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QCEW response rates are presented for employment as first published. They are not updated with subsequent revisions to the data.
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AREA |
Qtr 1 (Mar) | Qtr 4 (Dec) | Qtr 3 (Sep) | Qtr 2 (Jun) | Qtr 1 (Mar) | Qtr 4 (Dec) | Qtr 3 (Sep) | Qtr 2 (Jun) | Qtr 1 (Mar) | Qtr 4 (Dec) | Qtr 3 (Sep) | Qtr 2 (Jun) | Qtr 1 (Mar) | Qtr 4 (Dec) | Qtr 3 (Sep) | Qtr 2 (Jun) | Qtr 1 (Mar) | Qtr 4 (Dec) | Qtr 3 (Sep) | Qtr 2 (Jun) | Qtr 1 (Mar) | Qtr 4 (Dec) | Qtr 3 (Sep) | Qtr 2 (Jun) | Qtr 1 (Mar) |
United States (1) |
96.8% | 96.6% | 96.4% | 96.3% | 96.8% | 97.5% | 97.1% | 97.5% | 96.8% | 97.5% | 97.7% | 97.5% | 96.8% | 97.9% | 97.5% | 97.9% | 97.6% | 97.9% | 97.9% | 97.9% | 97.4% | 97.9% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 97.6% |
Alabama |
97.5% | 98.0% | 98.3% | 97.7% | 97.9% | 98.2% | 98.1% | 98.2% | 96.4% | 97.9% | 97.2% | 98.2% | 97.7% | 98.0% | 97.8% | 97.5% | 97.9% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 97.8% | 97.0% | 98.2% | 98.0% | 98.3% | 97.5% |
Alaska |
96.9% | 97.2% | 99.0% | 92.8% | 93.9% | 95.4% | 93.4% | 92.7% | 93.7% | 95.3% | 93.7% | 94.2% | 94.8% | 99.4% | 99.2% | 91.5% | 95.1% | 94.9% | 91.0% | 95.6% | 95.7% | 94.8% | 92.4% | 94.2% | 95.8% |
Arizona |
95.6% | 96.7% | 95.8% | 94.6% | 97.8% | 95.5% | 96.8% | 98.3% | 97.2% | 98.3% | 98.1% | 97.6% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 97.6% | 96.6% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 97.5% | 98.5% | 97.9% | 98.3% | 98.0% | 96.9% | 98.2% |
Arkansas |
97.8% | 96.2% | 97.9% | 96.7% | 97.7% | 98.3% | 97.3% | 98.5% | 93.5% | 98.2% | 98.6% | 98.2% | 98.0% | 98.6% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 97.9% | 98.8% | 98.6% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 98.8% | 98.3% |
California |
96.1% | 96.4% | 97.4% | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 98.6% | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.2% | 98.5% | 99.1% | 98.9% | 99.4% | 98.9% | 99.5% | 99.2% | 99.1% | 98.3% | 99.4% | 99.3% | 99.1% | 99.0% |
Colorado |
96.3% | 97.8% | 71.6% | 94.2% | 95.5% | 96.7% | 96.3% | 96.4% | 94.2% | 96.5% | 97.3% | 95.1% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.2% | 97.1% | 95.9% | 95.8% | 96.6% | 96.3% | 95.1% | 95.9% | 95.8% | 95.6% | 95.8% |
Connecticut |
96.6% | 96.6% | 94.7% | 92.7% | 94.8% | 92.7% | 94.9% | 94.5% | 93.0% | 92.2% | 94.4% | 93.6% | 93.5% | 95.0% | 94.1% | 95.7% | 95.4% | 94.9% | 94.8% | 90.0% | 93.2% | 93.2% | 93.6% | 93.6% | 90.4% |
Delaware |
93.0% | 92.7% | 92.2% | 90.4% | 90.8% | 92.5% | 89.9% | 93.4% | 91.0% | 90.7% | 95.5% | 94.3% | 87.5% | 95.0% | 94.6% | 95.2% | 96.1% | 96.5% | 96.9% | 96.4% | 95.1% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 97.1% | 96.5% |
District of Columbia |
95.4% | 93.0% | 94.5% | 92.0% | 92.5% | 95.3% | 94.2% | 95.6% | 92.3% | 94.1% | 93.9% | 95.8% | 93.1% | 95.4% | 95.8% | 95.1% | 97.4% | 97.3% | 97.5% | 97.8% | 95.9% | 96.8% | 97.2% | 96.5% | 97.0% |
Florida |
96.3% | 96.8% | 96.2% | 93.1% | 94.6% | 96.9% | 96.3% | 94.2% | 94.4% | 96.3% | 95.9% | 94.5% | 96.3% | 98.4% | 98.6% | 98.7% | 98.4% | 98.5% | 98.0% | 98.8% | 97.1% | 97.5% | 97.5% | 97.8% | 98.0% |
Georgia |
96.4% | 96.7% | 93.4% | 95.5% | 95.3% | 94.3% | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.8% | 92.9% | 97.8% | 97.3% | 92.0% | 97.4% | 97.8% | 97.5% | 98.1% | 98.3% | 98.1% | 97.7% | 97.3% | 98.0% | 98.4% | 98.7% | 98.0% |
Hawaii |
98.6% | 98.2% | 98.3% | 96.4% | 97.9% | 98.4% | 97.0% | 98.2% | 98.8% | 99.1% | 98.3% | 98.7% | 97.6% | 97.9% | 96.9% | 99.0% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 98.3% | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.6% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.3% |
Idaho |
96.1% | 97.2% | 95.3% | 95.0% | 69.7% | 96.0% | 96.6% | 98.0% | 96.2% | 97.1% | 97.6% | 97.5% | 95.2% | 97.8% | 96.4% | 97.0% | 97.2% | 96.5% | 98.2% | 97.4% | 96.6% | 96.2% | 96.3% | 94.7% | 94.4% |
Illinois |
97.8% | 96.8% | 96.5% | 99.8% | 98.3% | 99.9% | 99.3% | 99.9% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 99.3% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 99.7% | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.1% |
Indiana |
96.2% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 92.3% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 93.4% | 96.8% | 95.0% | 94.4% | 97.4% | 97.1% | 95.0% | 96.5% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 96.5% | 95.7% | 95.5% | 96.4% | 95.2% | 96.1% | 96.3% | 96.8% | 97.4% |
Iowa |
98.0% | 98.0% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 96.3% | 97.2% | 96.8% | 97.9% | 97.6% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 97.9% | 97.8% | 97.1% | 97.7% | 97.8% | 97.4% | 98.2% | 97.5% | 97.7% | 98.2% | 98.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 97.6% |
Kansas |
98.4% | 99.2% | 98.9% | 95.9% | 98.0% | 98.5% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.2% | 99.1% | 98.1% | 98.3% | 97.1% | 98.9% | 97.1% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 98.5% | 99.0% | 98.9% | 99.1% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.8% | 99.1% |
Kentucky |
97.8% | 97.1% | 98.4% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 97.9% | 96.7% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 97.4% | 97.7% | 97.4% | 97.0% | 97.7% | 96.3% | 97.2% | 97.0% | 98.1% | 97.9% | 98.3% | 96.8% | 96.5% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 95.5% |
Louisiana |
98.2% | 97.0% | 96.6% | 98.0% | 97.3% | 96.6% | 96.4% | 97.8% | 98.1% | 97.6% | 97.5% | 96.8% | 96.9% | 98.3% | 97.8% | 96.4% | 97.0% | 97.7% | 97.5% | 97.5% | 97.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 97.5% | 96.7% |
Maine |
96.3% | 98.0% | 97.6% | 98.0% | 98.3% | 95.2% | 98.6% | 98.5% | 97.5% | 97.9% | 99.0% | 99.5% | 98.5% | 98.9% | 99.0% | 98.9% | 95.0% | 98.0% | 98.7% | 99.4% | 99.1% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 98.5% |
Maryland |
97.5% | 96.0% | 96.1% | 94.5% | 94.6% | 95.8% | 93.4% | 93.9% | 95.8% | 95.3% | 92.1% | 94.5% | 90.9% | 95.0% | 95.4% | 97.6% | 98.1% | 98.0% | 99.0% | 98.5% | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.8% | 96.5% | 98.3% |
Massachusetts |
96.3% | 98.0% | 97.1% | 94.0% | 96.8% | 97.4% | 95.0% | 97.1% | 96.6% | 97.9% | 97.0% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 98.0% | 98.3% | 98.1% | 98.4% | 98.6% | 98.4% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 98.0% | 98.8% | 98.8% | 98.2% |
Michigan |
95.0% | 96.2% | 94.7% | 95.6% | 97.4% | 95.4% | 96.4% | 96.3% | 95.8% | 97.3% | 97.1% | 97.7% | 96.0% | 97.4% | 96.0% | 96.8% | 95.9% | 96.1% | 96.8% | 96.5% | 94.3% | 95.2% | 96.0% | 94.9% | 95.7% |
Minnesota |
97.4% | 96.7% | 95.9% | 91.9% | 94.4% | 96.8% | 98.1% | 96.8% | 98.4% | 98.3% | 98.3% | 98.6% | 96.3% | 99.4% | 99.3% | 99.2% | 98.6% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 98.9% | 99.2% | 99.5% | 99.1% | 98.7% |
Mississippi |
90.9% | 95.6% | 94.3% | 94.9% | 95.5% | 96.3% | 95.6% | 96.4% | 94.5% | 96.3% | 96.4% | 95.7% | 96.0% | 96.7% | 95.4% | 96.4% | 96.7% | 97.6% | 97.2% | 97.7% | 97.7% | 97.9% | 97.5% | 97.8% | 96.3% |
Missouri |
97.2% | 97.9% | 97.6% | 94.9% | 96.3% | 96.7% | 95.9% | 98.1% | 97.4% | 97.4% | 97.6% | 97.5% | 96.7% | 98.3% | 97.4% | 97.6% | 97.4% | 97.5% | 97.4% | 98.1% | 97.3% | 97.9% | 97.4% | 97.3% | 97.0% |
Montana |
98.5% | 98.7% | 98.4% | 97.8% | 100.0% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 98.2% | 98.1% | 98.0% | 97.4% | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 98.0% | 97.5% | 98.7% | 98.6% | 98.4% | 98.5% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 98.1% |
Nebraska |
97.7% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 93.2% | 95.3% | 93.1% | 98.7% | 98.9% | 99.1% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 99.1% | 97.0% | 97.6% | 95.1% | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.2% | 98.7% | 99.0% | 98.5% | 99.1% | 99.0% | 98.8% | 98.5% |
Nevada |
93.9% | 95.6% | 93.7% | 93.3% | 92.4% | 93.9% | 92.3% | 94.4% | 92.9% | 94.9% | 94.0% | 94.6% | 94.8% | 94.9% | 94.8% | 94.3% | 95.1% | 95.1% | 95.5% | 95.4% | 94.6% | 93.7% | 96.1% | 96.4% | 96.0% |
New Hampshire |
96.5% | 93.3% | 98.0% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 97.7% | 95.3% | 95.8% | 94.9% | 96.0% | 96.4% | 98.3% | 97.5% | 99.1% | 98.7% | 98.9% | 98.0% | 99.1% | 99.3% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.0% | 97.1% | 99.3% | 98.5% |
New Jersey |
97.2% | 98.2% | 97.7% | 96.0% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 97.0% | 98.1% | 97.4% | 97.8% | 98.1% | 96.1% | 97.1% | 97.8% | 97.9% | 98.0% | 97.8% | 98.1% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 97.3% | 98.1% | 98.3% | 98.1% | 97.9% |
New Mexico |
95.1% | 96.2% | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.6% | 97.4% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 96.3% | 97.4% | 94.5% | 97.6% | 97.0% | 97.4% | 97.3% | 97.3% | 97.2% | 97.7% | 98.1% | 97.8% | 97.5% | 97.7% | 98.0% | 98.3% | 98.0% |
New York |
95.7% | 95.2% | 94.6% | 95.2% | 96.2% | 96.5% | 96.2% | 96.5% | 95.8% | 96.8% | 96.7% | 96.9% | 95.7% | 97.0% | 97.6% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 97.3% | 95.9% | 96.9% | 96.6% | 96.8% | 95.4% | 96.1% |
North Carolina |
97.1% | 83.0% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 97.6% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 98.8% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.4% |
North Dakota |
98.9% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.7% | 99.1% | 99.6% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 97.8% | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.1% | 98.9% | 96.9% | 97.5% | 97.3% | 97.3% | 96.8% | 97.4% | 97.5% | 97.1% |
Ohio |
97.1% | 97.8% | 96.8% | 94.9% | 96.7% | 96.1% | 95.5% | 97.4% | 95.8% | 96.9% | 97.4% | 97.1% | 96.8% | 96.0% | 96.5% | 97.3% | 96.9% | 96.7% | 96.2% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 96.7% | 96.4% | 96.5% | 96.6% |
Oklahoma |
95.8% | 97.1% | 97.4% | 96.5% | 97.0% | 98.9% | 98.6% | 97.6% | 97.3% | 94.0% | 94.5% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 98.5% | 97.9% | 98.8% | 98.7% | 98.5% | 97.4% | 98.2% | 97.2% | 97.8% | 98.8% |
Oregon |
94.1% | 88.5% | 95.8% | 93.1% | 97.4% | 97.5% | 96.1% | 96.9% | 95.0% | 97.3% | 96.9% | 98.0% | 95.5% | 96.2% | 96.4% | 96.5% | 96.8% | 96.6% | 97.1% | 97.0% | 97.3% | 97.5% | 97.6% | 97.2% | 96.6% |
Pennsylvania |
97.6% | 96.8% | 97.7% | 95.3% | 97.1% | 97.9% | 96.4% | 97.5% | 96.9% | 96.7% | 96.5% | 96.6% | 94.9% | 96.6% | 96.9% | 96.6% | 95.7% | 96.7% | 96.8% | 97.0% | 96.1% | 96.9% | 96.2% | 96.6% | 96.4% |
Rhode Island |
97.8% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 97.8% | 98.2% | 99.4% | 98.5% | 97.7% | 97.6% | 98.5% | 98.6% | 97.6% | 96.2% | 97.3% | 97.6% | 96.9% | 97.3% | 95.7% | 95.4% | 98.2% | 97.5% | 96.9% | 95.4% | 95.0% | 97.1% |
South Carolina |
97.9% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 98.7% | 97.7% | 97.4% | 96.0% | 97.3% | 97.6% | 97.2% | 97.2% | 98.1% | 97.2% | 96.8% | 96.2% | 97.0% | 95.4% | 96.2% | 93.5% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 98.7% |
South Dakota |
98.3% | 98.8% | 98.9% | 98.2% | 98.5% | 95.3% | 92.7% | 94.2% | 95.6% | 94.7% | 95.8% | 98.4% | 96.8% | 97.9% | 97.0% | 97.4% | 94.9% | 95.3% | 94.9% | 95.5% | 96.1% | 98.1% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 98.3% |
Tennessee |
97.8% | 97.9% | 97.5% | 96.5% | 97.6% | 97.9% | 95.7% | 97.9% | 95.5% | 98.4% | 98.4% | 98.2% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 96.7% | 98.5% | 97.6% | 98.0% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 97.2% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 97.9% | 97.6% |
Texas |
98.6% | 98.9% | 99.2% | 98.9% | 97.3% | 99.0% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 97.3% | 99.0% | 98.7% | 98.6% | 98.0% | 98.6% | 98.3% | 98.5% | 97.5% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 98.4% | 98.0% | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.9% | 98.1% |
Utah |
98.8% | 99.1% | 98.7% | 99.0% | 97.6% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 98.8% | 98.0% | 96.3% | 98.4% | 99.0% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 98.0% | 98.8% | 98.6% | 98.9% | 98.4% | 97.9% | 98.9% | 98.5% | 98.3% |
Vermont |
97.9% | 99.2% | 99.1% | 98.6% | 97.9% | 98.9% | 94.4% | 97.6% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 98.1% | 98.7% | 98.4% | 98.1% | 98.9% | 99.4% | 98.2% | 98.5% | 96.4% | 97.4% | 99.0% | 98.5% | 98.1% |
Virginia |
97.0% | 97.5% | 97.4% | 96.4% | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 97.1% | 98.1% | 97.7% | 97.8% | 96.7% | 97.7% | 90.6% | 97.7% | 97.8% | 98.2% | 97.9% | 97.8% | 97.4% | 98.3% | 97.8% | 97.4% | 97.5% |
Washington |
96.9% | 96.2% | 96.6% | 96.3% | 94.2% | 95.5% | 96.7% | 98.4% | 96.4% | 97.6% | 98.4% | 97.4% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 96.8% | 97.3% | 97.2% | 96.1% | 98.1% | 98.4% | 98.5% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 95.9% |
West Virginia |
93.9% | 98.1% | 84.9% | 98.8% | 97.5% | 96.9% | 98.4% | 98.8% | 96.7% | 96.0% | 99.3% | 98.3% | 98.2% | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 98.3% | 99.3% | 99.0% | 98.8% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 98.8% | 97.0% |
Wisconsin |
97.7% | 98.5% | 98.8% | 96.3% | 96.7% | 97.7% | 97.6% | 97.8% | 96.4% | 97.1% | 97.5% | 97.9% | 97.0% | 97.3% | 95.8% | 97.4% | 97.0% | 97.3% | 97.4% | 98.0% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 97.8% | 97.7% | 96.6% |
Wyoming |
98.2% | 97.2% | 96.6% | 97.5% | 97.8% | 98.8% | 97.2% | 98.4% | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.4% | 98.3% | 97.8% | 97.8% | 96.3% | 97.1% | 96.2% | 98.3% | 97.7% | 98.4% | 97.7% | 98.2% | 98.7% | 98.6% | 98.6% |
Puerto Rico |
96.1% | 95.1% | 90.8% | 95.7% | 92.4% | 97.3% | 96.8% | 96.3% | 96.6% | 96.9% | 96.8% | 95.7% | 92.6% | 97.2% | 96.7% | 96.9% | 95.7% | 98.0% | 96.6% | 96.9% | 96.4% | 97.2% | 87.3% | 94.3% | 95.9% |
Virgin Islands |
86.6% | 93.1% | 89.6% | 100.0% | 94.8% | 95.9% | 94.3% | 95.0% | 95.2% | 93.4% | 90.5% | 89.3% | 93.2% | 88.4% | 74.0% | 88.2% | 90.2% | 89.2% | 85.8% | 80.5% | 89.6% | 77.0% | 72.8% | 74.5% | 95.7% |
Footnote: (1) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. |
Last Modified Date: August 23, 2023