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SOC 19-2011

Astronomers Visa Sponsoring Employers

Compare U.S. employers using LCA filing history from FY2022 through FY2026 Q3 YTD for Astronomers.

5-period LCA filings

632

Employers

103

Median reported wage

$81,848

Filing history

FY2022–FY2026 Q3 YTD

FY2026 is partial through Q3

FY2022

141

FY2023

131

FY2024

114

FY2025

151

FY2026 Q3

95

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Compare employers for this occupation in states with meaningful historical filing activity.

Employers to research

Compare relevant filing volume with historical consistency and recent activity.

#Employer5-period filingsActiveRecent streakFY2026 Q3Median wage
1AURA/SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE385/555$115,000
2National Radio Astronomy Observatory325/556$81,474
3Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy275/552$90,000
4California Institute of Technology234/522$91,590
5University of Colorado234/5410$93,600
6The University of Arizona215/551$72,000
7Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii215/551$74,776
8Massachusetts Institute of Technology185/552$77,809
9University of Maryland College Park185/552$84,572
10University of Michigan185/553$80,250
11The Trustees of Princeton University175/552$80,100
12University of California, Berkeley165/552$106,550
13Southwest Research Institute154/521$95,000
14Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory135/551$103,717
15University of Chicago125/552$76,900
16University of Maryland, Baltimore County125/553$103,670
17Harvard University113/512$72,000
18Northwestern University115/552$74,630
19UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA114/522$93,500
20The Leland Stanford, Jr University104/540$81,925
21University of California, Santa Cruz104/540$99,189
22Universities Space Research Association94/534$84,646
23University of Washington94/531$76,491
24Johns Hopkins University83/510$76,000
25SETI Institute85/551$103,520
26The University of Chicago84/541$78,500
27Arizona State University73/520$69,000
28California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory74/540$86,880
29Cornell University75/551$82,680
30The University of Texas at Austin75/551$70,000
31The Ohio State University73/521$100,008
32UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE73/533$68,000
33Columbia University64/540$76,720
34TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA63/531$72,500
35University of Illinois62/511$64,216
36Triad National Security, LLC64/511$98,244
37George Mason University51/510$104,356
38University of Hawaii52/514$132,000
39University of Minnesota52/510$62,050
40American University42/521$99,441
41Bay Area Environmental Research Institute43/530$89,500
42California Association for Research in Astronomy44/540$105,000
43Georgia State University42/512$73,840
44The Catholic University of America42/511$77,500
45The Simons Foundation Inc.41/510$91,000
46TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY42/511$80,600
47University of Massachusetts Amherst42/510$61,339
48Institute for Advanced Study43/521$72,500
49New York University42/512$76,875
50Endeavor Consulting Group31/510$130,000
51The Pennsylvania State University33/510$88,992
52University of California, Los Angeles33/521$81,848
53UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO33/511$103,900
54University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee33/511$61,100
55University of Wyoming33/531$65,000
56New Mexico State University31/513$75,000
57Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation22/510$229,500
58Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC21/510$66,703
59Fermi Research Alliance, LLC21/510$66,703
60Indiana University21/510$63,232
61Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network22/520$70,000
62Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab22/520$83,945
63NMC Inc22/510$85,342
64Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i21/512$97,240
65Rochester Institute of Technology21/510$60,362
66Simons Foundation22/520$88,500
67The Ohio University21/510$63,232
68The University of Virginia22/510$63,950
69UChicago Argonne LLC22/520$67,057
70University Corporation for Atmospheric Research22/510$100,123
71University of Arizona22/510$70,431
72UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY22/510$71,894
73University of Pittsburgh21/510$71,181
74University of Wisconsin System21/510$72,000
75Villanova University21/510$65,775
76W.M. RICE UNIVERSITY21/510$87,500
77Lowell Observatory22/520$80,737
78MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY22/520$59,644
79American Museum of Natural History21/510$75,749
80UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL21/512$74,500
81California State University, Northridge11/510$66,564
82Clemson University11/511$63,565
83Georgia Institute of Technology11/510$79,500
84GMTO Corporation11/510$160,000
85Iowa State University of Science and Technology11/510$71,205
86Las Cumbres Observatory Global T.N.11/510$78,116
87Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC11/510$108,840
88Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy11/511$70,500
89New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology11/510$60,507
90Oregon State University11/510$60,000
91Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute11/511$63,565
92RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY11/510$102,856
93Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona11/510$67,650
94The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy11/510$80,000
95The Carnegie Institution of Washington11/510$77,667
96TMT International Observatory, LLC11/510$130,000
97Trustees of Dartmouth College11/510$61,615
98University of California at Santa Barbara11/510$75,000
99University of Nevada, Las Vegas11/511$65,000
100University of Oklahoma11/510$65,000

Results use LCA applications appearing in the available Department of Labor disclosure history, grouped by received fiscal year. FY2026 is partial through Q3. An LCA is not a USCIS visa approval, and historical activity does not guarantee current hiring or future sponsorship.