Architecture & Engineering
Biomedical Engineers
SOC 17-2031
Design medical devices, implants, and equipment where engineering meets the body.
The job
Median pay
$109k
$87k to $137k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.6% projected
Openings a year
1k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
66th pct
More exposed than 66% of occupations · modeled estimate · 88th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
59/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Mathematics
- Science
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 4,740 | 1.3 | 8.6× | $128k |
| California | 2,750 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $128k |
| Texas | 2,050 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $93k |
| Minnesota | 1,230 | 0.4 | 2.8× | $128k |
| Pennsylvania | 950 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $123k |
| North Carolina | 920 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $95k |
| Florida | 900 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $102k |
| Washington | 880 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $124k~ |
| New York | 840 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $104k |
| Ohio | 700 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $112k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 680 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $115k |
| Colorado | 655 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $111k~ |
| Indiana | 620 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $108k |
| Arizona | 610 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $141k |
| Georgia | 599 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $97k~ |
| Maryland | 550 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $105k |
| Michigan | 330 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $101k |
| Virginia | 330 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $106k |
| Connecticut | 300 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $104k |
| Illinois | 280 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $90k |
| Utah | 280 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $91k |
| New Mexico | 244 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $141k~ |
| Kansas | 234 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $94k~ |
| Wisconsin | 180 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $110k |
| Tennessee | 170 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $106k |
| Missouri | 160 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $89k |
| Oregon | 150 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $123k |
| Idaho | 136 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $134k~ |
| Mississippi | 129 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $97k~ |
| Maine | 95 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $104k~ |
| Iowa | 90 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $82k |
| West Virginia | 86 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $93k~ |
| Hawaii | 83 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $108k~ |
| Rhode Island | 83 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $116k~ |
| Washington DC | 80 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $101k |
| Kentucky | 80 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $95k |
| Nebraska | 80 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $84k |
| New Hampshire | 80 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $95k |
| Nevada | 70 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $88k |
| Oklahoma | 70 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $109k |
| South Carolina | 70 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $99k |
| South Dakota | 59 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $90k~ |
| Alaska | 58 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $117k~ |
| North Dakota | 54 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $94k~ |
| Vermont | 51 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $98k~ |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $110k~ |
| Wyoming | 42 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $105k~ |
| Montana | 40 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $89k~ |
| Alabama | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $86k |
| Arkansas | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $68k |
| Louisiana | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $84k |
Top metro areas
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4,040 jobs · $129k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI1,070 jobs · $128k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ980 jobs · $111k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA910 jobs · $128k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA810 jobs
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX740 jobs · $99k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA650 jobs · $141k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD580 jobs · $126k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Biomedical Engineers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.