Astronomers Salary in California
See the latest available wage benchmarks for Astronomerss in California, including the median, mean, employment and published percentile range.
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California salary benchmark
Published wage distribution for Astronomers in California.
The California median is +27% versus the U.S. median of $97,390 for the same occupation.
Salary distribution
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile wages.
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What is the median Astronomers salary in California?
The published median is $123,540 per year. The median is the 50th percentile: half of workers are below it and half are above it in the published wage distribution.
How much is the 90th percentile for Astronomerss in California?
The 90th percentile is $195,190 per year. The 90th percentile means 90% of workers are at or below that wage estimate in the published distribution.
Does this salary figure include bonus or equity?
These wage estimates represent wages for the occupation and geography. They should not be treated as a complete total-compensation estimate for an individual offer; bonuses, equity and benefits may be reported separately by employers.
Where the numbers come from
This page uses the latest available Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics reference imported into LinkedInSalary. The current wage reference is May 2025.
The dataset publishes employment, mean wages and percentile wage estimates. Percentiles describe the wage distribution; the site does not infer seniority bands, bonuses, growth rates or cost-of-living adjustments from these figures.
Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS).
Data reference year: 2025 · Page presentation year: 2026.