As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 146,227 workers employed at 7,098 Investment Banking and Securities Dealing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 1,387 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 21 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (209% more) the average for the Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage Industry.