[altotrees]

Not from what I have read or heard. There still seems to be a need across the board for those with deep knowledge, especially when it comes to certain topics. The people I have known who have had trouble, and studies I have read about the topic point mainly to biology and chemistry as the two hardest fields to break initially with a PhD. But of course even that could change depending on specialization, etc.

[sage76]

Among those doctoral graduates who went to North American industry and for whom the type of industry position was known, about 60 percent took research positions .

source : http://cra.org/crn/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2017/05/2016-T...

Is 60% pretty high compared to other fields?