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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
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QCEW Employment Response Rates
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