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Earnings
Earnings for engineers vary significantly by
specialty, industry, and education. Even so, as a group, engineers earn
some of the highest average starting salaries among those holding
bachelor's degrees.
According to the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for biomedical engineers was $91,410 in May 2019. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $55,280, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $148,210.
In May 2019, the median annual wages for biomedical engineers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing |
$105,720 |
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences |
92,230 |
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing |
89,400 |
Healthcare and social assistance |
77,520 |
Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private |
73,300 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
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