1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
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| Credit: 2015 ChemCensus |
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As a below-median (salary-wise, anyways) analytical chemist, I would be concerned with the data collection. Is the response rate similar between medicinal chemist and analytical chemists, for example? Self-filled surveys are generally filled with response bias.
ReplyDeleteWhat do they mean by 'Chemical Education?' A bachelor's chemistry teacher makes 113k?! Sign me up!
ReplyDeleteThis seems highly exaggerated... Of 2100 surveyed, bachelor's organic chemist makes a median of $87k? I would like to see the median experience of these as I feel that's a salary for someone at 20+ years experience at least.
ReplyDeleteNot too far off:
Delete"In 2015, 57.3% of industrial ACS workforce chemists have 25 years or more experience."
Also, the age breakdowns are instructive:
Table 26: Industrial Chemist Median Salary in Current Dollars
(Amount in Thousands for Industrial Full-Time ACS Workforce Chemists)
20-29: 54.8
30-39: 91.9
40-49: 115.6
50-59: 130.0
60-70+: 129.0
Wow, I'm surprised these are are high as they are. And equally depressed at how poorly my salary compares to everyone else.
DeleteYour best bet to figure out if you should be depressed or not, based on your numbers, is to use the ACS Salary Calculator - that will give you a percentile ranking: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/salaries/salary-calculator.html
Deletemembers only.
DeleteIt's important to remember that companies often pay the ACS dues for their chemists, and this is more likely to be the case for more senior positions and bigger, richer companies. This biased the average salary of members upwards relative to the at large pool.
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