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Quarterly Information - Schedule of Quarterly Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | $ 254,928 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 244,679 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 249,689 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 255,168 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 293,362 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 243,376 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 243,830 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 239,146 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 1,004,464 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 1,019,714 us-gaap_Revenues |  | $ 952,612 us-gaap_Revenues
Income before income taxes | 9,595 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 10,896 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 136 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 5,109 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 23,359 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 8,163 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 5,674 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 6,713 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 25,736 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 43,909 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | (527)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Net income attributable to Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. | $ 2,686 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 4,470 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ (1,554)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 3,224 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 13,313 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 5,237 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 2,848 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 3,663 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 8,826 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 25,061 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ (3,613)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share attributable to Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic earnings per share | $ 0.20 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.33 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ (0.11)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.24 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.99 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.38 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.21 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.27 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.65 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 1.85 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ (0.27)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted earnings per share | $ 0.19 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.31 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ (0.11)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.23 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.94 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.37 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.20 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.26 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.62 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 1.77 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ (0.27)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Dividends per share | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.11 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.44 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  | $ 0.44000 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |  |
Market price of Class A Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
High | $ 24.7 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 24.8 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 28.86 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 29.75 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 24.80 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 19.75 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 20.00 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 21.00 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 29.75 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] | $ 24.80 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceHigh | [1] |
Low | $ 19.97 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 19.76 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 21.28 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 22.26 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 16.66 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 16.52 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 16.75 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 15.69 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 19.76 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] | $ 15.69 opy_CommonStockMarketPriceLow | [1] |
[1] | The price quotations above were obtained from the New York Stock Exchange website.

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