The APA Salaries in Psychology Survey is conducted on a bi-ennial basis by the American Psychological Association, a non-profit member association. The purpose of the survey is to collect current salary information at the masters and doctoral levels for all APA members. Meta-data on which this article is based were collected in June of 2009. For the 2009 effort an item on current employment setting was presented to respondents using two different formats (open text vs. forced choice drop down). Members of the sample were randomly assigned to one of two groups (Branch A or Branch B) for the on-line survey. Results showed that participants who received the open text question format were significantly more likely to provide employment setting data compared to participants who received the forced choice drop-down format, and participants who received the open text question format were significantly more likely to provide usable data compared to participants who received the forced choice drop-down format.