Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $90K, rent takes 25.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,407/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new bioengineers and biomedical engineers typically earn — is $48K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,902/month. At HUD’s $1,407/month FMR, rent would take 48% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 18% below the national median — $90K here vs. $109K nationally. Cost of living is 6% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Illinois pays $90K median vs. the U.S. average of $109K — that’s -18%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.85), the purchasing-power equivalent is $95K — below the national median.

The median is $89,520 a year, that works out to about $43 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $48,370, and experienced bioengineers and biomedical engineers can clear $138,110. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,578/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,407/month, which eats 25.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Illinois has a Regional Price Parity of 93.85 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median bioengineers and biomedical engineers salary is worth about $95,386 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.