1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
Via Forbes, these interesting factlets from the New York Fed.
The unemployment and underemployment rates for recent college graduates in chemistry was 4.3% and 42.8%. By contrast, the same rates for chemical engineering graduates was 4.7% and 17.9%. Median early career wages were $50,000 and $85,000 respectively.
It'd be interesting to see those numbers for 2026. I bet they're higher, purely based on vibes. Love to know if I'm correct.
What's the job market like for chemists? Dude -- it's always bad.*
How bad is it? How the heck should I know? Quantifying the chemistry job market is what this blog is about. That, and helping chemists find jobs.
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I wonder how the heck kids are expected to choose whether science or engineering is right for them. For all I knew at that age, engineers drove trains. I never got a chance to decide whether science or engineering was right for me, and had no idea how much difference in employability there was between them, and my first job hunt was a nasty surprise after I had grown up believing the ACS's "scientist shortage" message.
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