.3
District of Columbia 99.1 97.4 99.1 98.1 99.2 98.2 98.3 99.3 96.6
Florida 96.4 96.9 95.7 97.0 94.9 95.0 95.4 96.1 94.5
Georgia 97.0 96.8 96.7 97.9 97.0 97.4 96.3 97.0 97.1
Hawaii 98.7 94.3 93.9 93.3 93.4 94.9 93.6 94.9 98.6
Idaho 98.6 99.1 99.1 98.3 97.9 99.0 99.3 99.4 98.9
Illinois 97.9 98.9 99.1 99.2 98.8 98.4 99.1 98.9 98.2
Indiana 92.4 96.2 95.3 93.5 89.7 94.3 96.0 94.0 92.3
Iowa 99.1 98.6 99.1 99.1 98.7 98.8 99.1 98.9 98.8
Kansas 99.5 98.8 98.3 98.2 98.5 98.6 98.3 99.4 98.7
Kentucky 97.4 97.8 97.6 98.2 95.9 97.7 97.6 97.6 97.2
Louisiana 98.6 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.6 97.9 98.3 98.4 97.7
Maine 98.2 96.8 96.9 97.3 96.3 97.0 96.3 97.2 98.4
Maryland 99.5 95.8 96.0 96.4 99.3 99.4 96.4 95.1 96.1
Massachusetts 96.6 97.2 97.1 97.5 97.0 95.2 95.0 96.3 96.7
Michigan 97.4 98.3 98.3 97.7 95.0 97.9 97.7 96.7 92.9
Minnesota 98.8 99.0 99.1 98.7 97.9 98.7 98.3 98.9 97.5
Mississippi 96.4 94.7 95.1 95.4 95.9 95.1 95.2 95.7 93.8
Missouri 98.7 98.6 98.4 98.7 97.4 98.0 97.1 98.2 96.5
Montana 99.3 98.7 98.8 99.2 98.6 99.0 95.6 98.4 98.0
Nebraska 99.2 98.9 98.5 99.2 98.4 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.5
Nevada 97.2 97.1 95.8 95.7 95.9 96.7 96.6 97.1 97.0
New Hampshire 98.3 98.6 98.6 98.0 95.8 96.9 96.6 97.1 96.5
New Jersey 98.7 98.9 98.5 98.6 98.8 99.0 99.1 98.4 98.8
New Mexico 97.0 96.5 97.1 97.2 97.4 97.5 97.1 97.2 94.7
New York 94.1 95.0 93.7 94.3 90.2 88.9 92.8 93.9 93.9
North Carolina 97.5 96.7 98.4 97.5 96.9 97.0 95.3 95.6 97.1
North Dakota 98.8 99.8 99.1 99.6 98.2 99.3 99.3 99.2 98.8
Ohio 98.8 98.3 98.4 98.5 97.1 97.6 97.5 97.4 97.7
Oklahoma 98.6 96.1 96.5 96.6 94.6 96.1 96.0 97.2 97.0
Oregon 95.9 96.7 96.9 97.1 95.1 97.3 97.1 96.9 96.8
Pennsylvania 98.5 97.7 96.5 97.2 96.7 97.4 97.2 98.0 98.4
Rhode Island 99.7 97.4 96.9 97.0 96.9 98.0 97.9 98.5 96.9
South Carolina 98.8 98.5 98.1 98.9 96.4 97.4 94.8 97.9 98.5
South Dakota 98.8 99.5 99.5 99.2 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.4 98.9
Tennessee 95.3 97.5 97.5 98.4 96.8 97.0 97.6 98.7 97.4
Texas 98.8 98.9 99.3 98.7 98.7 99.0 98.8 98.6 98.8
Utah 96.6 96.5 97.3 96.7 96.7 95.8 98.3 98.2 97.4
Vermont 99.6 99.0 98.7 99.2 99.1 98.6 98.2 98.6 98.0
Virginia 97.6 94.7 94.5 94.2 94.1 98.2 93.8 93.6 97.9
Washington 96.0 91.6 94.9 91.8 93.8 98.5 98.1 98.6 98.4
West Virginia 92.5 91.3 90.1 93.2 89.1 89.2 94.1 94.0 94.3
Wisconsin 98.1 99.2 99.3 99.2 97.6 97.4 98.6 99.0 97.0
Wyoming 98.9 99.6 98.6 99.4 98.2 97.5 97.5 97.9 97.3
Puerto Rico 98.1 97.4 97.5 98.0 83.2 96.6 96.4 97.3 93.1
Virgin Islands 97.7 94.9 93.2 85.6 91.9 97.5 88.4 88.3 91.3

[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 28, 2026