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Astronomers in Virginia
$128,930median, a year
$132,650mean (average), a year
$94,710
median $128,930
$175,560
US median $128,820
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
Compare your pay
The spread
US median
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, not published
- AK, Alaska, not published
- AZ, Arizona, median $129,020
- AR, Arkansas, not published
- CA, California, median $123,540
- CO, Colorado, not published
- CT, Connecticut, not published
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, not published
- FL, Florida, not published
- GA, Georgia, not published
- HI, Hawaii, median $102,000
- ID, Idaho, not published
- IL, Illinois, not published
- IN, Indiana, not published
- IA, Iowa, not published
- KS, Kansas, not published
- KY, Kentucky, not published
- LA, Louisiana, not published
- ME, Maine, not published
- MD, Maryland, median $132,620
- MA, Massachusetts, not published
- MI, Michigan, not published
- MN, Minnesota, not published
- MS, Mississippi, not published
- MO, Missouri, not published
- MT, Montana, not published
- NE, Nebraska, not published
- NV, Nevada, not published
- NH, New Hampshire, not published
- NJ, New Jersey, not published
- NM, New Mexico, not published
- NY, New York, not published
- NC, North Carolina, not published
- ND, North Dakota, not published
- OH, Ohio, not published
- OK, Oklahoma, not published
- OR, Oregon, not published
- PA, Pennsylvania, not published
- RI, Rhode Island, not published
- SC, South Carolina, not published
- SD, South Dakota, not published
- TN, Tennessee, not published
- TX, Texas, not published
- UT, Utah, not published
- VT, Vermont, not published
- VA, Virginia, median $128,930
- WA, Washington, not published
- WV, West Virginia, not published
- WI, Wisconsin, not published
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, not published
Top metro and nonmetro areas
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