Chemists are the lifeblood of this industry. From building great products to finding new, greener solutions to meeting changing regulatory and marketing challenges, their jobs today are more complex than ever before.

To garner insight about the “feel” inside R&D labs across the beauty and cleaning category, Happi conducted an online survey in October 2023. We asked varied questions such as the type of company and size, job tenure and education as well as salary data, attendance at industry events and biggest challenges at work.

We received responses from 117 qualified industry members in R&D functions working at companies that either manufacture or market finished beauty and cleaning products— such as cosmetics, fragrance, skincare, personal care, household cleaning and more—as well as suppliers of raw materials and equipment and others that provide services directly related to these markets and products.

The charts and graphics on the following pages depict the results of our survey.