State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs New Jersey
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In New Jersey, $114,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.9% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.6%
Idaho vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+32.9%
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
New Jersey
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $114,680
- p25
- $93,160
- p75
- $156,870
- p10
- $83,200
- p90
- $170,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.