Nature's 2026 job satisfaction survey, run with Thinks Insight & Strategy, gathered responses from 3,882 scientists across 133 countries and found widespread dissatisfaction with salaries. Respondents described pay that fails to keep pace with inflation or living costs, including a Nigerian academic who has had only one raise in over a decade and a US physicist earning less in real terms than her non-degree-holding father did two decades ago.
nature.com
· 2026-10-26
Nature's 2026 job satisfaction survey of nearly 4,000 scientists across 133 countries found 61% at least moderately satisfied with their jobs, with about 75% optimistic or neutral about career prospects and 65% willing to recommend research careers to students. Salary ranked seventh of eight satisfaction factors, behind meaningful work, work-life balance, job security and research funding. The survey also found men more optimistic than women (56% versus 44%) and no significant satisfaction gap between industry and academic scientists, despite industry pay being 66% higher on average.
nature.com
· 2026-10-13
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