As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 16,153 workers employed at 3,558 Sound Recording Industries establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 59 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 5 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries Industry.