Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response, National Compensation
Survey, March 2008


                                                  Private       State and
        Establishments              Total        industry         local
                                                               governments


Total in sampling frame(1)....   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

  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.