Highest-paying Cities for Biomedical Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for biomedical engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of biomedical engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $165,540, Flagstaff, Arizona is the highest paying city for biomedical engineers. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $124,910). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of biomedical engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Biomedical Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Flagstaff, Arizona	$165,540	$130,620	30
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$124,910	$81,820	690
3	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$119,820	$85,180	160
4	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$118,870	$86,820	100
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$115,820	$69,070	40
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$115,130	$70,420	800
7	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$113,260	$72,290	210
8	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$112,400	$74,280	70
9	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$109,720	$80,240	180
10	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$107,230	$65,340	720
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$106,970	$65,820	350
12	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$106,470	$68,390	70
13	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$106,280	$83,220	100
14	Peabody, Massachusetts	$105,920	$73,800	70
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$105,400	$64,030	130
16	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$105,370	$74,370	900
17	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$105,050	$79,410	140
18	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$104,540	$67,810	80
19	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$104,330	$74,590	970
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$103,910	$69,290	340
21	Dayton, Ohio	$103,880	$70,110	30
22	Nashua, New Hampshire	$103,670	$59,070	60
23	Boulder, Colorado	$103,590	$71,200	100
24	Columbus, Ohio	$103,160	$68,760	90
25	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$102,860	$63,780	420
26	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$102,780	$64,190	160
27	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$102,160	$79,940	50
28	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$102,090	$85,600	30
29	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$101,780	$45,050	60
30	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$101,760	$66,960	1,150
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$100,510	$64,800	470
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$99,750	$74,280	940
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$99,190	$78,310	1,720
34	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$99,010	$65,840	230
35	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$98,990	$92,120	n/a
36	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$98,760	$60,890	90
37	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$98,710	$64,880	40
38	Morgantown, West Virginia	$98,600	$62,010	n/a
39	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$98,410	$62,440	670
40	Madison, Wisconsin	$98,390	$77,050	130
41	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$97,830	$77,630	110
42	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$97,720	$54,810	210
43	Framingham, Massachusetts	$97,500	$70,140	230
44	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$97,120	$61,830	70
45	New Haven, Connecticut	$97,040	$79,470	60
46	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$96,630	$61,340	200
47	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$96,590	$62,520	n/a
48	Waterbury, Connecticut	$96,450	$70,650	n/a
49	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$96,310	$65,300	40
50	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$96,130	$78,530	40
51	Syracuse, New York	$95,800	$63,320	40
52	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$95,800	$72,810	80
53	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$95,790	$59,270	130
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$95,620	$64,620	1,670
55	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$95,580	$75,480	390
56	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$95,400	$63,090	370
57	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$95,120	$31,320	50
58	Rochester, New York	$94,450	$75,180	50
59	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$93,840	$69,370	50
60	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$93,270	$55,350	40
61	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$92,880	$60,340	120
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$92,860	$57,460	550
63	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$92,800	$63,880	100
64	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$92,700	$64,060	n/a
65	Tucson, Arizona	$92,190	$63,630	30
66	Worcester, Massachusetts	$92,160	$73,330	100
67	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$91,410	$51,590	400
68	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$89,590	$57,940	330
69	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$88,910	$54,030	560
70	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$88,810	$52,760	1,840
71	Kansas City, Missouri	$88,400	$66,280	50
72	Reading, Pennsylvania	$88,360	$60,550	n/a
73	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$86,880	$59,690	140
74	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$86,760	$77,880	30
75	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$86,510	$65,820	60
76	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$86,340	$59,630	40
77	Memphis, Tennessee	$85,950	$56,930	50
78	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$85,880	$70,150	40
79	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$85,770	$54,290	210
80	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$85,760	$59,870	40
81	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$85,540	$64,460	120
82	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$85,500	$46,210	280
83	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$85,180	$66,110	60
84	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$83,890	$48,980	250
85	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$83,790	$31,990	40
86	Salt Lake City, Utah	$83,270	$63,070	590
87	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$83,030	$49,040	40
88	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$81,900	$56,420	40
89	Akron, Ohio	$81,620	$37,630	30
90	Knoxville, Tennessee	$81,030	$62,050	40
91	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$80,840	$67,960	50
92	Springfield, Massachusetts	$80,590	$57,200	100
93	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$80,380	$45,990	100
94	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$80,300	$63,290	220
95	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$79,760	$47,600	130
96	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$78,880	$48,630	60
97	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$78,630	$51,980	70
98	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$78,630	$52,050	90
99	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$78,210	$60,030	60
100	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$78,210	$60,940	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for biomedical engineers.