The Bachelor: What does astrophysicist Matt Agnew actually do for a living?

Previous Bachelors have included topless waiters and aspiring actors — so what does Matt Agnew actually do for a living?

The Bachelor hasn’t even started and already Matt Agnew is generating plenty of buzz — mostly because people don’t understand what he does for a living.

Teaser clips for the new season show contestant after contestant stumbling over what Agnew’s job is, and it has prompted the 31-year-old to speak out and reveal what his work as an astrophysicist involved.

In an interview with 10 Daily this week Matt said: “My specific research is about planetary science, so the stuff I’m doing is trying to figure out where another planet like Earth could exist, so we could actually look and find it.”

Matt Agnew has now spoken out to clear up any confusion.

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Matt’s job contrasts with the careers of previous Bachelors; Tim Robards was a chiropractor who also dabbled in modelling.

Blake Garvey was billed on the show as a real estate agent, however, it later emerged he was the owner of a Perth male entertainment company that offered “G-string and raunchy nude shows”.

Richie Strahan worked as a rope access technician but appeared to have modelling aspirations — signing briefly to an agency following his time on TV.

Matty Johnson had a successful career in marketing but had also done modelling work and appeared on TV ads prior to his reality stint.

Robards in 2007.

Blake Garvey. Picture: Mark Calleja

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Matt doesn’t appear to have any modelling aspirations in his closet but he does have a PhD.

While he was raised in Adelaide and Perth, Matt now lives in Melbourne where he works at Swinburne University of Technology’s Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing.

According to Payscale.com, the average astrophysicist salary in Australia is $77,700, meaning he doesn’t need to worry about getting Instagram sponsorship post-Bach.

In a preview released earlier this week, a team meeting takes place at the cocktail party, as the girls grapple with Matt’s line of work.

“What’s the word he says about what he does, it’s such a big word,” a girl in pink asks before her and a female companion stumble over how to pronounce the word “astrophysicist”.

“It sounds like a fake job,” another girl interjects. “Like, ‘my boyfriend’s an astrophysicist!’”

But not everyone competing for Matt’s affections is convinced they need to know what his occupation is.

“Do you understand what Matt’s job is?” a producer asks one girl.

“No, not really,” she replies, unfazed. “Am I supposed to?”

The Bachelor is coming soon to Network 10