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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Fourth Quarter 2018 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 Fourth Quarter
Establishments
December
Employment
Fourth Quarter
Total Wages
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

United States (2)

92.9% 93.1% 97.9% 97.9% 98.5% 98.5%

Alabama

91.6% 91.4% 98.2% 98.2% 99.3% 98.8%

Alaska

96.6% 96.7% 94.8% 94.9% 95.2% 91.6%

Arizona

92.5% 92.7% 98.3% 98.0% 99.4% 99.0%

Arkansas

91.1% 90.8% 98.7% 98.8% 99.0% 99.0%

California

96.5% 96.6% 99.4% 99.5% 99.7% 99.7%

Colorado

94.0% 93.9% 95.9% 95.8% 96.0% 97.4%

Connecticut

82.0% 82.0% 93.2% 94.9% 94.2% 93.6%

Delaware

90.3% 87.4% 96.9% 96.5% 97.4% 96.6%

District of Columbia

79.1% 87.0% 96.8% 97.3% 98.3% 99.4%

Florida

91.4% 93.0% 97.5% 98.5% 98.3% 98.9%

Georgia

90.8% 89.1% 98.0% 98.3% 99.1% 99.0%

Hawaii

94.8% 94.9% 99.6% 99.1% 99.7% 99.7%

Idaho

93.8% 95.1% 96.2% 96.5% 96.3% 95.5%

Illinois

91.2% 92.6% 99.3% 99.9% 99.6% 99.9%

Indiana

94.1% 94.0% 96.1% 95.7% 99.3% 98.8%

Iowa

97.8% 97.6% 98.3% 98.2% 98.7% 98.6%

Kansas

96.7% 95.9% 99.2% 98.5% 99.7% 99.5%

Kentucky

84.4% 92.3% 96.5% 98.1% 97.2% 99.0%

Louisiana

88.8% 88.9% 97.8% 97.7% 98.5% 98.5%

Maine

94.3% 87.6% 99.3% 98.0% 99.6% 98.5%

Maryland

95.0% 94.1% 98.5% 98.0% 99.1% 98.2%

Massachusetts

96.5% 94.9% 98.0% 98.6% 98.9% 98.8%

Michigan

84.9% 85.0% 95.2% 96.1% 96.2% 97.2%

Minnesota

94.9% 92.8% 99.2% 99.3% 99.4% 99.6%

Mississippi

91.9% 89.6% 97.9% 97.6% 98.2% 98.0%

Missouri

85.3% 93.1% 97.9% 97.5% 98.9% 98.1%

Montana

91.2% 88.4% 98.5% 97.5% 99.0% 98.5%

Nebraska

97.5% 98.3% 99.1% 99.2% 99.7% 99.8%

Nevada

93.7% 93.5% 93.7% 95.1% 96.7% 96.4%

New Hampshire

96.6% 96.5% 99.0% 99.1% 99.5% 99.4%

New Jersey

89.9% 89.3% 98.1% 98.1% 99.4% 99.5%

New Mexico

94.8% 92.9% 97.7% 97.7% 98.7% 98.4%

New York

92.3% 92.5% 96.6% 96.4% 95.4% 96.6%

North Carolina

95.1% 95.4% 99.5% 99.3% 99.7% 99.7%

North Dakota

98.2% 98.0% 96.8% 96.9% 99.8% 99.8%

Ohio

93.4% 93.4% 96.7% 96.7% 98.8% 98.8%

Oklahoma

87.2% 88.6% 98.2% 98.8% 98.4% 98.9%

Oregon

93.1% 92.4% 97.5% 96.6% 98.4% 97.5%

Pennsylvania

97.6% 98.1% 96.9% 96.7% 96.7% 97.2%

Rhode Island

95.8% 94.8% 96.9% 95.7% 97.4% 97.0%

South Carolina

85.9% 80.4% 98.5% 97.0% 98.8% 98.2%

South Dakota

98.2% 98.2% 98.1% 95.3% 96.8% 97.1%

Tennessee

91.7% 91.6% 98.0% 98.0% 98.8% 99.1%

Texas

96.6% 96.6% 98.7% 98.5% 99.0% 98.8%

Utah

97.5% 97.3% 97.9% 98.8% 99.7% 99.5%

Vermont

97.3% 97.1% 97.4% 99.4% 97.6% 99.7%

Virginia

92.9% 91.7% 98.3% 98.2% 98.8% 99.3%

Washington

80.1% 82.0% 98.0% 96.1% 99.5% 94.0%

West Virginia

94.1% 94.4% 99.0% 99.3% 99.4% 99.6%

Wisconsin

95.3% 95.5% 98.0% 97.3% 99.5% 99.4%

Wyoming

98.1% 98.0% 98.2% 98.3% 99.4% 99.1%

Puerto Rico

94.3% 96.0% 97.2% 98.0% 97.8% 96.6%

Virgin Islands

55.0% 57.7% 77.0% 89.2% 78.6% 88.8%

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