Biomedical engineers are about average in terms of happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, biomedical engineers rate their career happiness 3.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 40% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy biomedical engineers are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace engineer | 3.4 | $122k |
| Natural sciences manager | 3.4 | $138k |
| Surgical assistant | 3.4 | $46k |
| Epidemiologist | 3.4 | $79k |
| Wind energy engineer | 3.4 | $101k |
| Biomedical engineer | 3.4 | $97k |
| Endoscopy technician | 3.4 | $38k |
| Biostatistician | 3.3 | $96k |
| Biochemist | 3.3 | $102k |
| Phlebotomist | 3.3 | $37k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are biomedical engineers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do biomedical engineers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as biomedical engineers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are biomedical engineer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are biomedical engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Are biomedical engineers happy with their salary?
Biomedical engineers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most biomedical engineers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked biomedical engineers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
293 biomedical engineers
18% of biomedical engineers rated their compensation 5 stars
30% of biomedical engineers rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of biomedical engineers rated their compensation 3 stars
15% of biomedical engineers rated their compensation 2 stars
9% of biomedical engineers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do biomedical engineers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, biomedical engineers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked biomedical engineers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
304 biomedical engineers
22% of biomedical engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
23% of biomedical engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
27% of biomedical engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
15% of biomedical engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
13% of biomedical engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as biomedical engineers?
Biomedical engineers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of biomedical engineers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked biomedical engineers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
338 biomedical engineers
25% of biomedical engineers rated their career fit 5 stars
37% of biomedical engineers rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of biomedical engineers rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of biomedical engineers rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of biomedical engineers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a biomedical engineer’s work environment?
As a whole, biomedical engineers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of biomedical engineers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a biomedical engineer.
We asked biomedical engineers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
335 biomedical engineers
23% of biomedical engineers rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of biomedical engineers rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of biomedical engineers rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of biomedical engineers rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of biomedical engineers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are biomedical engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Former biomedical engineers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most biomedical engineers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked biomedical engineers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
337 biomedical engineers
19% of biomedical engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
31% of biomedical engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of biomedical engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
15% of biomedical engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of biomedical engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars