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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 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1] 2024 Q2[1] 2024 Q3[1]
United States[2] 91.7 92.0 91.0 91.5 88.5 90.6 88.4 90.0 88.8
Alabama 90.1 89.7 89.4 90.0 90.4 90.7 88.0 88.3 86.9
Alaska 97.8 97.4 96.4 97.0 96.4 97.0 97.2 96.8 96.4
Arizona 80.8 87.4 82.4 87.3 88.0 74.4 86.2 89.4 89.6
Arkansas 91.8 92.4 91.3 91.4 91.4 91.6 89.2 92.1 86.5
California 98.2 98.0 97.7 98.0 97.5 96.2 80.9 91.2 90.7
Colorado 85.3 95.0 85.5 90.0 28.3 84.5 86.0 85.9 90.1
Connecticut 91.8 91.0 89.4 88.7 89.1 91.5 90.6 90.1 89.3
Delaware 82.8 84.5 78.5 72.6 77.4 83.2 67.3 77.3 83.8
District of Columbia 87.2 86.6 84.1 80.5 81.8 85.3 81.0 80.9 81.1
Florida 90.8 90.8 90.7 91.1 91.3 92.0 92.3 91.9 89.7
Georgia 81.1 81.8 83.3 83.3 83.0 84.6 83.1 85.1 84.4
Hawaii 88.8 88.4 86.5 85.3 84.3 84.4 82.6 81.5 79.5
Idaho 89.7 85.0 83.7 85.0 81.9 79.1 79.4 80.4 78.4
Illinois 90.6 89.9 90.8 90.2 89.9 90.7 90.2 89.7 88.0
Indiana 92.5 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.6 93.1 91.4 92.9 92.3
Iowa 96.7 97.0 97.5 97.0 97.6 97.2 97.5 97.1 96.2
Kansas 97.4 97.9 97.6 98.0 97.8 97.5 97.3 97.7 95.2
Kentucky 87.5 86.1 85.4 84.9 84.6 84.4 84.0 83.6 82.9
Louisiana 85.0 84.4 84.8 84.5 82.2 82.8 83.0 81.9 79.9
Maine 94.9 94.5 94.1 93.8 94.0 94.5 94.4 93.3 92.3
Maryland 95.8 96.6 97.5 97.6 91.0 88.7 87.2 85.2 83.0
Massachusetts 92.6 92.5 91.0 91.3 92.0 92.0 91.7 92.3 90.8
Michigan 83.3 82.0 80.4 79.6 79.0 78.2 83.8 83.2 82.0
Minnesota 85.8 87.2 80.0 87.2 14.1 86.7 85.5 84.4 85.2
Mississippi 89.1 88.0 86.2 86.2 84.6 84.1 85.0 84.1 82.0
Missouri 92.2 91.9 91.2 90.8 90.3 90.0 94.3 93.8 91.1
Montana 90.6 90.0 87.7 87.1 86.2 87.6 93.6 92.3 91.1
Nebraska 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.8 96.4 96.7 97.1 96.6
Nevada 93.3 97.1 94.4 94.2 91.2 89.1 95.2 96.9 96.4
New Hampshire 95.3 91.6 94.6 94.8 94.5 94.6 93.9 93.5 92.6
New Jersey 85.0 90.7 84.3 84.7 84.4 90.6 82.1 82.3 82.9
New Mexico 90.7 90.7 92.3 92.2 91.9 91.4 89.9 90.7 88.4
New York 91.8 91.7 90.8 90.9 91.0 90.9 89.0 88.8 88.5
North Carolina 89.6 88.2 87.4 87.0 85.4 81.2 82.9 86.4 84.4
North Dakota 97.5 96.9 97.8 97.8 97.5 96.9 96.8 97.0 96.4
Ohio 89.8 91.3 90.4 91.2 91.5 92.6 90.6 90.0 89.9
Oklahoma 92.7 92.1 90.3 91.1 91.7 91.8 92.6 92.5 90.7
Oregon 80.2 76.2 84.0 83.1 83.0 79.0 82.0 81.6 83.2
Pennsylvania 98.3 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.6 98.6 98.2 98.2 97.9
Rhode Island 98.3 98.5 97.8 98.1 98.3 98.6 98.0 98.4 98.3
South Carolina 91.2 92.2 91.3 94.5 91.4 81.1 90.4 90.5 88.8
South Dakota 98.2 98.1 97.7 98.3 98.6 98.7 98.6 98.7 98.2
Tennessee 90.1 90.3 88.0 85.7 83.7 83.5 81.1 82.2 81.8
Texas 95.4 96.3 94.5 95.1 95.1 96.1 94.7 95.4 94.5
Utah 97.6 97.3 98.2 97.9 98.5 98.0 97.5 96.8 97.0
Vermont 93.9 94.7 92.6 93.7 94.2 94.1 93.7 93.0 91.6
Virginia 92.5 93.2 90.8 93.1 93.6 94.3 92.8 91.6 79.4
Washington 80.8 79.5 83.5 85.9 85.5 85.4 92.0 86.3 81.7
West Virginia 95.4 95.9 85.0 90.7 91.1 92.0 90.5 90.2 86.6
Wisconsin 98.1 98.0 97.5 98.2 98.1 97.9 97.3 97.2 96.4
Wyoming 99.0 98.7 97.9 98.2 98.3 98.5 97.8 97.9 98.1
Puerto Rico 91.5 95.1 93.5 93.3 93.5 93.3 94.8 95.0 93.5
Virgin Islands 59.6 57.0 63.3 64.2 61.8 59.6 56.1 37.2 34.8

[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. 2022 Dec. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023 Sep. 2023 Dec. 2023 Mar. 2024[1] Jun. 2024[1] Sep. 2024[1]
United States[2] 97.1 97.2 96.9 97.0 94.5 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.4
Alabama 98.4 98.5 97.7 97.5 98.2 98.3 97.9 96.6 95.8
Alaska 99.2 97.0 96.3 94.3 97.1 96.8 97.5 96.0 96.3
Arizona 95.7 96.9 96.1 99.1 98.8 85.9 98.1 98.3 98.5
Arkansas 99.0 99.0 98.5 98.6 98.9 99.2 98.2 98.6 98.2
California 97.2 96.4 96.2 96.7 96.5 96.3 94.9 95.3 96.0
Colorado 96.4 97.7 96.5 95.6 40.6 83.0 89.0 89.6 90.3
Connecticut 95.3 96.6 96.2 95.9 95.7 96.2 96.6 96.6 97.0
Delaware 91.9 94.7 95.2 94.1 91.8 96.3 88.2 94.1 89.9
District of Columbia 95.4 93.8 95.5 96.5 95.8 96.3 96.8 95.8 93.8
Florida 96.6 96.9 96.7 95.1 96.7 97.1 96.5 94.5 95.1
Georgia 95.3 97.5 96.0 95.8 95.8 96.9 97.0 97.3 96.4
Hawaii 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.7 98.4 98.4 95.5 95.3
Idaho 95.2 96.5 95.8 95.9 96.1 94.8 95.9 96.0 96.5
Illinois 96.4 96.7 97.2 97.7 98.0 97.8 97.2 97.8 97.8
Indiana 96.3 97.3 96.1 96.5 96.6 97.4 96.1 97.1 95.9
Iowa 97.9 98.3 97.7 98.3 98.1 97.2 98.1 97.8 97.7
Kansas 98.9 99.2 98.4 99.1 98.3 98.8 98.4 98.3 98.0
Kentucky 98.4 97.2 96.7 96.8 97.0 97.5 97.3 96.9 96.4
Louisiana 97.5 97.2 98.6 98.1 97.7 97.8 98.1 97.1 96.8
Maine 98.7 98.1 95.9 97.7 97.5 98.4 98.7 96.7 96.4
Maryland 96.9 97.9 98.5 98.7 96.5 98.9 98.4 94.9 94.9
Massachusetts 97.2 98.1 96.8 97.2 96.1 95.7 96.4 96.7 95.7
Michigan 96.3 96.4 94.3 92.7 94.9 95.2 95.3 97.5 96.2
Minnesota 97.1 96.5 97.6 96.7 19.7 98.1 97.6 96.9 98.1
Mississippi 94.9 95.5 95.8 96.9 96.5 97.0 96.7 95.4 95.0
Missouri 98.2 98.0 97.4 98.3 98.3 98.8 98.4 98.1 97.8
Montana 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.9 99.2 98.6 99.1 98.5 98.6
Nebraska 98.3 98.7 98.0 98.5 98.4 99.0 98.6 98.3 97.9
Nevada 94.4 95.8 94.7 93.3 95.3 94.9 95.4 95.0 94.0
New Hampshire 98.4 93.4 96.8 97.7 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.8
New Jersey 97.8 98.2 97.0 97.4 97.3 98.0 97.0 97.1 96.7
New Mexico 97.8 97.2 96.9 97.3 98.0 97.0 96.5 96.8 96.2
New York 93.9 94.9 95.7 94.8 93.4 94.2 96.0 95.3 94.2
North Carolina 98.8 97.9 97.4 97.7 97.3 96.7 96.1 95.5 96.6
North Dakota 99.3 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.5 99.7 98.6 98.6 98.3
Ohio 96.7 98.0 97.3 97.9 97.3 97.9 97.6 97.2 97.3
Oklahoma 98.4 97.8 96.3 97.7 98.5 97.8 98.3 96.5 95.5
Oregon 94.8 89.2 93.7 95.4 95.4 95.0 95.3 94.8 95.6
Pennsylvania 97.5 96.6 97.4 97.1 97.0 96.7 97.1 96.8 97.0
Rhode Island 98.1 98.1 98.8 99.2 97.7 98.2 99.3 98.2 95.8
South Carolina 98.2 98.3 97.7 98.9 98.9 94.6 98.9 98.4 97.7
South Dakota 98.9 98.8 98.4 98.4 99.0 98.5 98.7 96.5 97.7
Tennessee 98.3 98.0 97.8 97.4 97.5 96.8 95.6 97.7 96.4
Texas 99.4 99.3 98.7 98.9 99.0 99.1 98.5 99.0 98.6
Utah 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.0 98.4 96.6 97.4 98.1
Vermont 99.3 99.4 98.5 98.0 99.1 99.6 99.5 97.8 97.9
Virginia 97.5 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.3 97.8 96.8 94.8 94.0
Washington 96.5 97.3 97.4 97.9 97.5 97.6 96.7 95.1 95.7
West Virginia 95.5 95.1 95.5 95.5 96.6 96.5 96.3 95.0 94.9
Wisconsin 98.9 98.7 97.5 99.1 99.1 98.4 97.1 98.3 98.7
Wyoming 97.5 97.4 98.5 97.8 96.7 98.5 97.4 97.0 97.1
Puerto Rico 91.4 96.1 97.6 97.3 97.7 97.1 97.7 96.7 95.9
Virgin Islands 95.8 94.8 97.8 97.9 96.4 93.3 94.3 81.6 65.4

[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 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1] 2024 Q2[1] 2024 Q3[1]
United States[2] 97.6 97.4 96.6 97.3 97.6 96.9 96.7 96.6 96.3
Alabama 98.8 99.0 98.2 98.4 98.8 98.4 98.2 96.1 96.1
Alaska 98.3 98.8 97.7 97.3 97.2 97.4 97.6 95.9 95.8
Arizona 96.5 97.8 97.3 98.7 99.2 86.8 99.1 98.6 98.7
Arkansas 99.3 99.5 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.5 98.9 98.9 98.5
California 95.8 94.6 93.4 93.5 95.6 93.9 92.9 93.3 93.8
Colorado 96.9 98.1 97.6 97.5 91.2 90.1 94.6 94.2 93.2
Connecticut 95.6 95.9 94.2 97.1 95.7 96.6 95.8 97.2 97.2
Delaware 93.1 94.9 92.8 85.3 90.9 96.6 88.4 92.2 87.9
District of Columbia 97.8 98.3 99.1 97.7 99.0 98.1 99.0 97.3 97.0
Florida 97.4 97.2 96.8 97.5 97.5 97.1 96.4 96.9 95.5
Georgia 95.4 97.5 95.5 97.8 97.5 97.2 97.0 96.7 96.5
Hawaii 98.9 99.1 98.9 98.4 99.4 99.1 98.6 94.7 93.9
Idaho 98.3 97.7 98.1 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.6 99.1 99.1
Illinois 98.7 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.4 98.7 97.9 98.9 99.0
Indiana 96.6 95.2 95.5 96.4 96.7 96.0 92.4 96.2 95.3
Iowa 98.8 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.0 97.9 99.1 98.6 98.6
Kansas 99.1 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.5 98.8 98.3
Kentucky 98.9 97.7 96.6 96.7 98.5 98.4 97.4 97.8 97.3
Louisiana 97.6 97.5 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.0 98.3 96.7 96.1
Maine 99.1 98.5 95.7 98.0 98.4 97.7 98.2 96.7 96.4
Maryland 97.7 98.6 99.5 99.6 98.6 99.5 99.3 95.6 95.7
Massachusetts 97.3 97.8 95.1 96.6 95.0 95.7 96.6 97.1 96.7
Michigan 98.6 98.6 95.6 96.9 96.9 96.5 97.3 98.2 98.2
Minnesota 98.7 97.8 98.6 98.0 97.5 99.3 98.8 98.9 99.0
Mississippi 96.6 96.9 95.8 96.8 97.2 97.3 96.4 94.7 94.1
Missouri 99.2 98.4 98.0 98.8 99.1 99.3 98.7 98.6 98.3
Montana 98.4 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.3 98.8 99.3 99.1 99.1
Nebraska 98.8 99.4 99.0 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.2 98.9 98.3
Nevada 97.3 96.0 96.6 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.2 97.1 96.1
New Hampshire 99.2 96.3 98.2 98.2 99.0 99.0 98.3 98.6 98.7
New Jersey 99.3 99.4 98.6 99.1 99.1 99.4 98.7 98.9 98.8
New Mexico 98.2 97.2 98.3 97.1 98.4 97.4 97.0 96.5 96.2
New York 95.3 96.0 93.2 94.8 96.1 94.9 95.0 95.6 92.8
North Carolina 98.8 98.2 96.6 98.2 98.2 97.8 97.1 96.7 97.3
North Dakota 99.9 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 98.8 99.8 98.7
Ohio 98.2 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.3 98.4
Oklahoma 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.9 98.6 98.6 96.2 95.2
Oregon 95.3 88.7 94.0 96.8 96.4 95.3 96.7 96.6 96.7
Pennsylvania 98.6 98.3 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.4 98.5 97.6 96.4
Rhode Island 99.6 98.0 99.7 99.5 97.1 98.1 99.7 97.4 96.9
South Carolina 98.7 98.4 98.0 99.1 99.0 95.2 98.9 98.5 97.9
South Dakota 99.2 99.6 98.3 97.6 99.6 99.2 98.8 99.5 99.9
Tennessee 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.6 98.7 97.8 96.2 97.5 96.3
Texas 99.4 99.1 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.2 98.9 98.9 99.3
Utah 99.4 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.0 98.9 96.6 96.5 97.0
Vermont 99.5 99.6 99.0 99.1 99.5 99.7 99.6 98.7 98.4
Virginia 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.8 98.7 98.4 97.6 94.7 94.1
Washington 98.5 98.9 98.1 99.4 99.4 99.4 96.0 91.3 94.4
West Virginia 94.9 95.3 93.1 93.6 94.9 96.5 93.5 90.8 90.5
Wisconsin 98.3 97.7 97.6 99.4 99.5 99.2 98.1 99.2 99.4
Wyoming 98.3 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.4 98.9 99.5 98.3
Puerto Rico 90.1 95.9 96.9 97.8 97.4 97.1 97.5 97.0 94.7
Virgin Islands 95.1 94.2 98.9 98.5 97.0 95.2 95.2 82.8 68.6

[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: February 19, 2025