I received 49 responses to the Survey of Industrial Organic Chemists and winnowed them down to three categories:
Major pharma (13 respondents)
- Geography: CA (4), PA (3), New Jersey (2)
- Median respondent got 3 offers
- Most indicated that on-campus interview or connections were most useful
- Median number of applications: 10 applications (low of 2, high of 30)
- Median salary: $117,500 (low of $105,000, high of $138,000)
CMO/chemical industry (13 respondents)
- Geography: NJ, DE (2), TN, NE, CO (2), PA, NJ, MN, CT, TX, NY, OH
- Median respondent got 1 offer
- Web application was most useful for them
- Median number of applications: 20 applications (low of 4, high of 100)
- Median salary: $95,000 (low of $52,000, high of $135,000)
Biotech new employees (17 respondents)
- Geography: CA (5), MA (7)
- Median respondent got 1 offer
- Web application was most useful for them
- Median number of applications: 23.5 applications (low of 1, high of 60)
- Median salary: $121,000 (low of $95,000, high of $175,000)
Pretty interesting, but I wouldn't draw any major trends. More data to come from this, and more analysis.