H-1B demand profile: Astronomers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-2011, employers filed 12 Labor Condition Applications for Astronomers positions across 2 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 100% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Astronomers among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Astronomers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $67,820 at the floor to $92,243 at the ceiling, with an average of $80,688. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Astronomers. The top sponsor is University of Michigan with 10 petitions at an average offered wage of $80,036, followed by Leland Stanford Jr Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab. Geographically, MI leads with 10 filings (avg $80,036), followed by CA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Astronomers actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.