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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 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) |
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United States (1) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
95.5% | 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 |
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 |
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 |
96.7% | 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 |
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 |
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 |
95.3% | 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 |
96.9% | 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 |
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% |
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Hawaii |
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 |
96.0% | 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% |
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Illinois |
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 |
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 |
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 |
98.5% | 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 |
97.9% | 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 |
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% |
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Maine |
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 |
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 |
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 |
95.4% | 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% |
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Minnesota |
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% |
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Mississippi |
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 |
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% |
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Montana |
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% |
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Nebraska |
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% |
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Nevada |
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% |
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New Hampshire |
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% |
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New Jersey |
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% |
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New Mexico |
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% |
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New York |
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% |
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North Carolina |
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% |
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North Dakota |
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% |
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Ohio |
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% |
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Oklahoma |
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% |
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Oregon |
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% |
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Pennsylvania |
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% |
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Rhode Island |
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% |
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South Carolina |
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% |
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South Dakota |
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% |
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Tennessee |
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% |
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Texas |
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% |
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Utah |
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% |
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Vermont |
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% |
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Virginia |
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% |
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Washington |
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% |
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West Virginia |
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% |
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Wisconsin |
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% |
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Wyoming |
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% |
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Puerto Rico |
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% |
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Virgin Islands |
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% |
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Footnote: (1) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. |
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Last Modified Date: May 25, 2022