Facts
as of Nov 14, 2026
American University is a private, student-centered research university in Washington, DC, with schools and colleges offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programmes in public affairs, international service, government, law, business and communication. Chartered in 1893, the university enrolls students from across the United States and nearly 140 countries and hosts research centres such as the Women and Politics Institute within its School of Public Affairs. It hires adjunct and full-time faculty, development and advancement staff, data analysts, HRIS and accounting staff, and student workers for ambassador, athletics, administrative and federal work-study roles.
It is hiring: 84 open roles, 51 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 20% above the market estimate for the same roles.
- Headquarters
- Washington, United States
- Founded
- 1893
- Employees
- 501-1000estimated range
- Open roles
- 84 in 2 citiesAlion job postings
- Website
- american.edu
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 84 open roles at American University. American University is headquartered in Washington, United States. It was founded in 1893. The median pay stated in its open roles is $80k, across 37 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: B
78/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Domain in use
american.edu: first seen in registries and web archives
since 1996
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices
Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Early Careers is the largest family, 28 of open roles.
51Posted in 30 days58% of open roles are fresh
5%Remote roles4 of 88
2Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
170 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States170On site
Remote, from elsewhere4Rare
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 4.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
American University30 days
Market, same roles33 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand25
Pay49
Your chance48
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Are the postings real?
B
78 / 100American University scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 22 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 86% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 30 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale86%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Early Careers28▼
Education21
Administrative12▲
Science & Research8
Marketing5
Communications4
Newest roles
HRIS Manager$110k – $120k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English11%
Spanish11%
French11%
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 42%Doctoral Degree (PhD) 26%Master's Degree 21%High School Diploma 12%
Experience asked: 4.3 years on average, in 19 postings. 43 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Professional development1113%
Retirement plans1012%
Equity45%
Hybrid work22%
Flexible schedule11%
Contract type
Part-Time 51Full-Time 33
Visa sponsorship in some rolesRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Pays 20% above the market estimate for the same roles.
$80kMedian
$56k – $111kTypical rangeUSD a year
$155kHighest paying roleSenior Director of Strategic Operations
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked
Junior3$64k$55k – $64k
Middle6$75k$64k – $77k
Senior3$100k$56k – $100k
Head+4$115k$80k – $150k
$0$50k$100k$150k$200k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Footprint
Hiring in 2 cities in 1 country.
2Cities
1Countries
WashingtonBusiest site
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Technologies named in job postings at American University over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
28Technologies in use
33Postings analysed
69/100Stack modernityAI adopter
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Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
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