Biomedical Engineer salary
What a biomedical engineer actually earns, from 61 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
What the number means
A biomedical engineer earns a blended US median near 96,794 dollars, with the typical middle running from 73,959 dollars to 124,037 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 106,950 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 17 percent since 2019. Demand is rated moderate, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is mep engineer, at 33 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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Quick answers
How much does a biomedical engineer make?
The blended US median is about 96,794 dollars, with a typical range from 73,959 dollars to 124,037 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 106,950 dollars.
Is biomedical engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a biomedical engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is mep engineer, at 33 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2031. Live corpus 61 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.