SOC 17-2031 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $141,230. The 10th percentile is $104,440 and the 90th percentile is $170,560. Employment is 450.

Median annual wage

$141,230

10th percentile
$104,440
25th percentile
$125,240
Median
$141,230
75th percentile
$158,820
90th percentile
$170,560
Mean
$137,420

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $104,440 and the 90th percentile is $170,560. The difference is $66,120, which is 46.8% 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 $125,240 to the 75th at $158,820, covers $33,580.

The mean annual wage is $137,420, which sits below the median of $141,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 29.1% higher than the national median of $109,370 for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $136,697, which is 25% higher 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 Arizona median of $141,230.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $141,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers at $136,697 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Tucson, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $105,340 and employment of 30. That median is 25.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,714, against $136,697 here.

Employment share

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (450 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (23,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.25 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $141,230. The 10th percentile is $104,440 and the 90th percentile is $170,560. Employment is 450.

How does that compare with the national median for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers?

The local median is 29.1% higher than the national median of $109,370.

What is Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $141,230 is $136,697. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ compare with nearby metros for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers?

Tucson, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $105,340. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.