Of the 30 biomedical engineering professionals employed in Washington DC, 320 work in Washington. Between 2006 and 2010, in Washington, there has been a 45% growth in the number of biomedical engineering professionals. As the number of biomedical engineering professionals in Washington has increased, overall employment in Washington has also increased.

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As the number of biomedical engineering professionals in Washington has grown, salaries for biomedical engineering professionals have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $79,360 per year was earned by biomedical engineering professionals in Washington. Four years earlier in 2006, biomedical engineering professionals in Washington made an average salary of $84,080 per year. The decline in the salary of biomedical engineering professionals in Washington is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Biomedical engineering professionals in Washington earn a median salary of $69,290 per year. The difference in pay between the biomedical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 141%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $49,000 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $118,040 per year.

Washington biomedical engineering professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There are 3 accredited biomedical engineering schools in the city. Many of Washington's biomedical engineering professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 5 degree and certificate programs in biomedical engineering offered by Washington's biomedical engineering schools.

Approximately 55 students completed biomedical engineering courses in 2010.