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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Second 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 Second Quarter
Establishments
June
Employment
Second Quarter
Total Wages
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

United States (2)

92.0% 92.8% 97.7% 97.9% 98.3% 98.5%

Alabama

92.3% 91.6% 98.3% 97.8% 99.2% 99.1%

Alaska

95.6% 96.5% 94.2% 95.6% 96.6% 96.8%

Arizona

91.6% 91.4% 96.9% 98.5% 98.0% 99.3%

Arkansas

90.2% 90.5% 98.8% 98.7% 99.1% 98.8%

California

95.6% 95.4% 99.1% 99.1% 99.4% 99.3%

Colorado

93.8% 93.2% 95.6% 96.3% 97.4% 97.2%

Connecticut

82.4% 79.2% 93.6% 90.0% 90.6% 93.0%

Delaware

87.7% 88.7% 97.1% 96.4% 96.5% 96.5%

District of Columbia

77.3% 80.0% 96.5% 97.8% 96.6% 99.1%

Florida

91.4% 94.7% 97.8% 98.8% 98.4% 99.3%

Georgia

90.3% 89.6% 98.7% 97.7% 99.2% 98.7%

Hawaii

93.8% 93.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.7% 99.6%

Idaho

93.2% 95.8% 94.7% 97.4% 95.6% 95.7%

Illinois

81.6% 90.2% 99.4% 99.5% 99.6% 99.6%

Indiana

93.5% 93.4% 96.8% 96.4% 98.1% 98.2%

Iowa

97.1% 97.0% 97.7% 97.7% 97.9% 97.4%

Kansas

96.5% 96.1% 99.8% 98.9% 99.8% 99.5%

Kentucky

90.1% 90.8% 98.1% 98.3% 98.9% 99.2%

Louisiana

89.4% 87.9% 97.5% 97.5% 98.4% 98.3%

Maine

93.2% 94.4% 99.3% 99.4% 99.5% 99.6%

Maryland

94.2% 94.4% 96.5% 98.5% 96.0% 99.0%

Massachusetts

99.2% 98.3% 98.8% 98.0% 99.0% 98.2%

Michigan

84.0% 84.5% 94.9% 96.5% 95.4% 96.9%

Minnesota

95.6% 93.0% 99.1% 99.4% 99.4% 99.6%

Mississippi

92.3% 91.9% 97.8% 97.7% 98.2% 98.1%

Missouri

85.6% 94.1% 97.3% 98.1% 98.4% 99.0%

Montana

93.5% 93.5% 99.0% 98.6% 99.3% 98.8%

Nebraska

97.9% 98.1% 98.8% 99.0% 99.6% 99.6%

Nevada

91.3% 92.8% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6% 97.0%

New Hampshire

96.6% 96.2% 99.3% 99.1% 99.2% 99.4%

New Jersey

87.2% 86.9% 98.1% 98.4% 99.5% 99.5%

New Mexico

94.2% 92.8% 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 98.4%

New York

89.0% 90.7% 95.4% 95.9% 95.7% 95.9%

North Carolina

94.7% 94.6% 99.5% 99.4% 99.1% 99.6%

North Dakota

98.2% 97.5% 97.5% 97.3% 99.5% 99.7%

Ohio

93.1% 93.3% 96.5% 96.9% 99.0% 98.7%

Oklahoma

87.1% 87.3% 97.8% 98.5% 98.7% 97.9%

Oregon

91.8% 92.5% 97.2% 97.0% 98.2% 97.7%

Pennsylvania

97.2% 97.3% 96.6% 97.0% 96.3% 96.2%

Rhode Island

95.4% 95.8% 95.0% 98.2% 96.1% 97.8%

South Carolina

87.9% 79.0% 98.5% 96.2% 98.6% 98.3%

South Dakota

98.6% 98.4% 98.1% 95.5% 96.9% 97.7%

Tennessee

91.8% 91.5% 97.9% 98.0% 99.1% 99.1%

Texas

95.8% 95.8% 98.9% 98.4% 99.1% 99.2%

Utah

96.9% 97.0% 98.5% 98.9% 99.4% 99.5%

Vermont

97.3% 96.6% 98.5% 98.5% 98.8% 99.3%

Virginia

92.3% 91.6% 97.4% 97.8% 98.6% 98.8%

Washington

81.4% 85.3% 98.1% 98.4% 99.5% 99.4%

West Virginia

94.5% 93.9% 98.8% 98.8% 99.1% 99.4%

Wisconsin

95.7% 95.6% 97.7% 98.0% 98.7% 99.3%

Wyoming

98.0% 97.5% 98.6% 98.4% 99.5% 99.4%

Puerto Rico

91.9% 94.8% 94.3% 96.9% 94.6% 95.7%

Virgin Islands

52.8% 56.6% 74.5% 80.5% 69.7% 85.5%

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