As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 89,517 workers employed at 8,072 Book Stores and News Dealers establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 455 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 11 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Book Periodical and Music Stores Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.