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Selected Current Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2017
Selected Current Liabilities Tables [Abstract] |
Selected Current Liabilities | The components of selected current liability captions at May 31 were as follows (in millions):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Accrued Salaries and Employee Benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries |  | $ | 431 |  |  | $ | 478 |
Employee benefits, including variable compensation |  |  | 781 |  |  |  | 804 |
Compensated absences |  |  | 702 |  |  |  | 690 |
|  | $ | 1,914 |  |  | $ | 1,972 |
Accrued Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Self-insurance accruals |  | $ | 976 |  |  | $ | 837 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  |  | 283 |  |  |  | 311 |
Other |  |  | 1,971 |  |  |  | 1,915 |
|  | $ | 3,230 |  |  | $ | 3,063 |

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