Suffering major job losses, employees within the Book Periodical and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 39,903, The industry has seen a decline of -4.97%. This change put 2,089 folks onto the unemployment line. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.