State comparison · 2025
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary: Idaho vs Virginia
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $133,750. In Virginia, $106,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Idaho vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+33.4%
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
Virginia
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Median
- $106,140
- p25
- $83,580
- p75
- $141,740
- p10
- $68,890
- p90
- $200,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.