How much do Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers make in New Haven, CT?

Percentile spread

For Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $78,450 and the 90th percentile is $160,040. The difference is $81,590, which is 78.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $94,960 to the 75th at $130,070, covers $35,110.

The mean annual wage is $113,910, which sits above the median of $103,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New Haven, CT median is 5.4% lower than the national median of $109,370 for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $98,987, which is 9.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Connecticut median of $103,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New Haven, CT is 104.559, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers at $98,987 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers. New Haven, CT ranks 7th of 8 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 20 miles away, with a median of $128,940. That median is 24.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $129,227, against $98,987 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31 miles away, with a median of $108,410 and employment of 80. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,513, against $98,987 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 63 miles away, with a median of $110,830 and employment of 980. That median is 7.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,460, against $98,987 here.

Employment share

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in New Haven, CT (120 of 281,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (23,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.82 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.