The 2023 Spectroscopy Employment and Salary Survey: Is a Recession Looming—Or Even Already Here?

The past year was a unique and challenging one for spectroscopists. With talk about a global recession—and several countries already reporting economic recessions—greater uncertainty in the job market was on the mind of many. For this 2023 edition of our annual salary and employment survey, we gathered information about average salaries and compared those numbers to previous years. We also addressed broad trends in the global economy, asking respondents to offer their thoughts on whether they think a recession is already impacting their country, and how they are responding to current economic conditions. The results reveal that anxiety about the global economy is on the minds of many spectroscopists. We present these results in the text and graphics below.