State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Pennsylvania
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Pennsylvania, $122,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 9.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.1%
Idaho vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+11.5%
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
Pennsylvania
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $122,560
- p25
- $97,640
- p75
- $137,870
- p10
- $77,360
- p90
- $158,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.