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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Third 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 Third Quarter
Establishments
September
Employment
Third Quarter
Total Wages
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

United States (2)

92.6% 92.5% 97.8% 97.9% 98.4% 98.5%

Alabama

91.4% 90.2% 98.0% 98.2% 99.2% 98.9%

Alaska

94.9% 95.6% 92.4% 91.0% 95.6% 88.6%

Arizona

92.6% 90.2% 98.0% 97.5% 99.3% 98.9%

Arkansas

90.9% 90.3% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 98.7%

California

95.8% 95.5% 99.3% 99.2% 99.5% 99.5%

Colorado

94.2% 93.4% 95.8% 96.6% 97.0% 97.6%

Connecticut

82.1% 81.5% 93.6% 94.8% 94.0% 93.3%

Delaware

87.2% 88.1% 96.5% 96.9% 98.0% 97.2%

District of Columbia

75.6% 80.5% 97.2% 97.5% 99.1% 99.0%

Florida

91.8% 91.5% 97.5% 98.0% 97.7% 98.5%

Georgia

90.3% 90.3% 98.4% 98.1% 99.1% 98.5%

Hawaii

93.8% 93.3% 99.3% 98.3% 99.6% 99.0%

Idaho

93.6% 95.9% 96.3% 98.2% 96.2% 98.2%

Illinois

90.3% 90.7% 99.3% 99.7% 99.6% 99.8%

Indiana

93.9% 93.2% 96.3% 95.5% 98.4% 98.0%

Iowa

97.5% 97.2% 97.8% 97.5% 98.1% 95.7%

Kansas

94.9% 96.1% 99.0% 99.0% 99.5% 99.6%

Kentucky

88.9% 89.6% 98.1% 97.9% 99.0% 98.8%

Louisiana

88.9% 88.4% 97.7% 97.5% 98.3% 98.3%

Maine

94.3% 94.1% 99.3% 98.7% 99.6% 99.1%

Maryland

94.3% 94.1% 98.8% 99.0% 98.1% 99.0%

Massachusetts

99.4% 98.7% 98.8% 98.4% 99.3% 98.4%

Michigan

84.2% 83.3% 96.0% 96.8% 96.4% 96.7%

Minnesota

95.2% 92.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.7% 99.6%

Mississippi

91.5% 89.7% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8% 97.9%

Missouri

85.1% 93.5% 97.4% 97.4% 98.0% 97.8%

Montana

91.5% 92.6% 98.3% 98.7% 98.8% 99.2%

Nebraska

98.0% 98.4% 99.0% 98.7% 99.6% 99.6%

Nevada

93.7% 92.7% 96.1% 95.5% 96.9% 95.9%

New Hampshire

94.4% 96.4% 97.1% 99.3% 97.6% 99.5%

New Jersey

87.5% 87.3% 98.3% 98.3% 99.5% 99.6%

New Mexico

94.9% 92.1% 98.0% 98.1% 98.7% 98.6%

New York

91.9% 92.3% 96.8% 97.3% 95.9% 97.0%

North Carolina

94.2% 92.7% 99.5% 99.2% 99.7% 99.5%

North Dakota

98.2% 97.8% 97.4% 97.5% 99.7% 99.8%

Ohio

92.8% 93.2% 96.4% 96.2% 98.9% 98.7%

Oklahoma

86.7% 87.4% 97.2% 98.7% 97.7% 98.0%

Oregon

92.3% 92.2% 97.6% 97.1% 98.5% 97.9%

Pennsylvania

97.2% 97.5% 96.2% 96.8% 96.1% 96.5%

Rhode Island

93.8% 95.3% 95.4% 95.4% 94.5% 96.1%

South Carolina

85.9% 78.3% 98.5% 95.4% 98.6% 97.3%

South Dakota

98.2% 98.3% 98.0% 94.9% 97.6% 97.3%

Tennessee

91.6% 91.1% 98.1% 97.1% 99.3% 98.5%

Texas

95.9% 96.1% 98.5% 98.5% 98.9% 98.9%

Utah

97.4% 97.0% 98.9% 98.6% 99.7% 99.3%

Vermont

97.1% 96.7% 99.0% 98.2% 99.4% 98.9%

Virginia

92.5% 91.1% 97.8% 97.9% 98.8% 98.9%

Washington

82.9% 84.8% 98.1% 98.1% 99.4% 99.6%

West Virginia

93.9% 93.7% 99.0% 99.0% 99.2% 99.5%

Wisconsin

95.7% 95.6% 97.8% 97.4% 99.4% 99.5%

Wyoming

97.7% 97.4% 98.7% 97.7% 99.3% 99.5%

Puerto Rico

71.6% 93.6% 87.3% 96.6% 81.3% 96.5%

Virgin Islands

42.9% 54.2% 72.8% 85.8% 77.7% 86.5%

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