Appendix Table 2012

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employee Benefits Survey

Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response, National
Compensation Survey, March 2012

Establishments

Total

Private industry

State and local
governments

Total in sampling frame¹

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

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.