Employment outlook 2022

Abstract

At long last, 2021 is almost over, so it is time to take a look at what employment for chemists might look like in 2022. This has been an unusual year for many reasons, but a surprising amount has stayed the same. The pandemic is still with us, sadly, and new variants are complicating the picture. Happily, SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and new oral treatments are allowing some return to normalcy. That return to normalcy extends to the academic chemistry job market. Andrew Spaeth and I continue to curate a list of tenure-track chemistry faculty positions in the United States and Canada . This time last year, the number of open positions for fall 2021 was just 40% of the 4-year average. That was just 210 research-oriented positions and 19 teaching assistant professorships. While many hoped the situation would return to normal as vaccines became widely available, the 2021 academic hiring cycle