County Business Patterns 2015: Technical Documentation
Additional Glossary Information
An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. It is not necessarily identical with a company or enterprise, which may consist of one or more establishments. When two or more activities are carried on at a single location under a single ownership, all activities generally are grouped together as a single establishment. The entire establishment is classified on the basis of its major activity and all data are included in that classification.
Establishment-size designations are determined by paid employment in the mid-March pay period. The size group "1 to 4" includes establishments that did not report any paid employees in the mid-March pay period but paid wages to at least one employee at some time during the year.
Establishment counts represent the number of locations with paid employees any time during the year. This series excludes governmental establishments except for wholesale liquor establishments (NAICS 4248), retail liquor stores (NAICS 44531), Federally-chartered savings institutions (NAICS 522120), Federally-chartered credit unions (NAICS 522130), and hospitals (NAICS 622).
Paid employees for pay period including March 12 (number)
Paid employees consist of full and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations, who were on the payroll in the pay period including March 12. Included are employees on paid sick leave, holidays, and vacations; not included are proprietors or partners of unincorporated businesses.
First-quarter payroll ($1,000)
Represents payroll paid to persons employed at any time during the quarter January to March. Data is shown in thousands of dollars ($1,000).
Total annual payroll is shown in thousands of dollars ($1,000).
Noise range for number of paid employees for pay period including March 12
Indicates the cell value was changed using the Noise Infusion method of disclosure avoidance. For more information on this disclosure avoidance method, see http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/methodology.htm#disclosure
Noise range for annual payroll
Indicates the cell value was changed using the Noise Infusion method of disclosure avoidance. For more information on this disclosure avoidance method, see http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/methodology.htm#disclosure
Noise range for first-quarter payroll (%)
Indicates the cell value was changed using the Noise Infusion method of disclosure avoidance. For more information on this disclosure avoidance method, see http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/methodology.htm#disclosure
