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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW First Quarter 2019 Response Rates

QCEW response rates are presented for establishments (1), employment, and total quarterly wages as first published. They are not updated with subsequent revisions to the data.

QCEW Response Rates for Establishments (1), Employment, and Total Wages (as first published)
AREA First Quarter
Establishments
March
Employment
First Quarter
Total Wages
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

United States (2)

91.0% 92.0% 97.4% 97.6% 97.8% 97.9%

Alabama

90.9% 88.4% 97.0% 97.9% 98.1% 98.5%

Alaska

95.4% 96.5% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3% 89.5%

Arizona

90.4% 91.8% 97.9% 97.1% 99.0% 98.3%

Arkansas

89.7% 89.4% 98.7% 97.9% 99.1% 98.0%

California

91.0% 95.3% 98.3% 98.9% 99.3% 99.2%

Colorado

92.4% 93.1% 95.1% 95.9% 94.8% 96.1%

Connecticut

78.9% 92.3% 93.2% 95.4% 90.8% 91.3%

Delaware

88.5% 88.2% 95.1% 96.1% 94.8% 95.4%

District of Columbia

76.0% 81.7% 95.9% 97.4% 98.4% 98.9%

Florida

91.3% 91.4% 97.1% 98.4% 97.4% 98.6%

Georgia

89.5% 90.5% 97.3% 98.1% 98.4% 98.9%

Hawaii

93.0% 93.2% 98.9% 99.1% 99.8% 99.6%

Idaho

95.4% 93.8% 96.6% 97.2% 96.6% 95.6%

Illinois

88.8% 90.5% 99.3% 99.6% 99.1% 99.7%

Indiana

91.9% 92.0% 95.2% 96.5% 97.8% 98.5%

Iowa

97.0% 96.7% 98.2% 97.4% 97.9% 98.4%

Kansas

96.5% 95.6% 99.1% 98.4% 99.6% 99.3%

Kentucky

88.7% 90.7% 96.8% 97.0% 97.9% 97.8%

Louisiana

88.7% 88.0% 97.3% 97.0% 97.9% 97.9%

Maine

93.6% 90.4% 99.1% 95.0% 99.1% 93.9%

Maryland

94.1% 92.4% 98.7% 98.1% 98.9% 98.3%

Massachusetts

96.2% 92.0% 98.1% 98.4% 99.0% 98.7%

Michigan

81.7% 82.0% 94.3% 95.9% 95.8% 96.9%

Minnesota

93.7% 91.0% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 99.0%

Mississippi

91.5% 89.5% 97.7% 96.7% 97.6% 96.9%

Missouri

86.9% 93.3% 97.3% 97.4% 97.7% 97.7%

Montana

94.8% 95.7% 98.4% 98.0% 99.0% 99.1%

Nebraska

96.0% 97.4% 98.5% 98.9% 99.1% 99.6%

Nevada

93.1% 93.4% 94.6% 95.1% 96.7% 96.7%

New Hampshire

95.8% 95.0% 99.1% 98.0% 99.3% 98.6%

New Jersey

86.8% 86.1% 97.3% 97.8% 98.4% 99.3%

New Mexico

92.8% 91.3% 97.5% 97.2% 98.0% 98.0%

New York

91.1% 91.5% 96.9% 96.4% 95.4% 95.9%

North Carolina

92.1% 95.4% 99.4% 99.1% 99.5% 99.1%

North Dakota

96.8% 97.9% 97.3% 98.9% 99.3% 98.8%

Ohio

92.5% 92.5% 96.5% 96.9% 98.5% 98.4%

Oklahoma

85.2% 85.8% 97.4% 97.9% 96.5% 97.1%

Oregon

91.5% 90.8% 97.3% 96.8% 97.7% 97.5%

Pennsylvania

97.0% 97.2% 96.1% 95.7% 94.9% 95.4%

Rhode Island

98.5% 94.3% 97.5% 97.3% 96.8% 97.7%

South Carolina

72.4% 77.6% 93.5% 96.2% 93.4% 96.8%

South Dakota

98.9% 98.1% 96.1% 94.9% 97.2% 94.7%

Tennessee

89.3% 90.8% 97.2% 97.6% 98.8% 98.6%

Texas

94.7% 94.3% 98.0% 97.5% 98.3% 97.8%

Utah

95.5% 96.3% 98.4% 98.0% 99.4% 99.3%

Vermont

95.8% 96.7% 96.4% 98.9% 97.7% 99.4%

Virginia

90.9% 89.9% 97.4% 97.8% 98.6% 98.7%

Washington

85.5% 84.8% 98.5% 97.2% 99.5% 95.8%

West Virginia

92.7% 92.8% 98.3% 98.3% 98.6% 98.7%

Wisconsin

95.5% 96.1% 97.1% 97.0% 98.7% 98.5%

Wyoming

97.5% 96.1% 97.7% 96.2% 98.2% 98.0%

Puerto Rico

93.3% 92.9% 96.4% 95.7% 94.9% 95.7%

Virgin Islands

60.3% 61.5% 89.6% 90.2% 91.6% 91.1%

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 17, 2020