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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Third 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 Third Quarter 2021
Establishments
September 2021
Employment
Third Quarter 2021
Total Wages
Initial Final Difference Initial Final Difference Initial Final Difference

United States (2)

91.7% 92.9% 1.2% 97.1% 97.3% 0.2% 98.3% 98.3% 0.0%

Alabama

90.4% 91.3% 0.9% 98.1% 97.9% -0.2% 98.4% 98.8% 0.4%

Alaska

96.5% 97.0% 0.5% 93.4% 92.9% -0.5% 87.6% 87.3% -0.3%

Arizona

85.8% 84.7% -1.1% 96.8% 96.8% 0.0% 98.2% 98.7% 0.5%

Arkansas

81.8% 90.6% 8.8% 97.3% 99.5% 2.2% 98.1% 99.6% 1.5%

California

96.5% 98.3% 1.8% 99.3% 99.9% 0.6% 99.7% 99.9% 0.2%

Colorado

92.9% 93.0% 0.1% 96.3% 96.7% 0.4% 97.6% 98.1% 0.5%

Connecticut

92.2% 92.5% 0.3% 94.9% 94.9% 0.0% 95.1% 94.9% -0.2%

Delaware

81.5% 83.2% 1.7% 89.9% 92.2% 2.3% 90.6% 91.8% 1.2%

District of Columbia

83.9% 84.7% 0.8% 94.2% 94.2% 0.0% 97.2% 97.2% 0.0%

Florida

90.9% 92.6% 1.7% 96.3% 96.5% 0.2% 97.2% 97.4% 0.2%

Georgia

83.7% 84.6% 0.9% 96.5% 96.2% -0.3% 97.6% 96.5% -1.1%

Hawaii

88.9% 91.3% 2.4% 97.0% 96.5% -0.5% 99.0% 99.1% 0.1%

Idaho

93.8% 92.5% -1.3% 96.6% 96.3% -0.3% 96.3% 96.3% 0.0%

Illinois

90.1% 92.5% 2.4% 99.3% 99.5% 0.2% 99.8% 99.7% -0.1%

Indiana

92.4% 92.2% -0.2% 93.4% 93.9% 0.5% 97.8% 98.4% 0.6%

Iowa

96.8% 97.5% 0.7% 96.8% 97.0% 0.2% 98.8% 99.1% 0.3%

Kansas

96.6% 96.7% 0.1% 99.1% 98.4% -0.7% 99.6% 98.7% -0.9%

Kentucky

86.5% 87.7% 1.2% 96.7% 96.9% 0.2% 98.7% 98.9% 0.2%

Louisiana

82.6% 85.6% 3.0% 96.4% 97.6% 1.2% 97.7% 98.9% 1.2%

Maine

93.7% 95.5% 1.8% 98.6% 99.1% 0.5% 98.9% 99.4% 0.5%

Maryland

88.3% 88.5% 0.2% 93.4% 93.8% 0.4% 95.0% 98.1% 3.1%

Massachusetts

91.8% 93.7% 1.9% 95.0% 94.8% -0.2% 98.4% 98.8% 0.4%

Michigan

89.1% 88.3% -0.8% 96.4% 96.0% -0.4% 97.1% 97.2% 0.1%

Minnesota

89.8% 89.9% 0.1% 98.1% 98.3% 0.2% 98.6% 98.8% 0.2%

Mississippi

89.5% 91.5% 2.0% 95.6% 96.0% 0.4% 97.3% 97.7% 0.4%

Missouri

92.8% 94.0% 1.2% 95.9% 95.9% 0.0% 97.5% 97.6% 0.1%

Montana

92.9% 95.2% 2.3% 99.0% 99.1% 0.1% 99.3% 99.4% 0.1%

Nebraska

91.4% 91.0% -0.4% 98.7% 98.6% -0.1% 99.6% 99.6% 0.0%

Nevada

95.0% 95.8% 0.8% 92.3% 92.6% 0.3% 94.6% 94.8% 0.2%

New Hampshire

93.9% 94.8% 0.9% 95.3% 95.2% -0.1% 96.8% 96.7% -0.1%

New Jersey

85.9% 86.5% 0.6% 97.0% 97.1% 0.1% 98.8% 98.9% 0.1%

New Mexico

90.4% 91.8% 1.4% 97.1% 98.0% 0.9% 98.1% 98.7% 0.6%

New York

91.0% 92.4% 1.4% 96.2% 96.3% 0.1% 96.5% 96.6% 0.1%

North Carolina

93.1% 93.6% 0.5% 99.5% 99.7% 0.2% 99.6% 99.8% 0.2%

North Dakota

98.1% 98.6% 0.5% 99.1% 99.4% 0.3% 99.1% 99.5% 0.4%

Ohio

93.0% 93.1% 0.1% 95.5% 95.4% -0.1% 98.9% 99.0% 0.1%

Oklahoma

85.1% 87.3% 2.2% 98.6% 99.1% 0.5% 98.6% 98.9% 0.3%

Oregon

91.8% 90.2% -1.6% 96.1% 96.3% 0.2% 96.2% 96.3% 0.1%

Pennsylvania

97.7% 98.0% 0.3% 96.4% 95.8% -0.6% 96.7% 96.4% -0.3%

Rhode Island

94.7% 94.7% 0.0% 98.5% 99.1% 0.6% 98.9% 98.6% -0.3%

South Carolina

91.8% 91.8% 0.0% 97.7% 97.8% 0.1% 98.9% 99.0% 0.1%

South Dakota

98.2% 98.3% 0.1% 92.7% 92.6% -0.1% 98.1% 98.1% 0.0%

Tennessee

89.5% 90.8% 1.3% 95.7% 95.7% 0.0% 98.7% 98.9% 0.2%

Texas

94.5% 96.3% 1.8% 98.7% 99.0% 0.3% 99.2% 98.1% -1.1%

Utah

96.8% 97.4% 0.6% 99.0% 99.0% 0.0% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0%

Vermont

93.8% 97.5% 3.7% 94.4% 95.3% 0.9% 95.7% 96.4% 0.7%

Virginia

89.0% 90.0% 1.0% 96.6% 96.3% -0.3% 98.6% 98.4% -0.2%

Washington

79.9% 83.5% 3.6% 96.7% 98.4% 1.7% 99.3% 99.7% 0.4%

West Virginia

92.6% 94.2% 1.6% 98.4% 99.0% 0.6% 98.8% 99.0% 0.2%

Wisconsin

95.9% 95.7% -0.2% 97.6% 97.6% 0.0% 99.5% 99.4% -0.1%

Wyoming

97.6% 99.1% 1.5% 97.2% 97.8% 0.6% 99.2% 98.7% -0.5%

Puerto Rico

95.6% 97.3% 1.7% 96.8% 97.5% 0.7% 96.1% 96.8% 0.7%

Virgin Islands

51.1% 63.5% 12.4% 94.3% 97.7% 3.4% 96.2% 98.6% 2.4%

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