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Highest Paying Industries for Biomedical Engineers

The top 55 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $106,030, basic chemical manufacturing is the highest paying industry for biomedical engineers. It is followed by temporary help services industry (average annual salary $104,750). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of biomedical engineers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 55 Highest Paying Industries for Biomedical Engineers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$106,030	$70,890	40
2	Temporary Help Services	$104,750	$83,650	50
3	Employment Services	$104,750	$83,650	50
4	Administrative and Support Services	$104,030	$82,470	50
5	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$104,030	$82,470	50
6	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$97,160	$58,580	3,480
7	Scientific Research and Development Services	$97,160	$58,580	3,480
8	Offices of Physicians	$96,740	$65,940	170
9	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$95,590	$56,570	4,770
10	Engineering Services	$92,110	$52,320	950
11	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$91,480	$53,200	1,760
12	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$91,420	$52,030	980
13	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$91,350	$53,240	1,770
14	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$91,150	$64,030	420
15	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$91,010	$57,990	5,180
16	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$91,000	$58,020	5,190
17	Federal government, including USPS	$90,250	$54,580	630
18	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$90,250	$54,580	630
19	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$89,930	$54,570	640
20	Federal, State, and Local Government	$89,930	$54,570	640
21	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$89,280	$62,650	480
22	Wholesale Trade	$89,010	$55,740	990
23	Manufacturing	$87,820	$54,580	9,610
24	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$87,410	$51,570	560
25	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$87,410	$51,570	560
26	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$87,240	$51,370	160
27	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$84,340	$48,150	280
28	Repair and Maintenance	$84,290	$48,110	280
29	Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance	$84,270	$48,100	280
30	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$83,740	$51,650	80
31	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$82,470	$51,260	70
32	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$82,470	$53,170	390
33	Chemical Manufacturing	$79,990	$52,520	2,590
34	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$79,670	$52,440	2,550
35	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$75,850	$58,290	140
36	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$74,150	$44,860	1,600
37	Health Care and Social Assistance	$73,590	$49,450	2,040
38	Hospitals - Privately owned	$72,470	$48,550	1,490
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$72,140	$48,390	1,410
40	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$72,060	$48,800	1,650
41	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$71,680	$48,650	1,570
42	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$68,570	$49,910	120
43	Hospitals - Local government owned	$68,570	$49,910	120
44	Testing Laboratories	$68,560	$49,150	30
45	Outpatient Care Centers	$67,370	$33,770	60
46	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$67,320	$49,350	140
47	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$64,710	$38,620	420
48	Educational Services - Privately owned	$64,710	$38,620	420
49	Hospitals - State government owned	$63,280	$51,020	40
50	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$62,170	$40,570	1,220
51	Educational Services	$62,170	$40,570	1,220
52	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$61,840	$50,750	40
53	State government, including schools and hospitals	$61,440	$41,600	840
54	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$61,310	$41,340	800
55	Educational Services - State government owned	$61,310	$41,340	800