The annual salary statistics of biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $57,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $73,000 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $92,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $120,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $148,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $148,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $92,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of biomedical engineers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $92,860 | 4.72% | 6.19% |
| 2016 | $88,480 | 5.13% | - |
| 2015 | $83,940 | -3.20% | - |
| 2014 | $86,630 | -5.04% | - |
| 2013 | $91,000 | 4.27% | - |
| 2012 | $87,110 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $92,860 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for biomedical engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 25.7 percent (25.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 19.5 percent (19.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville.