Biomedical Engineer salary
What a biomedical engineer actually earns, from 51 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 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A biomedical engineer earns a blended US median near 104,753 dollars, with the typical middle running from 79,519 dollars to 131,392 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 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is facilities manager, at 22 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open biomedical engineer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Field Clinical Engineer at AbbottChina · Remote5d agoApply- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER at Defense Health AgencyAberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland$122k–$158k5d agoApply
- Supervisory Biomedical Engineer at Veterans Health AdministrationAsheville, North Carolina$127k–$165k3w agoApply
- Biomedical Engineer at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWoodlawn, Maryland$144k–$187kJul 31Apply
- Biomedical Engineer at Veterans Health AdministrationTulsa, Oklahoma$71k–$139kJul 29Apply
- Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical) at Veterans Health AdministrationMontgomery, Alabama$126k–$164kJun 17Apply
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Oklahoma$117,250
- New York$117,180
- North Carolina$107,070
- Maryland$105,650
- Virginia$103,170
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a biomedical engineer profile already covers.
- 118 open pharmacist roles$153,453 median · +$48,700 · 34% readiness
- 43 open aerospace engineer roles$129,497 median · +$24,744 · 13% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a biomedical engineer.
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Quick answers
How much does a biomedical engineer make?
The blended US median is about 104,753 dollars, with a typical range from 79,519 dollars to 131,392 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 1% 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 facilities manager, at 22 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 51 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.