State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Minnesota
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Minnesota, $127,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.7%
Idaho vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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
Minnesota
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $127,730
- p25
- $102,360
- p75
- $160,770
- p10
- $88,530
- p90
- $176,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -7%
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.