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Biomedical Engineer Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Biomedical Engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$64,620
25th Percentile Wage
$77,900
50th Percentile Wage
$95,620
75th Percentile Wage
$121,270
90th Percentile Wage
$178,150

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for biomedical engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $178,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $95,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,620.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of biomedical engineers from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$95,620
-1.00% 3.11%
2013
$96,580
4.07% -
2012
$92,650
- -

Table 2. Compare Biomedical Engineer Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $95,620 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 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-Santa Ana is 23.4 percent (23.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 21.8 percent (21.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$124,910
Vallejo-Fairfield
$118,870
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$115,820
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$106,970
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$106,470
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$103,910
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$101,760
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$100,510
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$99,750
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$95,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$95,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$92,860
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$91,410
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$86,340
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$74,730