Salaries for astrophysicists tend to parallel those listed for astronomers and physicists because of their job similarities. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the median annual salary of astronomers was $105,680 in May 2018. The lowest paid 10 percent earned less than $57,490, and the highest paid 10 percent earned more than $165,770. Physicists earned salaries that ranged from less th...

Astrophysicists generally work regular hours in laboratories, observatories, or classrooms. However, some research may require them to work extended or irregular hours. A research deadline or a celestial event such as a meteor shower or asteroid may require extra hours or overnight observation. Some travel may be required, such as to an observatory with a needed piece of equipment or to a confe...

The outlook for astrophysics, because it is so closely related to astronomy and physics, mirrors the outlook for those fields. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment in these fields will grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2028. The need for scientists, especially those employed by the government, is affected by factors outside the field, such as budgetary cu...