Traverse City State Hospital, Traverse City, Michigan. Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals and mental asylums, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious psychiatric illnesses, such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading.
Astronomer average salary is $58,652, median salary is $53,407 with a salary range from $39,000 to $120,000.
Starting Pay by Degree. According to data published by the American Institute of Physics, a typical starting salary for an astronomy professor holding a bachelor's degree was $28,000 to $40,000 per year as of 2009, the last year for which data were tabulated.ccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, astronomers working in all fields reported an average annual salary of nearly $102,000 as of May 2011. The estimated 1,100 astronomy professors earned less than astronomers working in other fields, however.