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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 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1] 2024 Q2[1]
United States[2] 91.6 91.7 92.0 91.0 91.5 88.5 90.6 87.9 88.9
Alabama 89.9 90.1 89.7 89.4 90.0 90.4 90.7 88.0 86.3
Alaska 97.0 97.8 97.4 96.4 97.0 96.4 97.0 96.9 96.2
Arizona 86.4 80.8 87.4 82.4 87.3 88.0 74.4 85.5 88.8
Arkansas 92.4 91.8 92.4 91.3 91.4 91.4 91.6 89.2 90.3
California 98.1 98.2 98.0 97.7 98.0 97.5 96.2 81.0 91.5
Colorado 83.6 85.3 95.0 85.5 90.0 28.3 84.5 85.9 80.4
Connecticut 90.1 91.8 91.0 89.4 88.7 89.1 91.5 90.6 89.7
Delaware 81.1 82.8 84.5 78.5 72.6 77.4 83.2 68.2 77.6
District of Columbia 83.2 87.2 86.6 84.1 80.5 81.8 85.3 81.0 80.9
Florida 90.7 90.8 90.8 90.7 91.1 91.3 92.0 92.3 89.9
Georgia 79.7 81.1 81.8 83.3 83.3 83.0 84.6 82.7 83.0
Hawaii 88.5 88.8 88.4 86.5 85.3 84.3 84.4 82.5 80.6
Idaho 89.1 89.7 85.0 83.7 85.0 81.9 79.1 79.5 80.8
Illinois 92.2 90.6 89.9 90.8 90.2 89.9 90.7 89.5 88.7
Indiana 91.4 92.5 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.6 93.1 91.4 92.1
Iowa 96.7 96.7 97.0 97.5 97.0 97.6 97.2 97.5 96.1
Kansas 96.6 97.4 97.9 97.6 98.0 97.8 97.5 97.2 97.6
Kentucky 86.6 87.5 86.1 85.4 84.9 84.6 84.4 83.3 82.9
Louisiana 84.4 85.0 84.4 84.8 84.5 82.2 82.8 82.7 80.5
Maine 94.8 94.9 94.5 94.1 93.8 94.0 94.5 93.8 92.4
Maryland 96.0 95.8 96.6 97.5 97.6 91.0 88.7 85.6 83.6
Massachusetts 89.6 92.6 92.5 91.0 91.3 92.0 92.0 91.6 91.7
Michigan 84.4 83.3 82.0 80.4 79.6 79.0 78.2 75.8 75.5
Minnesota 86.0 85.8 87.2 80.0 87.2 14.1 86.7 85.6 85.0
Mississippi 89.8 89.1 88.0 86.2 86.2 84.6 84.1 83.9 82.4
Missouri 91.1 92.2 91.9 91.2 90.8 90.3 90.0 94.3 92.9
Montana 92.0 90.6 90.0 87.7 87.1 86.2 87.6 93.7 92.4
Nebraska 90.5 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.8 96.4 96.7 96.6
Nevada 95.9 93.3 97.1 94.4 94.2 91.2 89.1 95.4 96.6
New Hampshire 94.3 95.3 91.6 94.6 94.8 94.5 94.6 93.6 92.9
New Jersey 84.7 85.0 90.7 84.3 84.7 84.4 90.6 81.1 80.7
New Mexico 91.1 90.7 90.7 92.3 92.2 91.9 91.4 89.9 88.3
New York 91.5 91.8 91.7 90.8 90.9 91.0 90.9 88.9 87.7
North Carolina 90.8 89.6 88.2 87.4 87.0 85.4 81.2 83.1 84.4
North Dakota 97.9 97.5 96.9 97.8 97.8 97.5 96.9 96.8 96.2
Ohio 92.2 89.8 91.3 90.4 91.2 91.5 92.6 90.6 90.1
Oklahoma 91.8 92.7 92.1 90.3 91.1 91.7 91.8 92.6 90.7
Oregon 84.2 80.2 76.2 84.0 83.1 83.0 79.0 81.7 81.2
Pennsylvania 96.7 98.3 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.6 98.6 98.2 97.9
Rhode Island 93.9 98.3 98.5 97.8 98.1 98.3 98.6 98.3 98.7
South Carolina 88.5 91.2 92.2 91.3 94.5 91.4 81.1 90.4 90.4
South Dakota 98.1 98.2 98.1 97.7 98.3 98.6 98.7 98.6 98.7
Tennessee 89.4 90.1 90.3 88.0 85.7 83.7 83.5 80.9 81.1
Texas 95.5 95.4 96.3 94.5 95.1 95.1 96.1 94.6 94.8
Utah 97.4 97.6 97.3 98.2 97.9 98.5 98.0 97.5 96.1
Vermont 93.4 93.9 94.7 92.6 93.7 94.2 94.1 93.6 92.7
Virginia 92.3 92.5 93.2 90.8 93.1 93.6 94.3 92.8 92.0
Washington 85.3 80.8 79.5 83.5 85.9 85.5 85.4 85.4 82.0
West Virginia 96.6 95.4 95.9 85.0 90.7 91.1 92.0 90.5 89.1
Wisconsin 97.7 98.1 98.0 97.5 98.2 98.1 97.9 97.1 96.6
Wyoming 98.3 99.0 98.7 97.9 98.2 98.3 98.5 98.1 97.7
Puerto Rico 95.2 91.5 95.1 93.5 93.3 93.5 93.3 92.7 90.9
Virgin Islands 96.9 59.6 57.0 63.3 64.2 61.8 59.6 55.1 29.5

[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 Jun. 2022 Sep. 2022 Dec. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023 Sep. 2023 Dec. 2023 Mar. 2024[1] Jun. 2024[1]
United States[2] 96.5 97.1 97.2 96.9 97.0 94.5 96.6 96.7 96.3
Alabama 97.9 98.4 98.5 97.7 97.5 98.2 98.3 98.0 96.3
Alaska 91.1 99.2 97.0 96.3 94.3 97.1 96.8 97.4 96.2
Arizona 94.5 95.7 96.9 96.1 99.1 98.8 85.9 97.9 98.1
Arkansas 98.4 99.0 99.0 98.5 98.6 98.9 99.2 98.2 98.0
California 99.3 97.2 96.4 96.2 96.7 96.5 96.3 94.9 94.9
Colorado 94.2 96.4 97.7 96.5 95.6 40.6 83.0 89.0 89.7
Connecticut 92.9 95.3 96.6 96.2 95.9 95.7 96.2 96.5 96.5
Delaware 91.2 91.9 94.7 95.2 94.1 91.8 96.3 88.3 94.0
District of Columbia 92.2 95.4 93.8 95.5 96.5 95.8 96.3 96.8 95.6
Florida 93.6 96.6 96.9 96.7 95.1 96.7 97.1 96.6 94.6
Georgia 96.1 95.3 97.5 96.0 95.8 95.8 96.9 97.0 96.7
Hawaii 96.3 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.7 98.4 98.4 95.2
Idaho 94.8 95.2 96.5 95.8 95.9 96.1 94.8 96.1 96.3
Illinois 99.4 96.4 96.7 97.2 97.7 98.0 97.8 97.2 97.9
Indiana 92.4 96.3 97.3 96.1 96.5 96.6 97.4 96.2 97.1
Iowa 97.5 97.9 98.3 97.7 98.3 98.1 97.2 98.1 97.4
Kansas 95.9 98.9 99.2 98.4 99.1 98.3 98.8 98.5 98.3
Kentucky 96.9 98.4 97.2 96.7 96.8 97.0 97.5 96.3 95.8
Louisiana 98.1 97.5 97.2 98.6 98.1 97.7 97.8 98.0 96.4
Maine 98.0 98.7 98.1 95.9 97.7 97.5 98.4 98.7 96.5
Maryland 94.9 96.9 97.9 98.5 98.7 96.5 98.9 98.3 94.8
Massachusetts 94.4 97.2 98.1 96.8 97.2 96.1 95.7 96.4 96.2
Michigan 96.3 96.3 96.4 94.3 92.7 94.9 95.2 95.3 97.3
Minnesota 91.6 97.1 96.5 97.6 96.7 19.7 98.1 97.6 97.2
Mississippi 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.8 96.9 96.5 97.0 96.4 95.0
Missouri 96.0 98.2 98.0 97.4 98.3 98.3 98.8 98.3 98.0
Montana 97.8 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.9 99.2 98.6 99.0 98.4
Nebraska 96.5 98.3 98.7 98.0 98.5 98.4 99.0 98.6 98.1
Nevada 93.3 94.4 95.8 94.7 93.3 95.3 94.9 95.3 94.3
New Hampshire 97.9 98.4 93.4 96.8 97.7 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.6
New Jersey 96.5 97.8 98.2 97.0 97.4 97.3 98.0 97.0 97.0
New Mexico 97.7 97.8 97.2 96.9 97.3 98.0 97.0 96.5 95.8
New York 94.8 93.9 94.9 95.7 94.8 93.4 94.2 96.1 95.3
North Carolina 99.0 98.8 97.9 97.4 97.7 97.3 96.7 96.2 95.4
North Dakota 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.5 99.7 98.6 98.4
Ohio 95.2 96.7 98.0 97.3 97.9 97.3 97.9 97.6 97.2
Oklahoma 97.8 98.4 97.8 96.3 97.7 98.5 97.8 98.3 96.1
Oregon 93.8 94.8 89.2 93.7 95.4 95.4 95.0 95.3 94.8
Pennsylvania 94.9 97.5 96.6 97.4 97.1 97.0 96.7 97.1 97.0
Rhode Island 98.4 98.1 98.1 98.8 99.2 97.7 98.2 99.3 98.2
South Carolina 96.9 98.2 98.3 97.7 98.9 98.9 94.6 98.9 98.4
South Dakota 98.1 98.9 98.8 98.4 98.4 99.0 98.5 98.7 96.6
Tennessee 96.4 98.3 98.0 97.8 97.4 97.5 96.8 95.8 97.1
Texas 99.2 99.4 99.3 98.7 98.9 99.0 99.1 98.5 98.7
Utah 99.3 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.0 98.4 96.6 97.5
Vermont 97.2 99.3 99.4 98.5 98.0 99.1 99.6 99.5 97.8
Virginia 96.4 97.5 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.3 97.8 96.8 94.7
Washington 96.7 96.5 97.3 97.4 97.9 97.5 97.6 96.1 94.6
West Virginia 98.8 95.5 95.1 95.5 95.5 96.6 96.5 95.8 95.5
Wisconsin 97.0 98.9 98.7 97.5 99.1 99.1 98.4 97.5 98.3
Wyoming 98.0 97.5 97.4 98.5 97.8 96.7 98.5 97.4 96.8
Puerto Rico 96.3 91.4 96.1 97.6 97.3 97.7 97.1 97.9 96.2
Virgin Islands 99.6 95.8 94.8 97.8 97.9 96.4 93.3 93.5 72.8

[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 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1[1] 2024 Q2[1]
United States[2] 98.2 97.6 97.4 96.6 97.3 97.6 96.9 96.7 96.5
Alabama 99.0 98.8 99.0 98.2 98.4 98.8 98.4 98.3 95.6
Alaska 88.3 98.3 98.8 97.7 97.3 97.2 97.4 97.8 96.1
Arizona 95.1 96.5 97.8 97.3 98.7 99.2 86.8 98.9 98.5
Arkansas 99.6 99.3 99.5 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.5 98.9 98.3
California 99.5 95.8 94.6 93.4 93.5 95.6 93.9 92.9 93.6
Colorado 97.1 96.9 98.1 97.6 97.5 91.2 90.1 94.7 94.2
Connecticut 93.3 95.6 95.9 94.2 97.1 95.7 96.6 95.7 97.2
Delaware 93.9 93.1 94.9 92.8 85.3 90.9 96.6 88.4 92.1
District of Columbia 97.6 97.8 98.3 99.1 97.7 99.0 98.1 98.8 97.1
Florida 96.9 97.4 97.2 96.8 97.5 97.5 97.1 96.4 96.9
Georgia 97.7 95.4 97.5 95.5 97.8 97.5 97.2 96.9 96.2
Hawaii 98.9 98.9 99.1 98.9 98.4 99.4 99.1 98.6 94.7
Idaho 98.5 98.3 97.7 98.1 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.6 99.2
Illinois 99.9 98.7 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.4 98.7 97.8 98.8
Indiana 96.3 96.6 95.2 95.5 96.4 96.7 96.0 92.5 96.0
Iowa 98.8 98.8 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.0 97.9 99.1 98.3
Kansas 99.0 99.1 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.5 98.8
Kentucky 99.0 98.9 97.7 96.6 96.7 98.5 98.4 97.4 96.0
Louisiana 99.5 97.6 97.5 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.0 98.3 95.9
Maine 99.1 99.1 98.5 95.7 98.0 98.4 97.7 98.2 96.5
Maryland 98.4 97.7 98.6 99.5 99.6 98.6 99.5 99.1 95.4
Massachusetts 98.0 97.3 97.8 95.1 96.6 95.0 95.7 96.6 96.3
Michigan 98.2 98.6 98.6 95.6 96.9 96.9 96.5 97.3 97.6
Minnesota 98.3 98.7 97.8 98.6 98.0 97.5 99.3 98.8 99.1
Mississippi 97.1 96.6 96.9 95.8 96.8 97.2 97.3 96.1 94.3
Missouri 98.4 99.2 98.4 98.0 98.8 99.1 99.3 98.6 98.5
Montana 97.2 98.4 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.3 98.8 99.3 99.1
Nebraska 98.7 98.8 99.4 99.0 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.2 98.8
Nevada 93.3 97.3 96.0 96.6 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.1 96.4
New Hampshire 99.5 99.2 96.3 98.2 98.2 99.0 99.0 98.3 98.5
New Jersey 99.1 99.3 99.4 98.6 99.1 99.1 99.4 98.7 98.9
New Mexico 98.3 98.2 97.2 98.3 97.1 98.4 97.4 97.0 95.6
New York 95.9 95.3 96.0 93.2 94.8 96.1 94.9 94.7 95.6
North Carolina 99.0 98.8 98.2 96.6 98.2 98.2 97.8 97.1 96.6
North Dakota 99.7 99.9 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 98.7 99.6
Ohio 98.6 98.2 99.1 98.6 99.1 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.2
Oklahoma 97.5 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.9 98.6 98.6 95.7
Oregon 94.7 95.3 88.7 94.0 96.8 96.4 95.3 96.7 96.3
Pennsylvania 98.8 98.6 98.3 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.4 98.5 97.6
Rhode Island 99.7 99.6 98.0 99.7 99.5 97.1 98.1 99.7 97.4
South Carolina 97.9 98.7 98.4 98.0 99.1 99.0 95.2 98.9 98.4
South Dakota 99.2 99.2 99.6 98.3 97.6 99.6 99.2 98.8 99.4
Tennessee 99.2 99.6 99.2 99.0 98.6 98.7 97.8 96.9 97.1
Texas 99.3 99.4 99.1 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.2 98.9 98.8
Utah 99.7 99.4 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.0 98.9 96.6 96.6
Vermont 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.0 99.1 99.5 99.7 99.6 98.5
Virginia 98.8 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.8 98.7 98.4 97.6 94.8
Washington 99.0 98.5 98.9 98.1 99.4 99.4 99.4 95.8 91.0
West Virginia 98.3 94.9 95.3 93.1 93.6 94.9 96.5 93.1 91.9
Wisconsin 97.5 98.3 97.7 97.6 99.4 99.5 99.2 98.2 99.2
Wyoming 98.6 98.3 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.4 98.9 99.1
Puerto Rico 96.2 90.1 95.9 96.9 97.8 97.4 97.1 97.5 96.6
Virgin Islands 97.2 95.1 94.2 98.9 98.5 97.0 95.2 94.3 75.1

[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: November 20, 2024