Compare Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers & Biochemists and Biophysicists District Of Columbia

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Salary

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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers $94,400
Biochemists and Biophysicists $77,900

Similar skills & knowledge

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Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Quality Control Analysis
Testing how well a product or service works.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Physics
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Biochemists and Biophysicists
Biochemists and Biophysicists

Doctoral or professional degree

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Licensing

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Licensing for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Biochemists and Biophysicists
Biochemists and Biophysicists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

4 related certifications

Certification for Biochemists and Biophysicists
Biochemists and Biophysicists

3 related certifications

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