The Best Places to Be a Biomedical Engineer: Philadelphia

With the seventh-highest employment level for biomedical engineers in the nation, the city of Brotherly Love is a great place to get a job, but if you’re concerned about earning a big paycheck, you may want to settle elsewhere. Biomedical engineers in the city make significantly less than the national average for the profession. Biomedical Engineer Employment: 590 Employment per 1000 Jobs: 0.32 Annual Mean Wage: $77,800 (15% lower than the national mean)

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