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.