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Astronomers: who sponsors, and what they pay

Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.

Certified LCAs

H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3

Median wage offered

$82,000

per year

Middle half earn

$74K to $101K

25th to 75th percentile

Employers filing

Employers filing for Astronomers

Employer	LCAs	Median wage
University of Colorado Boulder	9	$102,550
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Charlottesville	6	$86,753
Aura/space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore	5	$83,032
Universities Space Research Association Washington	4	$77,323
New Mexico State University Las Cruces	3	$75,000
University of Delaware Newark	3	$64,000
University of Michigan Ann Arbor	3	$92,243
University of Hawaii Honolulu	3	$132,000
University of Chicago Chicago	2	$97,024
California Institute of Technology Pasadena	2	$114,665
Harvard University Cambridge	2	$72,500
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley	2	$89,750
University of Central Florida Orlando	2	$104,300
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Tucson	2	$72,093
Georgia State University Atlanta	2	$69,680

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Source: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026