Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response,
private industry, National Compensation Survey,
2008
                                                  
                                                  
                                         Number of
             Establishments              establis-
                                           hments 
                                                                                                    
Total in sampling frame(1).............. 5,346,939
                                                  
  Total in sample.......................     3,866
    Responding..........................     2,550
    Refused or unable to provide data...       986
    Out of business or not in survey              
scope...................................       330

  1 The 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.