H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 17-2031Rank #78Updated Jun 2026

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers (SOC 17-2031). Based on 9,087 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$120,000
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$90,163
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$184,829
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
185
Rank #78 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I891$67,375$78,354$94,500
Level II1,460$86,803$100,000$120,016
Level III807$97,261$113,500$138,819
Level IV461$121,700$159,703$198,940
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$67,375$78,354$94,500
Level II$86,803$100,000$120,016
Level III$97,261$113,500$138,819
Level IV$121,700$159,703$198,940

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA2,676$109,990
2TX701$88,000
3MA619$85,000
4NY448$95,000
5MI382$78,408
6GA360$75,000
7IL331$73,258
8PA259$95,000
9NJ231$80,000
10OH197$72,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$78k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$83k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$87k
FY2020$95k
FY2021$100k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$120k
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