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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2031 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2031
Share of U.S. applications
0.18%
Applications on record
21,620
FY2025
1,606
Median offered wage
$100,000
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$100,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers (SOC 17-2031). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

8041,608FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
8041,608FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200869
FY2009280
FY2010921
FY2011960
FY2012959
FY2013827
FY2014904
FY20151,038
FY20161,217
FY20171,205
FY20181,405
FY20191,589
FY20201,343
FY20211,360
FY20221,483
FY20231,566
FY20241,608
FY20251,606
FY2026*1,280
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,131149
FY20251,424182
FY20241,53375
FY20231,452114
FY20221,373110
FY20211,226134
FY20201,214129
FY20191,447142
FY20181,209196
FY20171,036169
FY2016964253
FY2015899139
FY2014780124
FY201373889
FY2012823136
FY201186694
FY2010797124
FY200922060
FY2008069
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Medtronic, Inc.573
  2. University of Michigan271
  3. Becton, Dickinson and Company222
  4. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.185
  5. Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.177
  6. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania174
  7. The Leland Stanford, Jr University162
  8. Johns Hopkins University162
  9. Georgia Institute of Technology160
  10. Boston Scientific Corporation158
  11. Bio-med Services, Inc.156
  12. Amgen Inc.152
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA6,306
MA2,410
TX1,305
PA1,042
NY968
MD858
NJ839
IL777
MI624
MN624
FL578
OH571
GA463
NC462
IN425
WI396
WA388
CT320
VA246
TN225
AZ193
OR162
CO161
MO133
UT130
RI119
NH101
NV85
SC75
AL74
DC65
DE57
NE55
IA55
OK54
KY44
GU37
NM32
KS31
AR26
LA22
ME16
WV14
MP11
VT7
SD7
ND6
MS5
WY5
HI3
PR3
AK1
MT1
ID1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,259
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,870
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,740
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,464
  5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,442
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD791
  7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA661
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN657
  9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV620
  10. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI521
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $100,000; middle half $77,000 to $125,794 · median prevailing wage $91,146 (marker) · 3,973 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,128
  2. Level II971
  3. Level III857
  4. Level IV830
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Biomedical Engineer950
  2. Postdoctoral Fellow434
  3. Research Associate422
  4. Postdoctoral Associate374
  5. Postdoctoral Research Associate320
  6. Research Scientist307
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar304
  8. Postdoctoral Research Fellow239
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Rochester, MN
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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