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Phlebotomists earn $45,230 a year at the midpoint

Pay is unusually even: nine in ten people earn between $35,780 and $58,780, around a midpoint of $45,230.

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$45,230median a year · United States
$21.75an hour $45,520average 143,540people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$38,19025th $45,230median $48,93075th
$35,78010th percentile $58,78090th percentile
$38,190a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$56,040best-paying state · California
$36,120lowest-paying state · Louisiana
+24%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
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  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Phlebotomist earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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$45,240a year

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VenipunctureButterfly & syringe drawCapillary / heel stickPediatric & geriatric drawsDifficult venous accessBlood cultures (sterile technique)Order of drawSpecimen processing & centrifuge
  • Perform butterfly, syringe and capillary draws; handle difficult venous access referred by other staff.
  • Follow order of draw and additive requirements exactly; document chain of custody for legal and employment testing.
  • Verify patient identity with two identifiers on every encounter, per CLSI and facility policy.

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Related work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Phlebotomists$45,230
Dental assistants$48,070+$2,840 Medical Equipment Preparers$47,700+$2,470 Medical assistants$45,690+$460

Phlebotomist wages, state by state

Across 51 states the median ranges by 1.55 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
California $56,040 $45,490 $45,490 — $74,340 13,520
District of Columbia $51,980 $46,010 $46,010 — $57,250 180
New York $50,530 $37,930 $37,930 — $63,070 6,400
Massachusetts $50,170 $42,950 $42,950 — $62,350 2,580
Oregon $49,160 $40,060 $40,060 — $62,280 1,800
Washington $48,880 $39,410 $39,410 — $64,080 2,820
New Hampshire $48,660 $40,640 $40,640 — $58,780 630
New Jersey $48,650 $39,730 $39,730 — $58,520 5,230
Delaware $48,110 $38,720 $38,720 — $58,520 430
Hawaii $47,750 $41,600 $41,600 — $59,760 110
North Dakota $47,430 $33,840 $33,840 — $58,290 220
Colorado $47,180 $39,400 $39,400 — $59,540 2,420
Wisconsin $46,470 $37,680 $37,680 — $51,950 3,610
Rhode Island $46,380 $36,830 $36,830 — $58,290 970
Virginia $46,340 $37,370 $37,370 — $58,470 3,600
Arizona $46,260 $38,090 $38,090 — $60,820 3,430
Illinois $46,010 $37,370 $37,370 — $54,920 7,910
Minnesota $46,000 $38,740 $38,740 — $58,920 2,090
Vermont $46,000 $38,630 $38,630 — $58,960 200
Alaska $45,900 $40,300 $40,300 — $59,780 210
Georgia $45,840 $34,600 $34,600 — $55,850 5,280
Connecticut $45,820 $38,360 $38,360 — $59,730 1,630
Nevada $45,760 $37,280 $37,280 — $59,480 1,300
Maine $45,640 $37,810 $37,810 — $50,740 500
Montana $45,470 $36,950 $36,950 — $52,590 370
Pennsylvania $43,910 $37,010 $37,010 — $50,060 5,510
Maryland $43,480 $35,320 $35,320 — $58,180 2,040
Idaho $43,400 $35,490 $35,490 — $47,340 1,010
North Carolina $43,330 $35,210 $35,210 — $49,450 5,410
Missouri $43,120 $34,070 $34,070 — $51,390 1,890
New Mexico $42,910 $32,400 $32,400 — $48,350 760
Kentucky $42,480 $35,230 $35,230 — $48,820 2,500
Utah $40,630 $35,800 $35,800 — $47,420 1,680
Texas $40,450 $32,570 $32,570 — $53,560 12,820
Florida $40,230 $35,560 $35,560 — $48,190 10,220
Michigan $39,860 $36,850 $36,850 — $48,890 3,540
Ohio $39,770 $36,190 $36,190 — $48,680 5,120
South Dakota $39,560 $31,360 $31,360 — $45,240 320
Nebraska $39,540 $35,660 $35,660 — $48,900 920
Indiana $39,250 $35,870 $35,870 — $48,290 2,410
West Virginia $39,250 $30,570 $30,570 — $46,130 1,530
Kansas $39,100 $34,410 $34,410 — $50,350 1,120
Oklahoma $39,030 $33,570 $33,570 — $49,200 1,670
South Carolina $39,010 $35,760 $35,760 — $47,060 2,760
Tennessee $38,550 $35,010 $35,010 — $47,630 3,520
Iowa $38,240 $35,970 $35,970 — $46,570 1,100
Wyoming $38,180 $31,500 $31,500 — $60,590 190
Arkansas $37,450 $30,870 $30,870 — $44,280 1,100
Alabama $37,220 $30,440 $30,440 — $45,710 2,350
Mississippi $36,290 $27,730 $27,730 — $47,980 1,200
Louisiana $36,120 $29,770 $29,770 — $47,120 3,410

Ranked 629 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 20% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 627 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks $45,260
  2. 628 Pest Control Workers $45,250
  3. 629 Phlebotomists $45,230
  4. 630 Psychiatric Technicians $45,130
  5. 631 Office Clerks, General $45,010

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What is a phlebotomist’s yearly income?

A phlebotomist makes a median of $45,230 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $38,190 and $48,930.

What is a phlebotomist’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $21.75 an hour; the average is $45,520 a year.

What is the starting pay for a phlebotomist?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $38,190 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $35,780.

Which state pays phlebotomists the most?

California, with a median of $56,040 a year.

How many people work as phlebotomists?

About 143,540 in the United States — number 629 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $100 of what phlebotomists earn — $45,230 a year — but not always the same spread.

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