Hi all,

No surprise but with the current low unemployment rate jobs are hard to fill even for the higher paying jobs.  I've been trying to fill one of my open positions for an IH in Washington DC and have struggled.  Very few qualified candidates and many asking for for very high salaries with little experience.  At this point I'll probably have to go 6 figures for someone with minimal experience.  Of course, that's east coast so you'd expect a higher salary. 

Here in Cleveland with the rest of my group, I'm filling a Health Physic role and although I have some good candidates I probably only have a quarter of the applicants that I did 4 years ago.  This will be filled at $70-80K.

anyone interested in either or know someone who is feel free to reach out to me.

Frank

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Hello all, 

I know this is less of a safety question, but I thought those with experience might still be able to provide some support. I am emailing to see if anyone would be willing to share salary ranges. I recently found out the salary of my colleague that acts as both our chemical hygiene officer and lab coordinator and it seemed quite low for the position. However, maybe it is normal. 

Some necessary background: 

1) We are a small primarily undergraduate institution (~1500 students). 

2) This individual acts as coordinator for the general chemistry labs as well as chemical hygiene officer for the chemistry department.

3) The department currently has 4 tenured/tenure track chemists and a distinguished affiliate professor.

4) As chemical hygiene officer, this individual handles A) waste for all the labs in the department as well as all the waste for our summer research program (usually ~5 undergraduates a summer), B) safety trainings for our TAs, C) ensures our departmental compliance with regulatory bodies. 

Any data or sources would be super helpful : ) 

Warmest regards, 

Jonathan

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