These footnotes correspond to those used for the published tables, which show data in billions of dollars and 2-decimal places, and may not completely apply to the tables in millions of dollars and 3-decimal places. The published tables may be found using the link: http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/index.asp

1. Employer contributions to privately administered programs and to publicly administered government employee retirement plans are classified as employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds. Employer contributions to other publicly administered programs are classified as employer contributions for government social insurance.
2. Government contributions to privately administered health, life, and workers' compensation insurance for government employees are classified as employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds.
Note. The numbers in parentheses indicate the tables and line numbers from which the entries in this table are derived.

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