Biomedical and medical-device engineer salaries across R&D, design assurance and quality, by percentile, from U.S. BLS OEWS wage data.
Median (national)
$100,730
Typical range (25th–75th)
$81,370–$125,780
Biomedical engineers design, develop and validate medical devices under their own regulatory and engineering track — design controls, risk management to ISO 14971 and a quality system to ISO 13485. Roles span R&D and design engineering, verification and validation, quality and manufacturing engineering, with software-as-a-medical-device work a fast-growing part of the field. Pay tracks the shift from individual design work to owning device programmes and design-assurance strategy.
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Figures are national annual wage percentiles from U.S. BLS OEWS (May 2023, national), using the occupational category Bioengineers & Biomedical Engineers (SOC 17-2031) as the closest match — the same source RoleLantern uses for its pay-transparency checks. Release: May 2023. Actual pay varies with location, employer, therapeutic area, seniority and total compensation (bonus and equity). See bls.gov/oes.