State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Missouri
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Missouri, $89,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.1% — not 49.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.5%
Idaho vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+42.1%
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
Missouri
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $89,480
- p25
- $66,160
- p75
- $123,820
- p10
- $59,700
- p90
- $131,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.