Appendix Table 1. Survey establishment response
Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response, National Compensation Survey, March 2012
Establishments Total Private industry State and local
governments
Total in sampling
frame(1).............. 5,260,659 5,041,564 219,095
Total in sample..... 12,545 10,951 1,594
Responding........ 7,998 6,618 1,380
Refused or unable
to provide data....... 3,045 2,850 195
Out of business or
not in survey scope... 1,502 1,483 19
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. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all
locations of a government entity.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.