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Selected Current Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2019
Selected Current Liabilities Tables [Abstract] |
Selected Current Liabilities | The components of selected current liability captions at May 31 were as follows (in millions):
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Accrued Salaries and Employee Benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries |  | $ | 425 |  |  | $ | 498 |
Employee benefits, including variable compensation |  |  | 552 |  |  |  | 933 |
Compensated absences |  |  | 764 |  |  |  | 746 |
|  | $ | 1,741 |  |  | $ | 2,177 |
Accrued Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Self-insurance accruals |  | $ | 1,104 |  |  | $ | 957 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  |  | 304 |  |  |  | 334 |
Other |  |  | 1,870 |  |  |  | 1,840 |
|  | $ | 3,278 |  |  | $ | 3,131 |

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