State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Massachusetts, $127,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.8%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $133,750
- p25
- $107,350
- p75
- $137,130
- p10
- $36,190
- p90
- $137,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
Massachusetts
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $127,570
- p25
- $100,240
- p75
- $150,220
- p10
- $76,750
- p90
- $194,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.