Appendix table 2                                                                      Survey establishment response
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                          Private       State and  
                            Establishments                                Civilian       industry         local    
                                                                                                       government  
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................      580,900        555,682         25,218  
                                                                                                                   
Total in sample.......................................................        3,955          3,392            563  
    Responding........................................................        2,627          2,113            514  
    Refused or unable to provide data.................................          785            741             44  
    Out of business or not in survey scope............................          543            538              5  

  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 industry, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local government, an
establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.