The Best Places to Be a Biomedical Engineer: East Bay Area, CA

Once known as the seedy side of the San Francisco Bay area, the East Bay is fast gaining a reputation as a hipster enclave with a growing arts scene. The East Bay cities of Oakland, Fremont, and Hayward also offer the fourth-best annual mean wage in the country for biomedical engineers. Biomedical Engineer Employment: 450 Employment per 1000 Jobs: 0.44 Annual Mean Wage: $108,390 (18% higher than the national mean)

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