State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Tennessee
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Tennessee, $106,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Idaho vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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
Tennessee
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $106,470
- p25
- $84,470
- p75
- $137,770
- p10
- $81,070
- p90
- $174,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.