Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

Establishments

Total

Private industry

State and local
governments

Total in sampling frame1

5,429,271

5,214,729

214,542

  Total in sample

14,890

12,872

2,018

    Responding

8,615

6,837

1,778

    Refused or unable to provide data

4,126

3,907

219

    Out of business or not in survey scope

2,149

2,128

21

Footnotes:

1The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.