SOC 19-2011.00
Astronomers — H-1B offered wages
Wages employers attested they would pay on certified Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC 19-2011.00.
- 25th percentile
- $75,313
- Median
- $83,889
- 75th percentile
- $103,750
- Employers
- 34
Offered wage, per year
Derived from $5,000 bands, not stored
58 disclosed positions
Offered wage, per year
Distinct sponsors behind the distribution
Top 34 sponsors of this occupation were read
Wage distribution
Each band is $5,000 wide.
25th $75,313 · median $83,889 · 75th $103,750 · 58 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Prevailing wage level
Level I is entry, IV is fully competent. The level sets the wage floor the employer had to meet.
Level I
39
67%
Level II
11
19%
Level IV
1
2%
Not stated
7
12%
By employer
Each median is derived from that employer's own wage bands for this occupation — never an average of medians.
| Employer | Headquarters | Median | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $105,625 | 7 |
| National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Charlottesville, VA | $91,250 | 5 |
| University of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $131,250 | 3 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $83,750 | 3 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $78,750 | 3 |
| New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, NM | $76,250 | 3 |
| California Institute of Technology | PASADENA, CA | $95,000 | 2 |
| American University | WASHINGTON, DC | $90,000 | 2 |
| University of Maryland College Park | College Park, MD | $85,000 | 2 |
| TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY | BOSTON, MA | $75,000 | 2 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $72,500 | 2 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $67,500 | 2 |
| Triad National Security, LLC | Los Alamos, NM | $132,500 | 1 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | ORLANDO, FL | $122,500 | 1 |
| Southwest Research Institute | San Antonio, TX | $117,500 | 1 |
By metro
Metros with at least 15 disclosed positions across 3 or more employers.
32 further metros are present in the data but below the reporting floor, so no range is published for them.
Percentiles are interpolated inside $5,000 bands summed across the 34 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — so they describe those sponsors, not the whole labour market. A page is only published when at least 25 disclosed positions across 3 employers stand behind it. Wages are what the employer attested at filing time, before the job started.