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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
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QCEW Establishments Response Rates
QCEW response rates are presented for establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter, 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) | 89.3% | 90.7% | 89.9% | 90.3% | 90.2% | 92.1% | 91.7% | 91.8% | 91.3% | 92.1% | 92.3% | 91.8% | 90.8% | 93.2% | 91.7% | 92.5% | 92.0% | 93.1% | 92.5% | 92.8% | 91.0% | 92.9% | 92.6% | 92.0% | 91.0% |
| Alabama | 88.1% | 88.7% | 88.9% | 88.7% | 88.9% | 90.2% | 90.4% | 89.9% | 92.3% | 81.8% | 91.1% | 91.7% | 90.8% | 93.4% | 90.9% | 88.9% | 88.4% | 91.4% | 90.2% | 91.6% | 90.9% | 91.6% | 91.4% | 92.3% | 91.4% |
| Alaska | 95.1% | 97.4% | 97.1% | 96.8% | 96.1% | 97.3% | 96.5% | 97.2% | 96.9% | 97.5% | 96.8% | 96.6% | 96.8% | 98.4% | 97.8% | 96.2% | 96.5% | 96.7% | 95.6% | 96.5% | 95.4% | 96.6% | 94.9% | 95.6% | 95.9% |
| Arizona | 79.3% | 87.4% | 81.0% | 87.3% | 89.4% | 85.9% | 85.8% | 92.5% | 92.6% | 94.0% | 92.8% | 89.3% | 90.3% | 92.5% | 91.3% | 91.3% | 91.8% | 92.7% | 90.2% | 91.4% | 90.4% | 92.5% | 92.6% | 91.6% | 91.8% |
| Arkansas | 88.9% | 87.9% | 88.3% | 87.7% | 87.0% | 87.6% | 81.8% | 85.8% | 88.0% | 89.4% | 89.1% | 89.4% | 88.3% | 90.7% | 90.1% | 90.2% | 89.4% | 90.8% | 90.3% | 90.5% | 89.7% | 91.1% | 90.9% | 90.2% | 90.0% |
| California | 95.8% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 96.6% | 96.0% | 97.3% | 96.5% | 96.3% | 95.5% | 96.7% | 95.9% | 95.2% | 94.8% | 96.7% | 96.0% | 96.1% | 95.3% | 96.6% | 95.5% | 95.4% | 91.0% | 96.5% | 95.8% | 95.6% | 94.7% |
| Colorado | 85.4% | 95.1% | 57.4% | 83.6% | 91.1% | 93.0% | 92.9% | 91.6% | 90.6% | 93.5% | 93.7% | 92.2% | 91.8% | 93.6% | 93.8% | 93.9% | 93.1% | 93.9% | 93.4% | 93.2% | 92.4% | 94.0% | 94.2% | 93.8% | 93.1% |
| Connecticut | 89.4% | 91.1% | 91.0% | 89.6% | 91.2% | 92.3% | 92.2% | 92.1% | 91.2% | 92.1% | 92.7% | 91.1% | 91.3% | 93.2% | 92.7% | 93.3% | 92.3% | 82.0% | 81.5% | 79.2% | 78.9% | 82.0% | 82.1% | 82.4% | 81.0% |
| Delaware | 81.5% | 84.7% | 83.9% | 82.7% | 82.3% | 84.3% | 81.5% | 84.2% | 81.8% | 86.3% | 87.9% | 86.4% | 84.2% | 88.7% | 87.2% | 88.1% | 88.2% | 87.4% | 88.1% | 88.7% | 88.5% | 90.3% | 87.2% | 87.7% | 87.3% |
| District of Columbia | 83.8% | 86.7% | 86.3% | 83.3% | 83.6% | 87.7% | 83.9% | 84.3% | 82.0% | 87.3% | 81.9% | 83.3% | 81.1% | 88.4% | 82.4% | 83.3% | 81.7% | 87.0% | 80.5% | 80.0% | 76.0% | 79.1% | 75.6% | 77.3% | 75.6% |
| Florida | 87.8% | 87.9% | 88.9% | 88.1% | 87.2% | 89.6% | 90.9% | 90.7% | 89.5% | 88.9% | 90.9% | 90.1% | 89.4% | 91.9% | 92.2% | 92.4% | 91.4% | 93.0% | 91.5% | 94.7% | 91.3% | 91.4% | 91.8% | 91.4% | 91.0% |
| Georgia | 82.6% | 80.7% | 80.6% | 81.5% | 81.7% | 83.0% | 83.7% | 83.7% | 84.7% | 78.9% | 86.5% | 86.1% | 78.2% | 89.7% | 90.1% | 90.6% | 90.5% | 89.1% | 90.3% | 89.6% | 89.5% | 90.8% | 90.3% | 90.3% | 89.9% |
| Hawaii | 85.8% | 87.4% | 87.4% | 88.3% | 89.6% | 89.7% | 88.9% | 89.4% | 88.7% | 90.9% | 90.7% | 89.3% | 89.1% | 91.1% | 90.0% | 92.1% | 93.2% | 94.9% | 93.3% | 93.7% | 93.0% | 94.8% | 93.8% | 93.8% | 92.9% |
| Idaho | 82.6% | 85.9% | 91.4% | 91.4% | 47.3% | 92.9% | 93.8% | 93.9% | 94.2% | 95.6% | 95.9% | 96.0% | 94.7% | 96.9% | 94.6% | 94.4% | 93.8% | 95.1% | 95.9% | 95.8% | 95.4% | 93.8% | 93.6% | 93.2% | 93.0% |
| Illinois | 87.7% | 88.6% | 87.8% | 89.3% | 88.5% | 90.5% | 90.1% | 89.9% | 89.6% | 91.6% | 91.0% | 90.0% | 88.6% | 91.9% | 91.0% | 90.3% | 90.5% | 92.6% | 90.7% | 90.2% | 88.8% | 91.2% | 90.3% | 81.6% | 81.7% |
| Indiana | 90.5% | 91.3% | 92.2% | 91.0% | 92.4% | 94.1% | 92.4% | 93.2% | 92.5% | 93.0% | 94.0% | 93.9% | 91.0% | 94.6% | 93.8% | 94.0% | 92.0% | 94.0% | 93.2% | 93.4% | 91.9% | 94.1% | 93.9% | 93.5% | 92.9% |
| Iowa | 95.7% | 96.2% | 95.4% | 95.8% | 96.3% | 97.2% | 96.8% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 97.5% | 97.3% | 97.4% | 97.2% | 97.6% | 97.4% | 97.5% | 96.7% | 97.6% | 97.2% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 97.8% | 97.5% | 97.1% | 96.3% |
| Kansas | 96.8% | 97.8% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 96.0% | 97.3% | 96.6% | 97.1% | 95.8% | 96.6% | 95.3% | 94.4% | 93.1% | 96.9% | 95.5% | 96.1% | 95.6% | 95.9% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.5% | 96.7% | 94.9% | 96.5% | 92.7% |
| Kentucky | 84.9% | 85.4% | 86.7% | 84.9% | 86.3% | 87.3% | 86.5% | 87.6% | 85.4% | 84.7% | 87.9% | 88.4% | 88.9% | 90.5% | 89.5% | 92.0% | 90.7% | 92.3% | 89.6% | 90.8% | 88.7% | 84.4% | 88.9% | 90.1% | 80.5% |
| Louisiana | 83.3% | 82.2% | 82.1% | 83.3% | 82.1% | 83.9% | 82.6% | 84.7% | 84.8% | 85.0% | 83.9% | 83.6% | 84.5% | 87.7% | 87.6% | 88.3% | 88.0% | 88.9% | 88.4% | 87.9% | 88.7% | 88.8% | 88.9% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| Maine | 91.2% | 93.9% | 93.6% | 93.2% | 92.7% | 93.4% | 93.7% | 93.6% | 93.0% | 93.9% | 94.4% | 94.8% | 93.5% | 94.7% | 92.9% | 93.1% | 90.4% | 87.6% | 94.1% | 94.4% | 93.6% | 94.3% | 94.3% | 93.2% | 91.9% |
| Maryland | 88.7% | 88.9% | 88.8% | 88.0% | 88.4% | 88.4% | 88.3% | 89.7% | 89.2% | 89.6% | 88.8% | 91.0% | 89.9% | 89.1% | 91.3% | 91.5% | 92.4% | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.4% | 94.1% | 95.0% | 94.3% | 94.2% | 93.7% |
| Massachusetts | 89.9% | 91.9% | 91.6% | 88.9% | 91.3% | 94.1% | 91.8% | 92.2% | 91.3% | 94.9% | 94.4% | 91.7% | 92.6% | 95.4% | 94.3% | 94.5% | 92.0% | 94.9% | 98.7% | 98.3% | 96.2% | 96.5% | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.1% |
| Michigan | 81.2% | 82.3% | 84.4% | 85.3% | 86.6% | 89.4% | 89.1% | 89.1% | 88.7% | 89.5% | 88.3% | 86.9% | 86.6% | 87.7% | 85.8% | 88.6% | 82.0% | 85.0% | 83.3% | 84.5% | 81.7% | 84.9% | 84.2% | 84.0% | 82.0% |
| Minnesota | 79.8% | 86.7% | 85.4% | 86.2% | 85.1% | 90.0% | 89.8% | 85.1% | 87.7% | 89.6% | 90.2% | 88.5% | 88.6% | 92.8% | 92.7% | 91.4% | 91.0% | 92.8% | 92.8% | 93.0% | 93.7% | 94.9% | 95.2% | 95.6% | 92.5% |
| Mississippi | 77.3% | 86.6% | 87.9% | 89.6% | 87.5% | 87.9% | 89.5% | 89.7% | 89.4% | 89.2% | 89.8% | 90.6% | 88.9% | 89.9% | 89.1% | 91.3% | 89.5% | 89.6% | 89.7% | 91.9% | 91.5% | 91.9% | 91.5% | 92.3% | 90.6% |
| Missouri | 89.5% | 91.0% | 91.0% | 80.3% | 92.3% | 93.3% | 92.8% | 92.6% | 91.1% | 91.6% | 91.8% | 91.7% | 90.2% | 92.8% | 92.9% | 93.4% | 93.3% | 93.1% | 93.5% | 94.1% | 86.9% | 85.3% | 85.1% | 85.6% | 85.5% |
| Montana | 87.7% | 89.9% | 90.7% | 92.0% | 94.0% | 95.6% | 92.9% | 93.9% | 92.9% | 90.6% | 91.2% | 94.2% | 91.9% | 93.2% | 93.9% | 95.9% | 95.7% | 88.4% | 92.6% | 93.5% | 94.8% | 91.2% | 91.5% | 93.5% | 93.3% |
| Nebraska | 95.3% | 96.0% | 92.1% | 79.1% | 90.6% | 75.9% | 91.4% | 97.7% | 96.7% | 98.2% | 98.9% | 97.8% | 96.1% | 95.2% | 84.0% | 98.8% | 97.4% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 98.1% | 96.0% | 97.5% | 98.0% | 97.9% | 96.2% |
| Nevada | 96.0% | 97.4% | 90.2% | 95.3% | 89.0% | 95.3% | 95.0% | 94.2% | 89.4% | 93.3% | 89.9% | 93.1% | 92.5% | 94.7% | 93.0% | 93.3% | 93.4% | 93.5% | 92.7% | 92.8% | 93.1% | 93.7% | 93.7% | 91.3% | 90.2% |
| New Hampshire | 92.8% | 90.9% | 93.8% | 93.5% | 92.9% | 94.2% | 93.9% | 93.0% | 93.0% | 94.4% | 94.3% | 94.6% | 94.2% | 96.1% | 95.5% | 95.6% | 95.0% | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.2% | 95.8% | 96.6% | 94.4% | 96.6% | 95.9% |
| New Jersey | 81.3% | 89.4% | 84.0% | 82.1% | 82.7% | 90.4% | 85.9% | 86.0% | 85.2% | 87.0% | 85.8% | 84.5% | 83.0% | 88.6% | 87.1% | 86.9% | 86.1% | 89.3% | 87.3% | 86.9% | 86.8% | 89.9% | 87.5% | 87.2% | 86.5% |
| New Mexico | 86.4% | 89.9% | 84.3% | 85.2% | 85.0% | 89.7% | 90.4% | 91.4% | 85.9% | 89.4% | 91.0% | 91.2% | 88.1% | 89.5% | 90.1% | 91.1% | 91.3% | 92.9% | 92.1% | 92.8% | 92.8% | 94.8% | 94.9% | 94.2% | 93.6% |
| New York | 89.9% | 91.5% | 91.8% | 91.9% | 89.8% | 90.8% | 91.0% | 90.4% | 89.5% | 91.1% | 90.7% | 91.3% | 90.3% | 92.8% | 92.6% | 91.9% | 91.5% | 92.5% | 92.3% | 90.7% | 91.1% | 92.3% | 91.9% | 89.0% | 90.9% |
| North Carolina | 85.8% | 76.3% | 87.0% | 89.7% | 90.8% | 92.4% | 93.1% | 88.9% | 92.6% | 94.1% | 93.0% | 92.7% | 91.5% | 94.2% | 94.0% | 94.2% | 95.4% | 95.4% | 92.7% | 94.6% | 92.1% | 95.1% | 94.2% | 94.7% | 93.7% |
| North Dakota | 96.9% | 96.9% | 97.6% | 97.5% | 96.8% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 97.5% | 97.9% | 98.4% | 97.5% | 93.7% | 98.4% | 98.2% | 98.0% | 97.9% | 98.0% | 97.8% | 97.5% | 96.8% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 97.9% |
| Ohio | 89.2% | 91.5% | 89.9% | 91.9% | 92.0% | 92.6% | 93.0% | 93.7% | 92.9% | 93.7% | 93.3% | 93.6% | 91.9% | 93.3% | 93.1% | 93.1% | 92.5% | 93.4% | 93.2% | 93.3% | 92.5% | 93.4% | 92.8% | 93.1% | 92.7% |
| Oklahoma | 88.6% | 91.3% | 90.2% | 82.7% | 82.0% | 86.1% | 85.1% | 85.4% | 82.6% | 83.3% | 81.9% | 85.5% | 83.6% | 87.7% | 87.1% | 87.3% | 85.8% | 88.6% | 87.4% | 87.3% | 85.2% | 87.2% | 86.7% | 87.1% | 86.8% |
| Oregon | 79.9% | 76.1% | 85.7% | 86.3% | 90.4% | 90.8% | 91.8% | 92.7% | 91.0% | 92.6% | 93.1% | 93.0% | 90.4% | 92.5% | 92.6% | 92.0% | 90.8% | 92.4% | 92.2% | 92.5% | 91.5% | 93.1% | 92.3% | 91.8% | 91.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 97.5% | 98.0% | 96.5% | 95.6% | 97.5% | 98.1% | 97.7% | 98.1% | 97.8% | 98.0% | 97.7% | 97.6% | 96.8% | 98.0% | 97.7% | 97.5% | 97.2% | 98.1% | 97.5% | 97.3% | 97.0% | 97.6% | 97.2% | 97.2% | 96.7% |
| Rhode Island | 98.4% | 98.6% | 98.6% | 93.7% | 93.1% | 98.5% | 94.7% | 94.4% | 93.6% | 94.8% | 94.5% | 94.0% | 92.9% | 95.9% | 95.8% | 95.5% | 94.3% | 94.8% | 95.3% | 95.8% | 98.5% | 95.8% | 93.8% | 95.4% | 95.2% |
| South Carolina | 91.4% | 92.3% | 91.3% | 88.6% | 88.6% | 91.7% | 91.8% | 90.3% | 91.4% | 91.5% | 91.1% | 91.3% | 90.0% | 85.5% | 80.5% | 81.3% | 77.6% | 80.4% | 78.3% | 79.0% | 72.4% | 85.9% | 85.9% | 87.9% | 86.2% |
| South Dakota | 97.5% | 98.1% | 98.1% | 97.9% | 97.9% | 98.0% | 98.2% | 98.5% | 98.9% | 99.0% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 97.9% | 98.7% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 98.1% | 98.2% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 98.9% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 98.6% | 98.3% |
| Tennessee | 87.0% | 88.9% | 89.1% | 87.6% | 88.2% | 90.8% | 89.5% | 90.9% | 90.7% | 92.0% | 91.7% | 91.1% | 89.9% | 92.1% | 92.0% | 92.1% | 90.8% | 91.6% | 91.1% | 91.5% | 89.3% | 91.7% | 91.6% | 91.8% | 90.6% |
| Texas | 93.3% | 95.6% | 94.5% | 94.6% | 93.3% | 95.7% | 94.5% | 94.3% | 94.1% | 95.9% | 95.1% | 94.4% | 93.2% | 96.5% | 95.3% | 95.6% | 94.3% | 96.6% | 96.1% | 95.8% | 94.7% | 96.6% | 95.9% | 95.8% | 95.1% |
| Utah | 95.1% | 95.5% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 95.5% | 97.6% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 96.0% | 97.0% | 96.2% | 96.4% | 95.7% | 97.2% | 96.8% | 96.6% | 96.3% | 97.3% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 95.5% | 97.5% | 97.4% | 96.9% | 96.4% |
| Vermont | 91.6% | 94.0% | 94.2% | 93.8% | 94.0% | 93.8% | 93.8% | 94.0% | 93.0% | 95.0% | 94.8% | 94.8% | 94.1% | 97.2% | 96.6% | 96.4% | 96.7% | 97.1% | 96.7% | 96.6% | 95.8% | 97.3% | 97.1% | 97.3% | 97.0% |
| Virginia | 90.5% | 92.9% | 91.7% | 92.0% | 91.8% | 90.4% | 89.0% | 90.0% | 89.7% | 91.6% | 91.4% | 92.0% | 90.4% | 91.2% | 70.8% | 90.6% | 89.9% | 91.7% | 91.1% | 91.6% | 90.9% | 92.9% | 92.5% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| Washington | 78.3% | 79.1% | 80.0% | 84.6% | 81.3% | 81.1% | 79.9% | 80.8% | 80.0% | 80.1% | 81.9% | 80.6% | 83.2% | 84.0% | 70.8% | 70.9% | 84.8% | 82.0% | 84.8% | 85.3% | 85.5% | 80.1% | 82.9% | 81.4% | 63.9% |
| West Virginia | 84.2% | 96.9% | 79.3% | 91.8% | 91.9% | 92.5% | 92.6% | 93.9% | 92.6% | 94.2% | 94.3% | 94.6% | 93.4% | 95.9% | 94.3% | 94.5% | 92.8% | 94.4% | 93.7% | 93.9% | 92.7% | 94.1% | 93.9% | 94.5% | 92.9% |
| Wisconsin | 96.1% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 96.5% | 95.7% | 96.0% | 95.9% | 96.6% | 96.1% | 96.4% | 96.8% | 96.9% | 95.8% | 94.3% | 93.7% | 94.3% | 96.1% | 95.5% | 95.6% | 95.6% | 95.5% | 95.3% | 95.7% | 95.7% | 95.1% |
| Wyoming | 96.1% | 98.1% | 97.5% | 97.7% | 97.3% | 98.3% | 97.6% | 98.0% | 97.8% | 98.1% | 97.7% | 97.6% | 97.0% | 97.8% | 95.3% | 95.2% | 96.1% | 98.0% | 97.4% | 97.5% | 97.5% | 98.1% | 97.7% | 98.0% | 97.4% |
| Puerto Rico | 92.2% | 93.9% | 89.9% | 94.6% | 90.0% | 96.5% | 95.6% | 95.0% | 93.9% | 95.9% | 95.5% | 91.4% | 82.6% | 92.4% | 92.6% | 92.3% | 92.9% | 96.0% | 93.6% | 94.8% | 93.3% | 94.3% | 71.6% | 91.9% | 93.6% |
| Virgin Islands | 43.6% | 53.1% | 46.9% | 98.5% | 94.9% | 66.7% | 51.1% | 64.3% | 61.2% | 58.5% | 54.9% | 56.4% | 61.8% | 60.3% | 44.0% | 55.2% | 61.5% | 57.7% | 54.2% | 56.6% | 60.3% | 55.0% | 42.9% | 52.8% | 72.0% |
| Footnote: (1) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified Date: August 23, 2023