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.
These workers made about $63 per hour, or about $130,570 per year. Astronomers in the next highest earning sector, scientific research and development services, earned about $52 per hour, or about $107,170 per year, according to the BLS. Astronomer salaries also differ by state.