If 15-20% of labs have >20 scientists (call these "large labs"), this means ~40 percent of scientists work in "large labs"
David Angeles
Median Lab size: 11 scientists
Drug Monkey
Early-career scientists surveyed early 2025:
“Barely half of respondents now say they are likely to remain in academia, down 22pp from how they felt 6 months earlier. The fraction likely to stay in the United States fell by 21pp. Even satisfaction w having pursued a PhD in science declined by 16pp”