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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
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QCEW First Quarter 2021 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.
| AREA | First Quarter Establishments |
March Employment |
First Quarter Total Wages |
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| 2020 | 2021 | Difference | 2020 | 2021 | Difference | 2020 | 2021 | Difference | |
|
United States (2) |
90.8% | 91.3% | 0.5% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 0.0% | 97.6% | 97.6% | 0.0% |
|
Alabama |
90.8% | 92.3% | 1.5% | 97.7% | 96.4% | -1.3% | 97.7% | 98.7% | 1.0% |
|
Alaska |
96.8% | 96.9% | 0.1% | 94.8% | 93.7% | -1.1% | 91.2% | 87.0% | -4.2% |
|
Arizona |
90.3% | 92.6% | 2.3% | 97.1% | 97.2% | 0.1% | 98.5% | 98.7% | 0.2% |
|
Arkansas |
88.3% | 88.0% | -0.3% | 98.0% | 93.5% | -4.5% | 98.4% | 98.8% | 0.4% |
|
California |
94.8% | 95.5% | 0.7% | 98.5% | 98.6% | 0.1% | 99.3% | 99.5% | 0.2% |
|
Colorado |
91.8% | 90.6% | -1.2% | 96.6% | 94.2% | -2.4% | 97.8% | 96.3% | -1.5% |
|
Connecticut |
91.3% | 91.2% | -0.1% | 93.5% | 93.0% | -0.5% | 91.9% | 90.1% | -1.8% |
|
Delaware |
84.2% | 81.8% | -2.4% | 87.5% | 91.0% | 3.5% | 90.1% | 88.7% | -1.4% |
|
District of Columbia |
81.1% | 82.0% | 0.9% | 93.1% | 92.3% | -0.8% | 96.7% | 96.6% | -0.1% |
|
Florida |
89.4% | 89.5% | 0.1% | 96.3% | 94.4% | -1.9% | 97.3% | 95.9% | -1.4% |
|
Georgia |
78.2% | 84.7% | 6.5% | 92.0% | 96.8% | 4.8% | 92.6% | 97.8% | 5.2% |
|
Hawaii |
89.1% | 88.7% | -0.4% | 97.6% | 98.8% | 1.2% | 99.0% | 99.4% | 0.4% |
|
Idaho |
94.7% | 94.2% | -0.5% | 95.2% | 96.2% | 1.0% | 94.4% | 96.8% | 2.4% |
|
Illinois |
88.6% | 89.6% | 1.0% | 99.3% | 99.8% | 0.5% | 99.5% | 99.9% | 0.4% |
|
Indiana |
91.0% | 92.5% | 1.5% | 95.0% | 95.0% | 0.0% | 95.9% | 98.6% | 2.7% |
|
Iowa |
97.2% | 97.0% | -0.2% | 97.8% | 97.6% | -0.2% | 98.6% | 98.4% | -0.2% |
|
Kansas |
93.1% | 95.8% | 2.7% | 97.1% | 99.2% | 2.1% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 0.0% |
|
Kentucky |
88.9% | 85.4% | -3.5% | 97.0% | 96.4% | -0.6% | 98.2% | 97.3% | -0.9% |
|
Louisiana |
84.5% | 84.8% | 0.3% | 96.9% | 98.1% | 1.2% | 97.7% | 98.8% | 1.1% |
|
Maine |
93.5% | 93.0% | -0.5% | 98.5% | 97.5% | -1.0% | 99.0% | 99.1% | 0.1% |
|
Maryland |
89.9% | 89.2% | -0.7% | 90.9% | 95.8% | 4.9% | 94.1% | 97.1% | 3.0% |
|
Massachusetts |
92.6% | 91.3% | -1.3% | 96.5% | 96.6% | 0.1% | 97.4% | 98.0% | 0.6% |
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Michigan |
86.6% | 88.7% | 2.1% | 96.0% | 95.8% | -0.2% | 97.1% | 96.9% | -0.2% |
|
Minnesota |
88.6% | 87.7% | -0.9% | 96.3% | 98.4% | 2.1% | 97.3% | 98.1% | 0.8% |
|
Mississippi |
88.9% | 89.4% | 0.5% | 96.0% | 94.5% | -1.5% | 96.7% | 97.2% | 0.5% |
|
Missouri |
90.2% | 91.1% | 0.9% | 96.7% | 97.4% | 0.7% | 96.6% | 97.5% | 0.9% |
|
Montana |
91.9% | 92.9% | 1.0% | 97.4% | 98.1% | 0.7% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 0.4% |
|
Nebraska |
96.1% | 96.7% | 0.6% | 97.0% | 99.1% | 2.1% | 99.2% | 99.3% | 0.1% |
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Nevada |
92.5% | 89.4% | -3.1% | 94.8% | 92.9% | -1.9% | 95.6% | 93.1% | -2.5% |
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New Hampshire |
94.2% | 93.0% | -1.2% | 97.5% | 94.9% | -2.6% | 97.9% | 97.3% | -0.6% |
|
New Jersey |
83.0% | 85.2% | 2.2% | 97.1% | 97.4% | 0.3% | 98.9% | 98.6% | -0.3% |
|
New Mexico |
88.1% | 85.9% | -2.2% | 97.0% | 96.3% | -0.7% | 97.8% | 97.1% | -0.7% |
|
New York |
90.3% | 89.5% | -0.8% | 95.7% | 95.8% | 0.1% | 96.4% | 94.2% | -2.2% |
|
North Carolina |
91.5% | 92.6% | 1.1% | 98.8% | 99.3% | 0.5% | 99.3% | 99.5% | 0.2% |
|
North Dakota |
93.7% | 97.5% | 3.8% | 97.8% | 99.2% | 1.4% | 98.0% | 99.5% | 1.5% |
|
Ohio |
91.9% | 92.9% | 1.0% | 96.8% | 95.8% | -1.0% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 0.1% |
|
Oklahoma |
83.6% | 82.6% | -1.0% | 98.1% | 97.3% | -0.8% | 98.2% | 97.4% | -0.8% |
|
Oregon |
90.4% | 91.0% | 0.6% | 95.5% | 95.0% | -0.5% | 95.7% | 92.7% | -3.0% |
|
Pennsylvania |
96.8% | 97.8% | 1.0% | 94.9% | 96.9% | 2.0% | 95.7% | 95.6% | -0.1% |
|
Rhode Island |
92.9% | 93.6% | 0.7% | 96.2% | 97.6% | 1.4% | 97.1% | 97.8% | 0.7% |
|
South Carolina |
90.0% | 91.4% | 1.4% | 97.2% | 96.0% | -1.2% | 98.5% | 98.5% | 0.0% |
|
South Dakota |
97.9% | 98.9% | 1.0% | 96.8% | 95.6% | -1.2% | 98.3% | 96.7% | -1.6% |
|
Tennessee |
89.9% | 90.7% | 0.8% | 97.8% | 95.5% | -2.3% | 98.6% | 98.3% | -0.3% |
|
Texas |
93.2% | 94.1% | 0.9% | 98.0% | 97.3% | -0.7% | 98.4% | 98.8% | 0.4% |
|
Utah |
95.7% | 96.0% | 0.3% | 98.2% | 98.0% | -0.2% | 99.0% | 98.1% | -0.9% |
|
Vermont |
94.1% | 93.0% | -1.1% | 98.1% | 98.3% | 0.2% | 98.6% | 98.7% | 0.1% |
|
Virginia |
90.4% | 89.7% | -0.7% | 96.7% | 97.1% | 0.4% | 97.9% | 97.8% | -0.1% |
|
Washington |
83.2% | 80.0% | -3.2% | 98.0% | 96.4% | -1.6% | 99.6% | 98.0% | -1.6% |
|
West Virginia |
93.4% | 92.6% | -0.8% | 98.2% | 96.7% | -1.5% | 98.6% | 98.8% | 0.2% |
|
Wisconsin |
95.8% | 96.1% | 0.3% | 97.0% | 96.4% | -0.6% | 98.1% | 98.8% | 0.7% |
|
Wyoming |
97.0% | 97.8% | 0.8% | 97.8% | 98.7% | 0.9% | 98.5% | 98.8% | 0.3% |
|
Puerto Rico |
82.6% | 93.9% | 11.3% | 92.6% | 96.6% | 4.0% | 93.0% | 95.7% | 2.7% |
|
Virgin Islands |
61.8% | 61.2% | -0.6% | 93.2% | 95.2% | 2.0% | 95.7% | 96.8% | 1.1% |
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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. |
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Last Modified Date: August 18, 2021