How much do Astronomers make in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For Astronomers, the published 10th percentile is $105,870 and the 90th percentile is $195,190. The difference is $89,320, which is 57.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $128,610 to the 75th at $189,950, covers $61,340.

The mean annual wage is $153,770, which sits below the median of $156,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV median is 21.7% higher than the national median of $128,820 for Astronomers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $143,961, which is 11.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses District of Columbia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 108.884, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $156,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Astronomers at $143,961 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Astronomers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Astronomers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (520 of 3,136,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,120 of 155,495,730). The local share is 12.16 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.