State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Rhode Island
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Rhode Island, $107,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
Idaho vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+32.7%
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
Rhode Island
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $107,970
- p25
- $80,810
- p75
- $187,930
- p10
- $80,810
- p90
- $196,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.