Occupation

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological, agricultural, and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.

87 AI exposure

26 Human advantage

59 Market demand

60 AI leverage

Is Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers a safe career from AI?

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers scores 87 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 26, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 59 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 7.6% over ten years.

What Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers pay

The median wage is $106,950 a year. The lower quarter earns under $86,630 and the upper quarter over $133,570. About 21,860 people do this work in the United States.

Where Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Physicists 91% of the skills carry over $166k median

Computer Hardware Engineers 90% of the skills carry over $155k median

Nurse Anesthetists 82% of the skills carry over $223k median

Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 86% of the skills carry over $168k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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