Job market of BME relative to EE/ChemE/ME?

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<p>Poorer or stronger?</p>

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<p>.. what do you think? Specialized or general? Of course biomedical engineering is going to make up less of the market then all electrical, mechanical, or chemical equipment.</p>

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<p>Oops, I should've said job market growth**</p>

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<p>Well, EE is definitely not growing and it's only a matter of time before it becomes obsolete. BME is a growing field, but it's still relatively small.</p>

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Well, EE is definitely not growing and it's only a matter of time before it becomes obsolete.

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<p>I beg to differ. So does the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#outlook%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#outlook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>lol @ the thought of electricity being obsolete anytime soon</p>

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<p>EE is going to become obsolete? So are all the BMEs going to build the medical devices out of something other than chips, circuits, etc...?</p>

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<p>From my understanding, the demand for BMEs will rise significantly, but the supply of BMEs will rise at an even greater rate, so that there will be more jobs for BMEs but they will be harder to find.</p>

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<p>Guys, have you ever heard of sarcasm? I was teasing the OP for his question. Probably not my best attempt...clearly.</p>

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From my understanding, the demand for BMEs will rise significantly, but the supply of BMEs will rise at an even greater rate, so that there will be more jobs for BMEs but they will be harder to find.

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Not only that - but other (more numerous) engineers compete for the same jobs. BMEs are trapped, for the most part, in their industry.</p>

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<p>The ChemE/EE/ME fields are definitely stronger than BME.</p>

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<p>A ChemE/EE/ME degree will give you a much broader employment base than BME.</p>

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Oops, I should've said job market growth**

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<p>Well, job market growth, as measured by growth percentage, will clearly favor BME over most any field.</p>

<p>But that's not really the important issue. What's important is not so much the percentage growth of jobs, but rather the percentage growth of jobs relative to the percentage growth of people entering the field.. For example, it doesn't really help if 1000 new jobs are created if 2000 new people are trying to get in. One major problem with BME is that it is one of the fastest growing majors in the country, and while jobs are indeed growing quickly, there still may not be enough jobs for all of the new people who are entering the field, especially at the bachelor's degree level. In response, BME firms can exert market power over their employees: they can lowball you on salary, and if you don't take it, they'll just offer the job to somebody else who will take it.</p>

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<p>I agree with sakky - but not only that - many of the new jobs in the field can still be won by non-bme majors.</p>