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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW First Quarter 2021 Final Response Rates

QCEW response rates are presented for establishments (1), employment, and total quarterly wages. Response rates are finalized with the publication of the following year's first quarter of data. 2021 response rates were finalized in first quarter 2022.

QCEW Response Rates for Establishments (1), Employment, and Total Wages
AREA First Quarter 2021
Establishments
March 2021
Employment
First Quarter 2021
Total Wages
Initial Final Difference Initial Final Difference Initial Final Difference

United States (2)

91.3% 93.1% 1.8% 96.8% 97.6% 0.8% 97.6% 97.6% 0.0%

Alabama

92.3% 93.0% 0.7% 96.4% 98.0% 1.6% 98.7% 98.6% -0.1%

Alaska

96.9% 97.2% 0.3% 93.7% 92.9% -0.8% 87.0% 85.4% -1.6%

Arizona

92.6% 92.9% 0.3% 97.2% 98.7% 1.5% 98.7% 99.1% 0.4%

Arkansas

88.0% 91.1% 3.1% 93.5% 98.2% 4.7% 98.8% 97.9% -0.9%

California

95.5% 98.1% 2.6% 98.6% 99.9% 1.3% 99.5% 99.9% 0.4%

Colorado

90.6% 90.8% 0.2% 94.2% 93.8% -0.4% 96.3% 96.4% 0.1%

Connecticut

91.2% 92.1% 0.9% 93.0% 94.9% 1.9% 90.1% 90.2% 0.1%

Delaware

81.8% 85.8% 4.0% 91.0% 94.1% 3.1% 88.7% 92.6% 3.9%

District of Columbia

82.0% 82.9% 0.9% 92.3% 92.3% 0.0% 96.6% 97.1% 0.5%

Florida

89.5% 92.1% 2.6% 94.4% 96.9% 2.5% 95.9% 96.6% 0.7%

Georgia

84.7% 85.8% 1.1% 96.8% 96.5% -0.3% 97.8% 96.5% -1.3%

Hawaii

88.7% 93.0% 4.3% 98.8% 98.4% -0.4% 99.4% 99.4% 0.0%

Idaho

94.2% 93.5% -0.7% 96.2% 96.1% -0.1% 96.8% 96.9% 0.1%

Illinois

89.6% 93.0% 3.4% 99.8% 99.5% -0.3% 99.9% 99.8% -0.1%

Indiana

92.5% 91.5% -1.0% 95.0% 96.7% 1.7% 98.6% 98.0% -0.6%

Iowa

97.0% 97.8% 0.8% 97.6% 98.0% 0.4% 98.4% 98.7% 0.3%

Kansas

95.8% 96.8% 1.0% 99.2% 99.4% 0.2% 98.5% 97.9% -0.6%

Kentucky

85.4% 88.8% 3.4% 96.4% 95.9% -0.5% 97.3% 96.8% -0.5%

Louisiana

84.8% 87.2% 2.4% 98.1% 99.1% 1.0% 98.8% 99.6% 0.8%

Maine

93.0% 95.9% 2.9% 97.5% 98.9% 1.4% 99.1% 99.3% 0.2%

Maryland

89.2% 90.1% 0.9% 95.8% 96.9% 1.1% 97.1% 97.6% 0.5%

Massachusetts

91.3% 94.0% 2.7% 96.6% 97.2% 0.6% 98.0% 98.7% 0.7%

Michigan

88.7% 88.1% -0.6% 95.8% 97.2% 1.4% 96.9% 98.0% 1.1%

Minnesota

87.7% 93.0% 5.3% 98.4% 98.8% 0.4% 98.1% 98.5% 0.4%

Mississippi

89.4% 92.0% 2.6% 94.5% 96.9% 2.4% 97.2% 97.3% 0.1%

Missouri

91.1% 93.4% 2.3% 97.4% 97.5% 0.1% 97.5% 97.5% 0.0%

Montana

92.9% 92.6% -0.3% 98.1% 97.3% -0.8% 98.5% 98.9% 0.4%

Nebraska

96.7% 98.4% 1.7% 99.1% 98.9% -0.2% 99.3% 99.7% 0.4%

Nevada

89.4% 96.2% 6.8% 92.9% 93.7% 0.8% 93.1% 94.3% 1.2%

New Hampshire

93.0% 94.8% 1.8% 94.9% 96.3% 1.4% 97.3% 97.6% 0.3%

New Jersey

85.2% 86.7% 1.5% 97.4% 96.6% -0.8% 98.6% 98.8% 0.2%

New Mexico

85.9% 92.2% 6.3% 96.3% 97.6% 1.3% 97.1% 98.1% 1.0%

New York

89.5% 92.5% 3.0% 95.8% 96.5% 0.7% 94.2% 94.3% 0.1%

North Carolina

92.6% 93.8% 1.2% 99.3% 99.5% 0.2% 99.5% 99.7% 0.2%

North Dakota

97.5% 98.1% 0.6% 99.2% 98.1% -1.1% 99.5% 98.1% -1.4%

Ohio

92.9% 93.5% 0.6% 95.8% 97.6% 1.8% 98.8% 99.0% 0.2%

Oklahoma

82.6% 86.6% 4.0% 97.3% 96.5% -0.8% 97.4% 98.2% 0.8%

Oregon

91.0% 91.3% 0.3% 95.0% 97.1% 2.1% 92.7% 96.5% 3.8%

Pennsylvania

97.8% 98.0% 0.2% 96.9% 96.7% -0.2% 95.6% 95.1% -0.5%

Rhode Island

93.6% 94.2% 0.6% 97.6% 97.6% 0.0% 97.8% 98.0% 0.2%

South Carolina

91.4% 92.1% 0.7% 96.0% 98.0% 2.0% 98.5% 99.0% 0.5%

South Dakota

98.9% 98.9% 0.0% 95.6% 95.6% 0.0% 96.7% 96.8% 0.1%

Tennessee

90.7% 92.9% 2.2% 95.5% 97.7% 2.2% 98.3% 98.5% 0.2%

Texas

94.1% 95.3% 1.2% 97.3% 97.4% 0.1% 98.8% 96.2% -2.6%

Utah

96.0% 96.4% 0.4% 98.0% 98.1% 0.1% 98.1% 98.2% 0.1%

Vermont

93.0% 94.8% 1.8% 98.3% 98.9% 0.6% 98.7% 99.1% 0.4%

Virginia

89.7% 91.0% 1.3% 97.1% 95.9% -1.2% 97.8% 97.9% 0.1%

Washington

80.0% 82.2% 2.2% 96.4% 97.6% 1.2% 98.0% 98.2% 0.2%

West Virginia

92.6% 95.1% 2.5% 96.7% 98.9% 2.2% 98.8% 99.1% 0.3%

Wisconsin

96.1% 96.2% 0.1% 96.4% 97.3% 0.9% 98.8% 98.7% -0.1%

Wyoming

97.8% 99.1% 1.3% 98.7% 99.3% 0.6% 98.8% 99.4% 0.6%

Puerto Rico

93.9% 96.0% 2.1% 96.6% 97.4% 0.8% 95.7% 96.4% 0.7%

Virgin Islands

61.2% 65.8% 4.6% 95.2% 98.0% 2.8% 96.8% 99.0% 2.2%

Footnotes:

(1) Percentage of establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter.

(2) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Last Modified Date: August 24, 2022