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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Third 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 Third Quarter 2022
Establishments
September 2022
Employment
Third 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)

89.9 91.7 1.8 96.4 97.1 0.7 97.0 97.6 0.6

Alabama

88.9 90.1 1.2 98.3 98.4 0.1 98.7 98.8 0.1

Alaska

97.1 97.8 0.7 99.0 99.2 0.2 99.2 98.3 -0.9

Arizona

81.0 80.8 -0.2 95.8 95.7 -0.1 96.8 96.5 -0.3

Arkansas

88.3 91.8 3.5 97.9 99.0 1.1 98.1 99.3 1.2

California

96.5 98.2 1.7 97.4 97.2 -0.2 96.7 95.8 -0.9

Colorado

57.4 85.3 27.9 71.6 96.4 24.8 72.4 96.9 24.5

Connecticut

91.0 91.8 0.8 94.7 95.3 0.6 95.0 95.6 0.6

Delaware

83.9 82.8 -1.1 92.2 91.9 -0.3 92.6 93.1 0.5

District of Columbia

86.3 87.2 0.9 94.5 95.4 0.9 96.7 97.8 1.1

Florida

88.9 90.8 1.9 96.2 96.6 0.4 97.0 97.4 0.4

Georgia

80.6 81.1 0.5 93.4 95.3 1.9 94.0 95.4 1.4

Hawaii

87.4 88.8 1.4 98.3 98.5 0.2 99.0 98.9 -0.1

Idaho

91.4 89.7 -1.7 95.3 95.2 -0.1 98.4 98.3 -0.1

Illinois

87.8 90.6 2.8 96.5 96.4 -0.1 98.7 98.7 0.0

Indiana

92.2 92.5 0.3 96.5 96.3 -0.2 97.1 96.6 -0.5

Iowa

95.4 96.7 1.3 97.0 97.9 0.9 97.7 98.8 1.1

Kansas

97.0 97.4 0.4 98.9 98.9 0.0 99.1 99.1 0.0

Kentucky

86.7 87.5 0.8 98.4 98.4 0.0 98.7 98.9 0.2

Louisiana

82.1 85.0 2.9 96.6 97.5 0.9 96.8 97.6 0.8

Maine

93.6 94.9 1.3 97.6 98.7 1.1 97.1 99.1 2.0

Maryland

88.8 95.8 7.0 96.1 96.9 0.8 97.0 97.7 0.7

Massachusetts

91.6 92.6 1.0 97.1 97.2 0.1 97.3 97.3 0.0

Michigan

84.4 83.3 -1.1 94.7 96.3 1.6 96.6 98.6 2.0

Minnesota

85.4 85.8 0.4 95.9 97.1 1.2 98.4 98.7 0.3

Mississippi

87.9 89.1 1.2 94.3 94.9 0.6 95.6 96.6 1.0

Missouri

91.0 92.2 1.2 97.6 98.2 0.6 98.2 99.2 1.0

Montana

90.7 90.6 -0.1 98.4 98.4 0.0 98.3 98.4 0.1

Nebraska

92.1 96.3 4.2 97.7 98.3 0.6 98.2 98.8 0.6

Nevada

90.2 93.3 3.1 93.7 94.4 0.7 96.9 97.3 0.4

New Hampshire

93.8 95.3 1.5 98.0 98.4 0.4 98.5 99.2 0.7

New Jersey

84.0 85.0 1.0 97.7 97.8 0.1 99.3 99.3 0.0

New Mexico

84.3 90.7 6.4 96.5 97.8 1.3 97.6 98.2 0.6

New York

91.8 91.8 0.0 94.6 93.9 -0.7 95.3 95.3 0.0

North Carolina

87.0 89.6 2.6 98.3 98.8 0.5 98.6 98.8 0.2

North Dakota

97.6 97.5 -0.1 99.4 99.3 -0.1 99.9 99.9 0.0

Ohio

89.9 89.8 -0.1 96.8 96.7 -0.1 98.0 98.2 0.2

Oklahoma

90.2 92.7 2.5 97.4 98.4 1.0 95.8 97.8 2.0

Oregon

85.7 80.2 -5.5 95.8 94.8 -1.0 96.1 95.3 -0.8

Pennsylvania

96.5 98.3 1.8 97.7 97.5 -0.2 98.8 98.6 -0.2

Rhode Island

98.6 98.3 -0.3 98.2 98.1 -0.1 99.7 99.6 -0.1

South Carolina

91.3 91.2 -0.1 98.2 98.2 0.0 98.6 98.7 0.1

South Dakota

98.1 98.2 0.1 98.9 98.9 0.0 99.1 99.2 0.1

Tennessee

89.1 90.1 1.0 97.5 98.3 0.8 98.5 99.6 1.1

Texas

94.5 95.4 0.9 99.2 99.4 0.2 99.3 99.4 0.1

Utah

96.4 97.6 1.2 98.7 99.0 0.3 99.5 99.4 -0.1

Vermont

94.2 93.9 -0.3 99.1 99.3 0.2 99.3 99.5 0.2

Virginia

91.7 92.5 0.8 97.4 97.5 0.1 98.3 98.2 -0.1

Washington

80.0 80.8 0.8 96.6 96.5 -0.1 98.7 98.5 -0.2

West Virginia

79.3 95.4 16.1 84.9 95.5 10.6 84.1 94.9 10.8

Wisconsin

97.1 98.1 1.0 98.8 98.9 0.1 99.2 98.3 -0.9

Wyoming

97.5 99.0 1.5 96.6 97.5 0.9 97.5 98.3 0.8

Puerto Rico

89.9 91.5 1.6 90.8 91.4 0.6 88.3 90.1 1.8

Virgin Islands

46.9 59.6 12.7 89.6 95.8 6.2 89.2 95.1 5.9

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