Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response, state and
local government, National Compensation Survey, 2011
                                                            
                                                            
               Establishments                    Number of  
                                              establishments
                                                            
                                                            
Total in sampling frame(1)...................        215,811
                                                            
  Total in sample............................          2,007
    Responding...............................          1,738
    Refused or unable to provide data........            247
    Out of business or not in survey scope...             22

  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
state and local governments, an establishment is defined as
all locations of a government entity.