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Astronomers

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2011
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,209
FY2025
176
Median offered wage
$82,680
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$82,680certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Astronomers (SOC 19-2011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Astronomers

88176FY2009FY2011FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
88176FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200934
FY201094
FY2011106
FY2012124
FY2013100
FY2014118
FY2015103
FY2016109
FY2017118
FY2018106
FY2019155
FY2020146
FY2021125
FY2022157
FY2023165
FY2024147
FY2025176
FY2026*126
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1242
FY20251733
FY20241461
FY20231641
FY20221570
FY20211232
FY20201442
FY20191532
FY20181051
FY20171180
FY20161072
FY20151012
FY20141144
FY20131000
FY20121213
FY20111051
FY2010913
FY2009331
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy184
  2. California Institute of Technology154
  3. University of Maryland College Park138
  4. Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii104
  5. University of Colorado82
  6. University of California, Berkeley78
  7. National Radio Astronomy Observatory76
  8. The University of Arizona69
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology56
  10. Southwest Research Institute54
  11. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory54
  12. Harvard University48
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Astronomers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA472
MD315
HI211
MA166
CO141
AZ141
NY106
IL103
NM64
TX63
MI51
PA50
VA47
NJ45
FL23
WA23
WI20
CT16
AL14
OH14
PR12
DC12
TN10
KY8
NH8
WV8
IA7
UT6
GA6
DE6
NC5
MN5
OK5
IN5
NV4
AR4
MT4
MO3
WY3
OR1
SC1
ND1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA208
  2. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD176
  3. Hilo-Kailua, HI160
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH160
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV149
  6. Boulder, CO141
  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA90
  8. Tucson, AZ88
  9. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA88
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN78
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $82,680; middle half $72,000 to $100,008 · median prevailing wage $63,565 (marker) · 433 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I289
  2. Level II75
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV17
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate197
  2. Research Scientist149
  3. Assistant Research Scientist92
  4. Postdoctoral Research Associate86
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar76
  6. Postdoctoral Fellow73
  7. Postdoctoral Associate64
  8. Assistant Scientist57
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Boulder, CO
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Hilo-Kailua, HI
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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