Wage or earning data was also attached to the employment allocations. Wage data for the allocation of unmatched EQUI-202 data was done the same way as the employment allocation. Earnings for other data that was added had to be estimated. Other employment was based on regional averages for earnings. All of the allocations were subdivided into allocations of basic, retail, and service employment.
Retail employment consists of businesses primarily engaged in selling goods to the public.
The modified EQUI-202 file was appended with allocations by DASZ for basic, retail, and service employment. Allocations by type of employment of unmatched EQUI-202 records reflected the SIC categories of the unmatched records. Agricultural allocations were allocated as basic employment.