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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW First Quarter 2022 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. 2022 response rates were finalized in first quarter 2023.

QCEW response rates for establishments (1), employment, and total wages
Area First Quarter 2022
Establishments
March 2022
Employment
First Quarter 2022
Total Wages
Initial response rate (in percent) Final response rate (in percent) Difference, in percentage point(s) Initial response rate (in percent) Final response rate (in percent) Difference, in percentage point(s) Initial response rate (in percent) Final response rate (in percent) Difference, in percentage point(s)

United States (2)

90.2 91.1 0.9 96.8 97.1 0.3 97.2 97.7 0.5

Alabama

88.9 89.1 0.2 97.9 97.6 -0.3 98.3 98.5 0.2

Alaska

96.1 96.8 0.7 93.9 91.9 -2.0 87.6 85.3 -2.3

Arizona

89.4 88.6 -0.8 97.8 97.7 -0.1 98.4 98.7 0.3

Arkansas

87.0 91.9 4.9 97.7 99.1 1.4 98.5 99.3 0.8

California

96.0 95.8 -0.2 99.2 99.4 0.2 99.3 99.7 0.4

Colorado

91.1 91.2 0.1 95.5 95.6 0.1 96.4 97.2 0.8

Connecticut

91.2 91.1 -0.1 94.8 95.3 0.5 93.4 92.2 -1.2

Delaware

82.3 79.2 -3.1 90.8 91.2 0.4 93.5 93.9 0.4

District of Columbia

83.6 83.7 0.1 92.5 93.2 0.7 97.3 97.8 0.5

Florida

87.2 89.3 2.1 94.6 95.1 0.5 95.3 95.8 0.5

Georgia

81.7 81.9 0.2 95.3 96.4 1.1 95.7 96.7 1.0

Hawaii

89.6 90.4 0.8 97.9 98.0 0.1 98.8 99.0 0.2

Idaho

47.3 45.4 -1.9 69.7 68.9 -0.8 78.5 78.4 -0.1

Illinois

88.5 92.7 4.2 98.3 99.8 1.5 99.1 100.0 0.9

Indiana

92.4 90.1 -2.3 97.1 95.4 -1.7 98.8 97.6 -1.2

Iowa

96.3 97.3 1.0 96.3 98.0 1.7 95.9 97.6 1.7

Kansas

96.0 95.3 -0.7 98.0 97.4 -0.6 98.9 99.1 0.2

Kentucky

86.3 87.3 1.0 97.0 98.2 1.2 98.1 98.8 0.7

Louisiana

82.1 85.8 3.7 97.3 97.5 0.2 97.6 97.9 0.3

Maine

92.7 94.8 2.1 98.3 97.3 -1.0 98.8 99.1 0.3

Maryland

88.4 97.1 8.7 94.6 97.9 3.3 97.3 98.7 1.4

Massachusetts

91.3 92.8 1.5 96.8 97.3 0.5 97.8 98.4 0.6

Michigan

86.6 85.4 -1.2 97.4 96.6 -0.8 97.9 98.0 0.1

Minnesota

85.1 85.2 0.1 94.4 94.4 0.0 96.2 97.5 1.3

Mississippi

87.5 89.0 1.5 95.5 96.1 0.6 95.7 96.4 0.7

Missouri

92.3 92.5 0.2 96.3 96.6 0.3 96.2 96.5 0.3

Montana

94.0 94.0 0.0 100.0 99.1 -0.9 100.0 99.3 -0.7

Nebraska

90.6 91.9 1.3 95.3 96.5 1.2 96.2 98.1 1.9

Nevada

89.0 91.6 2.6 92.4 93.7 1.3 93.8 95.1 1.3

New Hampshire

92.9 94.4 1.5 98.5 99.0 0.5 99.0 98.9 -0.1

New Jersey

82.7 85.4 2.7 97.1 97.3 0.2 99.0 98.8 -0.2

New Mexico

85.0 86.0 1.0 96.6 97.2 0.6 97.4 98.0 0.6

New York

89.8 89.9 0.1 96.2 95.4 -0.8 93.9 94.4 0.5

North Carolina

90.8 90.6 -0.2 99.3 99.2 -0.1 99.4 99.3 -0.1

North Dakota

96.8 97.8 1.0 99.3 99.0 -0.3 99.6 99.6 0.0

Ohio

92.0 92.0 0.0 96.7 96.9 0.2 97.9 98.2 0.3

Oklahoma

82.0 85.1 3.1 97.0 99.0 2.0 96.2 97.8 1.6

Oregon

90.4 89.5 -0.9 97.4 97.2 -0.2 97.1 96.4 -0.7

Pennsylvania

97.5 98.1 0.6 97.1 97.0 -0.1 98.5 98.5 0.0

Rhode Island

93.1 93.4 0.3 98.2 98.6 0.4 99.4 99.7 0.3

South Carolina

88.6 88.6 0.0 96.1 96.2 0.1 97.2 97.1 -0.1

South Dakota

97.9 98.0 0.1 98.5 98.5 0.0 99.1 99.1 0.0

Tennessee

88.2 90.1 1.9 97.6 97.8 0.2 98.8 99.1 0.3

Texas

93.3 94.6 1.3 97.3 98.5 1.2 96.9 98.6 1.7

Utah

95.5 97.6 2.1 97.6 98.9 1.3 98.9 99.3 0.4

Vermont

94.0 93.3 -0.7 97.9 98.2 0.3 98.1 98.5 0.4

Virginia

91.8 92.3 0.5 96.5 95.9 -0.6 98.0 98.2 0.2

Washington

81.3 82.5 1.2 94.2 94.6 0.4 94.0 94.3 0.3

West Virginia

91.9 94.2 2.3 97.5 98.1 0.6 98.1 97.3 -0.8

Wisconsin

95.7 97.3 1.6 96.7 96.7 0.0 97.7 97.3 -0.4

Wyoming

97.3 98.2 0.9 97.8 98.7 0.9 98.0 98.6 0.6

Puerto Rico

90.0 94.6 4.6 92.4 96.3 3.9 92.3 96.0 3.7

Virgin Islands

94.9 94.1 -0.8 94.8 97.0 2.2 95.3 97.5 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 23, 2023