Biomedical engineer earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level biomedical engineer earnings begin at:

$71.58 per hour

$148,890 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level biomedical engineer earnings begin at:

$56.00 per hour

$116,470 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level biomedical engineer earnings begin at:

$41.54 per hour

$86,410 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level biomedical engineer earnings begin at:

$35.24 per hour

$73,290 per year

10th percentile

Starting level biomedical engineer earnings begin at:

$32.18 per hour

$66,940 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Biomedical engineer salary by state

State Name Average Salary
New Mexico $98,530
Illinois $98,420
Arizona $97,120
Nevada $96,980
California $96,590
Colorado $95,840
Texas $95,380
Massachusetts $94,640
New Jersey $91,230
New York $89,610
North Carolina $87,320
Vermont $86,410
West Virginia $85,340
Washington $84,530
Indiana $83,113
Oregon $83,090
New Hampshire $79,510
Ohio $79,250
Georgia $78,520
District of Columbia $77,810
Michigan $76,440
Virginia $75,670
Louisiana $75,520
Kansas $74,820
Maine $74,100
Missouri $74,070
Pennsylvania $73,603
Florida $72,330
Utah $69,810
Wisconsin $69,330
Oklahoma $65,960
Iowa $63,430
Tennessee $62,890
Nebraska $61,480
Kentucky $60,730
South Carolina $58,480
Arkansas $54,289
Minnesota $111,860
Connecticut $101,920
Maryland $100,170

How do biomedical engineer salaries compare to similar careers?

Biomedical engineers earn about the same as related careers in Vermont. On average, they make less than physician assistants but more than nuclear medicine technologists.

Career Median Salary
Physician assistant salary $105K
Anesthesiologist assistant salary $105K
Nurse practitioner salary $102K
Health services manager salary $87K
Software engineer salary $95K
Biomedical engineer salary $86K
Mechanical engineer salary $87K
Radiation therapist salary $91K
Product safety engineer salary $83K
Nuclear medicine technologist salary $83K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)