Aura/Space Telescope Science Institute H-1B wage filings
Baltimore, MD. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Aura/Space Telescope Science Institute filed 8 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $103,500, 16.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Fellow (3 filings, median $74,258).
- Filings
- 8
- Positions covered
- 8
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 6
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 51
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +2%
Offered wage since 2020
Aura/Space Telescope Science Institute's median H-1B wage offer rose 2%, from $101,640 in fiscal 2020 to $103,500 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 9 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Aura/Space Telescope Science Institute by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 8 | $103,500 | −12.6% | $90,678 | +16.8% |
| 2025 | 8 | $118,356 | +11.7% | $116,854 | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 8 | $106,000 | −7.8% | $96,564 | +14.8% |
| 2023 | 7 | $115,000 | −8.0% | $112,736 | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 9 | $125,000 | +66.7% | $115,461 | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 3 | $75,000 | −26.2% | $58,781 | +30.5% |
| 2020 | 8 | $101,640 | n/a | $95,795 | +3.8% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 3 | $74,258 | +16.8% | |
| Assistant Astronomer | 1 | $115,000 | +2.0% | |
| Associate Astronomer | 1 | $133,312 | +8.1% | |
| ESA/AURA Astronomer II | 1 | $120,443 | +16.4% | |
| ESA/AURA Astronomer III | 1 | $226,000 | +83.2% | |
| Science Support Staff Scientist II | 1 | $92,000 | +18.1% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore, MD | 8 | $103,500 |
By visa type: 8 H-1B. By outcome: 5 certified, 3 certified and later withdrawn.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Aura/Space Telescope Science Institute attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.