CES Registry Receipts by Release

BLS tracks collection rates for the CES sample on a monthly basis for each release of estimates. Collection rates are defined as the percent of reports received for a monthly estimate compared to the total number of actively-reporting sample units on the sample registry.
Much of the month-to-month variation in the first preliminary collection rates is a function of the number of collection days in the individual months. The overall upward trend over time is attributable to replacing decentralized mail collection with automated techniques.

For more information on registry receipts, see www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/data.htm#data-collection.

Registry Receipts, by Month and by Release

First preliminary release
Year	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual Average
1981	34.9	37.0	41.9	48.3	41.0	33.5	43.9	40.6	35.5	42.5	35.6	40.4	39.6
1982	36.2	38.2	42.6	49.9	46.5	44.1	46.1	45.7	51.8	47.9	41.2	45.3	44.6
1983	41.8	31.4	45.7	53.1	46.0	49.9	48.7	45.9	48.6	50.1	39.0	40.5	45.0
1984	41.0	52.7	52.9	48.8	41.8	46.4	45.1	46.7	46.2	46.0	49.1	45.0	46.8
1985	34.3	48.0	51.7	48.5	54.1	45.2	45.9	49.4	48.9	45.8	47.2	48.6	47.3
1986	48.0	48.4	49.7	46.7	50.4	45.6	43.9	46.2	45.4	51.9	46.9	51.9	47.9
1987	37.9	45.7	48.8	55.2	50.6	43.9	55.3	50.6	46.3	53.8	46.4	52.3	48.9
1988	44.3	45.5	47.4	55.2	49.3	55.3	50.4	49.5	55.5	52.7	42.8	44.5	49.4
1989	41.3	54.8	57.0	52.7	47.4	52.4	53.7	47.9	56.3	53.7	55.6	42.7	51.3
1990	43.5	56.3	56.9	54.3	47.1	53.9	52.1	55.7	55.8	51.7	54.8	44.6	52.2
1991	42.6	56.4	55.9	52.6	58.8	53.0	50.5	54.6	55.7	50.8	55.0	61.7	54.0
1992	53.1	55.6	57.1	63.4	57.8	51.0	61.9	56.9	52.8	60.9	52.4	59.3	56.8
1993	52.7	54.2	55.8	61.5	57.8	55.7	61.9	58.7	64.9	60.8	51.9	58.3	57.9
1994	51.8	53.3	55.6	62.1	56.9	63.4	61.7	58.8	63.6	61.8	50.6	56.6	58.0
1995	54.9	65.5	64.7	63.2	57.2	62.3	62.3	58.6	65.5	62.4	65.0	69.1	62.6
1996	53.9	63.6	65.0	62.1	66.4	61.3	61.0	63.6	63.9	58.1	61.1	65.0	62.1
1997	63.0	61.9	62.1	58.6	64.4	58.9	57.9	62.1	61.3	66.5	61.5	63.1	61.8
1998	64.8	64.2	64.2	69.0	64.5	60.5	67.5	65.6	59.7	65.6	60.4	62.9	64.1
1999	61.4	61.0	54.3	62.4	55.9	57.9	62.8	60.3	62.4	60.0	53.8	58.3	59.2
2000	57.0	56.4	64.3	61.5	57.5	58.6	58.7	54.6	60.4	58.0	60.8	54.6	58.6
2001	55.0	61.8	62.9	60.8	51.9	58.4	56.8	57.6	57.6	54.9	59.1	51.0	57.4
2002	49.4	58.6	56.9	54.4	61.4	58.0	57.9	57.8	60.7	56.4	59.3	62.5	57.8
2003	60.3	60.3	61.4	56.8	68.1	65.2	59.9	67.3	69.8	75.6	69.8	69.4	65.0
2004	66.9	67.1	64.9	70.0	70.5	66.0	69.0	66.7	77.5	70.5	69.7	67.7	68.9
2005	66.2	69.6	61.9	72.4	71.3	67.4	67.8	60.8	66.6	62.9	54.3	56.6	64.9
2006	60.9	75.8	75.7	70.1	66.5	62.6	64.4	57.7	73.3	69.5	67.9	57.3	66.9
2007	61.9	73.4	67.6	69.3	62.9	63.7	61.6	71.6	70.5	66.7	64.5	57.0	65.9
2008	56.3	72.5	74.7	67.3	68.5	63.1	57.4	74.2	72.2	74.0	65.1	78.8	68.6
2009	77.9	76.8	76.2	71.9	69.4	64.3	77.2	75.5	72.3	70.8	65.5	81.1	73.3
2010	70.0	68.6	72.0	72.2	65.5	65.3	68.9	73.8	77.2	69.5	65.9	76.1	70.4
2011	71.2	69.1	69.1	72.4	64.9	73.0	69.6	74.7	75.1	73.5	68.8	71.5	71.1
2012	74.7	82.2	77.0	73.8	64.0	72.9	71.7	70.3	77.0	72.0	76.2	65.4	73.1
2013	72.4	76.5	80.0	75.5	82.1	76.6	74.1	72.4	77.9	83.5	76.1	80.6	77.3
2014	72.9	79.0	80.5	73.0	82.8	76.2	74.5	76.7	75.5	86.1	80.1	80.2	78.1
2015	79.6	80.7	75.5	79.0	82.0	74.3	82.7	69.9	74.8	82.3	77.6	81.3	78.4
2016	72.4	79.4	70.1	77.4	74.0	75.2	81.1	76.3	81.7	76.3	68.0	67.6	75.0
2017	74.3	81.7	80.3	78.6	72.2	72.0	76.2	70.0	79.8	74.1	77.8	64.9	75.2
2018	68.2	80.4	74.7	72.4	63.7	68.4	70.5	76.6	77.5	71.7	77.8	61.0	71.9
2019	60.7	76.1	77.6	72.3	80.7	71.3	70.7	75.2	76.8	70.6	72.0	81.5	73.8
2020	76.1	77.2	66.3	74.9	69.4	63.1	77.8	76.8	70.4	79.3	74.4	76.1	73.5
2021	72.5	71.9	67.4	72.0	65.7	64.0	72.3	70.5	73.8	71.3	65.3	71.0	69.8
2022	64.9	63.7	62.1	70.1	63.3	73.2	68.2	67.4	72.8	66.5	49.4	64.0	65.5
2023	64.3	74.7	73.7	71.1	54.7	66.0
Second preliminary release
Year	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual Average
1981	NA	NA	74.3	76.7	78.4	73.0	76.9	74.8	70.1	72.8	75.3	65.4	NA
1982	74.8	76.5	75.8	79.6	NA	75.6	78.2	77.6	81.4	77.6	75.8	79.1	NA
1983	73.4	78.5	78.6	83.7	80.7	81.7	81.3	78.4	82.4	80.5	78.2	79.4	79.7
1984	72.1	80.6	81.6	80.6	79.3	80.3	79.2	78.2	78.1	76.3	77.7	73.8	78.1
1985	69.2	75.3	79.8	78.9	79.9	78.1	79.0	81.2	80.1	78.2	78.5	75.7	77.8
1986	74.3	78.6	78.0	78.4	81.2	77.8	77.2	78.1	78.6	80.8	79.2	73.9	78.0
1987	70.9	76.6	79.1	80.9	80.3	79.6	82.5	80.1	79.1	81.2	79.4	74.7	78.7
1988	76.1	77.7	77.8	82.4	82.1	83.5	81.8	80.4	83.5	82.0	79.9	78.8	80.5
1989	75.6	82.2	82.3	81.5	81.6	82.9	83.1	81.3	84.3	83.7	77.7	81.3	81.5
1990	76.0	81.6	83.9	84.1	82.7	86.1	83.5	84.0	84.2	81.1	78.1	80.6	82.1
1991	77.3	82.5	83.6	83.2	84.8	83.5	80.3	83.2	83.6	82.4	78.1	81.1	82.0
1992	80.1	82.2	82.6	86.0	84.3	81.5	85.7	84.3	83.0	85.5	83.2	79.6	83.2
1993	79.9	82.4	83.5	85.8	86.2	84.1	86.1	84.5	86.7	85.7	83.2	82.4	84.2
1994	78.5	82.3	82.1	85.1	83.7	86.1	85.3	82.2	85.8	83.5	80.7	82.3	83.1
1995	79.3	84.0	84.4	83.5	83.2	84.9	84.1	81.7	84.4	83.5	85.3	79.1	83.1
1996	76.5	80.9	82.4	80.7	82.4	81.2	81.0	82.4	81.8	78.9	78.3	77.0	80.3
1997	78.1	78.4	79.0	77.4	79.6	79.7	76.6	78.5	77.9	80.7	77.9	75.0	78.3
1998	79.8	80.4	80.3	82.3	81.7	79.9	81.4	81.4	78.1	80.5	77.2	75.1	79.8
1999	76.6	76.7	73.9	77.3	75.9	75.5	77.8	75.9	76.6	75.5	71.0	74.2	75.6
2000	72.0	74.3	77.3	75.8	75.4	72.8	72.6	73.1	73.8	75.8	71.9	72.9	74.0
2001	73.4	76.3	76.5	74.7	74.6	76.9	74.6	74.4	75.5	74.7	72.9	71.9	74.7
2002	74.4	76.1	69.5	71.3	74.0	78.8	74.7	76.8	77.5	76.5	73.6	73.4	74.7
2003	73.8	75.2	77.1	84.6	83.8	82.9	83.8	84.6	88.0	87.3	87.6	86.4	82.6
2004	82.6	87.6	83.5	89.2	86.7	87.8	86.3	87.5	89.7	88.9	88.1	88.6	87.2
2005	87.4	87.9	86.1	88.6	86.9	87.8	84.3	80.3	84.5	82.6	82.7	85.1	85.4
2006	85.2	86.3	86.7	86.4	85.8	86.0	85.2	82.8	85.0	84.1	82.7	83.7	85.0
2007	82.0	83.3	82.5	85.9	85.9	86.1	84.4	85.6	85.1	85.1	86.7	86.6	84.9
2008	86.1	87.5	85.8	85.9	86.8	88.7	81.8	89.3	89.4	89.9	89.2	91.2	87.6
2009	90.7	91.2	91.3	89.5	91.5	90.3	88.0	87.6	90.1	90.4	92.2	92.8	90.5
2010	91.2	90.0	91.8	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.0	94.2	92.4	93.7	88.6	93.2	91.6
2011	91.8	92.3	91.6	92.4	91.9	92.3	93.2	94.2	93.0	93.5	92.8	93.1	92.7
2012	93.3	94.3	93.9	93.7	92.6	93.0	93.0	93.3	93.6	92.0	87.2	90.8	92.6
2013	93.4	93.7	94.1	94.4	96.4	96.2	93.0	93.5	95.0	96.2	94.5	95.9	94.7
2014	95.6	94.2	94.2	95.6	95.7	95.3	92.9	96.5	96.4	96.8	94.8	95.6	95.3
2015	93.7	94.9	94.3	95.1	94.9	94.1	91.2	95.0	95.0	87.4	88.3	94.3	93.2
2016	92.5	93.7	93.5	93.7	91.1	95.9	94.8	95.5	93.0	92.0	92.1	91.6	93.3
2017	90.5	92.5	94.8	92.5	90.0	92.7	94.4	91.3	94.4	90.5	92.8	87.1	92.0
2018	90.0	89.4	90.1	87.4	87.7	89.1	89.1	93.9	93.6	88.5	91.8	88.3	89.9
2019	90.4	89.2	86.8	93.2	92.5	88.7	90.2	88.9	92.5	86.1	87.0	90.0	89.6
2020	87.5	89.4	85.1	88.4	85.5	85.0	89.7	87.9	87.5	87.9	85.0	91.1	87.5
2021	91.2	90.8	87.7	88.3	86.7	87.5	90.4	90.6	91.4	88.2	83.8	90.9	89.0
2022	89.1	89.2	86.1	90.2	92.4	93.4	87.6	93.8	94.3	88.9	84.8	91.3	90.1
2023	91.8	93.5	90.8	91.5	90.1
Third final sample-based release
Year	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual Average
1981	83.2	NA	85.4	86.8	87.9	86.9	86.6	85.9	85.7	85.9	83.9	83.2	NA
1982	83.6	85.6	86.5	86.9	87.6	87.9	86.9	87.4	89.3	88.2	86.8	87.9	87.1
1983	84.8	87.5	89.5	90.1	89.8	90.5	89.6	88.7	90.5	90.7	89.5	88.7	89.2
1984	85.2	88.7	88.9	89.6	90.2	92.0	90.1	88.5	88.1	87.3	85.9	85.7	88.3
1985	81.9	85.5	88.4	87.7	88.7	88.7	89.7	90.1	90.9	89.3	87.7	87.9	88.1
1986	84.6	86.6	88.9	88.0	88.7	88.9	87.6	88.0	88.1	88.4	85.4	85.0	87.3
1987	82.3	85.0	87.6	88.6	89.5	90.5	90.1	89.6	89.1	88.6	86.5	86.3	87.8
1988	85.5	87.1	88.7	90.2	90.0	91.3	90.3	89.8	91.5	89.7	86.6	87.6	89.0
1989	84.9	89.1	89.0	89.9	89.7	91.1	90.4	90.5	92.8	91.2	89.5	89.9	89.8
1990	86.3	89.6	91.9	91.9	90.8	93.4	91.0	91.7	91.9	91.0	89.7	90.7	90.8
1991	86.7	89.2	91.1	90.9	91.8	92.4	90.3	91.1	91.8	90.4	88.4	90.0	90.3
1992	88.2	89.0	90.7	91.8	92.1	92.2	92.0	92.5	92.9	91.9	90.2	89.7	91.1
1993	88.2	90.3	91.5	92.5	93.2	93.0	92.3	92.1	93.2	93.0	90.5	90.0	91.6
1994	88.3	89.5	90.7	91.6	90.1	92.5	91.1	91.0	91.6	90.1	88.0	89.5	90.3
1995	87.1	89.0	90.5	89.9	90.1	91.0	89.8	89.2	90.4	89.5	86.4	86.5	89.1
1996	84.7	87.2	87.9	86.4	87.9	88.2	88.1	87.5	87.6	86.2	84.3	85.1	86.7
1997	84.0	83.9	84.9	83.8	85.3	85.2	83.7	83.6	83.9	84.1	82.5	83.6	84.1
1998	85.0	85.3	85.8	86.1	85.9	86.0	86.3	86.0	84.9	83.9	82.6	83.2	85.1
1999	81.9	81.1	80.3	81.1	81.1	81.6	82.6	81.4	81.7	79.6	79.1	79.5	80.9
2000	78.4	79.3	81.1	77.3	80.4	77.5	77.9	77.9	78.7	80.7	78.3	79.9	78.9
2001	78.5	79.8	79.3	80.2	79.3	80.3	78.5	78.9	78.9	78.2	79.8	78.4	79.2
2002	80.8	78.2	74.7	74.5	83.2	80.5	79.1	80.2	80.8	80.6	77.5	77.0	79.0
2003	78.6	77.8	72.4	88.6	86.5	86.9	89.0	89.0	90.7	90.9	91.6	91.6	85.7
2004	90.8	90.6	87.3	90.6	92.0	90.9	90.7	90.9	92.1	91.4	91.3	91.6	90.9
2005	90.5	90.3	90.8	90.2	90.0	89.8	89.1	83.7	87.1	85.9	86.8	88.1	88.5
2006	87.5	88.5	88.7	88.5	88.5	88.9	88.2	86.2	87.4	86.5	86.2	86.9	87.7
2007	85.4	85.5	85.4	88.5	88.0	87.5	86.9	87.3	87.2	87.7	89.9	89.3	87.4
2008	89.1	89.3	89.8	89.3	91.0	91.1	89.3	91.2	91.6	92.8	93.2	93.0	90.9
2009	92.5	92.8	92.8	92.2	92.8	92.8	93.7	92.6	92.5	93.6	93.9	94.4	93.1
2010	93.5	93.1	93.3	92.1	94.5	92.3	95.2	95.4	96.2	95.3	95.1	95.6	94.3
2011	93.5	93.6	93.7	93.4	93.8	93.1	95.3	94.5	94.1	94.7	94.7	94.7	94.1
2012	94.9	95.2	95.4	94.9	94.1	93.9	94.6	94.8	94.5	94.5	91.6	96.4	94.6
2013	95.4	97.0	97.2	97.2	97.2	97.0	97.0	95.9	96.7	97.0	97.0	96.8	96.8
2014	96.9	97.0	97.0	96.5	96.5	96.5	97.3	97.3	97.3	97.3	97.0	96.2	96.9
2015	95.5	95.7	95.6	95.7	95.7	96.1	96.7	96.5	96.8	96.2	97.0	95.0	96.0
2016	95.2	94.8	95.6	94.3	93.8	96.6	97.1	96.1	95.6	95.7	96.0	96.1	95.6
2017	93.5	94.2	96.1	95.8	95.8	95.6	96.2	95.4	95.8	96.5	94.2	95.8	95.4
2018	94.4	92.1	94.3	91.4	92.7	92.5	94.7	95.6	95.5	92.5	94.1	90.9	93.4
2019	93.1	91.4	94.4	94.4	94.4	94.2	94.3	95.5	94.4	89.9	92.6	91.9	93.4
2020	92.0	92.1	92.7	90.8	90.7	89.7	91.8	90.5	89.6	89.6	90.3	94.5	91.2
2021	93.7	93.4	92.8	93.0	92.9	93.4	92.7	93.0	93.0	91.0	93.0	92.8	92.9
2022	91.0	91.5	94.8	94.6	94.4	95.4	95.9	95.1	95.0	92.1	93.7	93.7	93.9
2023	95.1	94.9	94.7	94.7

Last Modified Date: July 7, 2023