Phlebotomist Salary Calculator

1. Leave the pay type on hourly rate and enter the rate on your pay stub. Choose annual salary for a salaried lead or supervisor role.
2. Enter regular hours, weeks worked, and any average overtime hours with the multiplier your employer pays.
3. Read your gross pay per year, month and week, then the BLS percentile. Enter a second offer to compare two jobs.

What each result tells you:

The default is the BLS median rate of $21.75 an hour, which comes to $45,240.00 for a 40 hour week over 52 weeks.

A phlebotomist salary calculator is a tool that works out gross pay from an hourly rate and a schedule, then measures the rate against official wage statistics for the occupation.

The benchmark is the Bureau of Labor Statistics code 31-9097, Phlebotomists. BLS defines the job as drawing blood for tests, transfusions, donations or research. Phlebotomists also verify the identity of the patient or donor, label each sample and enter it into a database.

Working phlebotomists use the tool to check a rate. Students use it to see what a certificate leads to. Job seekers use it to compare a hospital offer with a laboratory or donor-center offer.

The tool adds no premium for certification, setting, shift or years of service. BLS publishes no national multipliers for those, so the calculator does not invent them.

The calculator totals straight-time pay and overtime pay for the year, then finds where your base rate falls among the BLS wage percentiles.

1. Rate. The hourly rate is used directly. A salary is divided by regular hours times weeks.
2. Overtime. Overtime hours are paid at the rate times your multiplier. Federal law sets a minimum of time and one-half after 40 hours in a workweek for covered, nonexempt employees. The overtime pay calculator covers a single pay period in detail.
3. Periods. Monthly pay is the annual total divided by 12. Weekly pay is the annual total divided by weeks worked.
4. Benchmark. A rate of $22.50 falls between the median of $21.75 and the 75th percentile of $23.53. Interpolation puts it near the 61st percentile.

BLS wages cover straight-time pay only. Overtime pay, shift differentials and weekend premium pay are excluded, which is why the percentile ignores your extra hours.

A hospital phlebotomist earns $22.50 an hour for 40 hours a week, all year. Early morning rounds add an average of 4 overtime hours a week at time and one-half.

1. Straight-time pay: $22.50 x 40 x 52 = $46,800.00.
2. Overtime rate: $22.50 x 1.5 = $33.75 an hour.
3. Overtime pay: $33.75 x 4 x 52 = $7,020.00.
4. Annual gross: $53,820.00. Monthly gross: $4,485.00. Weekly gross: $1,035.00.
5. Base rate against BLS: +$0.75 an hour over the median, or +3.4%.

The overtime adds 15.0 percent to straight-time pay. The percentile still rests on the base rate of $22.50, because BLS leaves overtime out of its wage figures.

Phlebotomists earned a median of $21.75 an hour in May 2025, or $45,230 a year. The mean was $21.88 an hour, or $45,520 a year.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, SOC 31-9097 Phlebotomists, national estimates. Read on 2026-10-02. BLS published a dollar figure for every percentile of this occupation.

The middle half of phlebotomists earn between $18.36 and $23.53 an hour, a spread of $5.17. The 90th percentile is $6.51 an hour above the median.

Employer Type

Outpatient care centers paid the highest median among the large employers, $48,030 a year, but hold only 2 percent of jobs. Hospitals employ 36 percent of phlebotomists and paid a median of $44,220. Medical and diagnostic laboratories employ 33 percent and paid $46,670.

Highest Paying Industries

The highest hourly mean is $27.45 in management of companies and enterprises. These industries employ few phlebotomists, so openings are limited.

State

California pays the highest state mean wage at $27.21 an hour and also has the most phlebotomist jobs, 13,520.

Nights, Weekends and Holidays

BLS notes that phlebotomists in hospitals and labs may need to work nights, weekends and holidays. A shift differential raises your paycheck but is not part of the BLS wage. Enter only the base rate so the comparison stays fair.

Certification

BLS says employers may prefer candidates with professional certification, and some states require a license or certification. BLS publishes no wage by certification status. The tool therefore shows one national distribution.

Phlebotomist pay sits within 50 cents an hour of medical assistant and pharmacy technician pay, and $1.43 an hour above nursing assistant pay.

Source: BLS OEWS national estimates, May 2025. Read on 2026-10-02.

The phlebotomist median is $950 below the $46,180 median for other healthcare support occupations and 11.3 percent below the $50,980 median for all occupations.

Comparing Two Part-Time Offers

Enter each rate with the hours on offer. At 30 hours a week, $20.50 an hour pays $2,340.00 more a year than $19.00 and moves the rate from the 30th to the 41st percentile.

Checking a Salaried Lead Role

A salary of $47,000 for a 40 hour week equals $22.60 an hour, near the 62nd percentile. The hourly vs salary guide explains what changes when you move off the clock.

Valuing Extra Shifts

Add your average overtime hours. The overtime pay per year shows what the extra rounds are worth before tax.

Planning Before a Training Program

Enter the 25th percentile rate of $18.36 and the median to see a realistic early pay range for a full-time year.

Phlebotomists typically enter the occupation with a postsecondary nondegree award from a phlebotomy program. BLS says these programs usually take less than 1 year and lead to a certificate. Some employers hire candidates with a high school diploma and train them on the job.

BLS projects employment to grow 7 percent from 2025 to 2035, much faster than the average for all occupations. That is 9,800 new jobs, for a total of 153,700.

About 18,000 openings are projected each year. BLS links the demand to an older population and to blood analysis as a routine part of medical care.

1. Entering the Rate with a Night Differential

BLS wages exclude shift differentials. A rate that includes one looks higher against the percentiles than it is.

2. Counting 36 Hours as Full Time in the Annual Column

BLS annual wages assume 2,080 hours. Three 12 hour shifts a week total 1,872 hours a year.

3. Assuming Weekend Work Is Overtime

Federal overtime depends on hours over 40 in the workweek, not on the day worked.

4. Comparing a Local Offer with a California Figure

State means range widely. The percentiles on this page are national.

5. Treating the Mean as the Typical Wage

The mean of $21.88 sits above the median of $21.75. Half of phlebotomists earn less than the median.

The gross pay arithmetic is exact, and the benchmark is a sample estimate. BLS lists a relative standard error of 0.3 percent for the mean wage and 1.2 percent for employment in this occupation.

Phlebotomists earned a median of $21.75 an hour in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 25th percentile was $18.36 and the 75th percentile was $23.53.

The mean annual wage was $45,520 in May 2025, and the median was $45,230. Both figures assume a full-time year of 2,080 hours.

Twenty dollars an hour is below the national median. It sits near the 37th percentile and equals $41,600.00 over a 2,080 hour year.

The 90th percentile wage is $28.26 an hour, or $58,780 a year. One in ten phlebotomists earns more than that before overtime.

No, not at the median. BLS reports a median of $44,220 in hospitals and $46,670 in medical and diagnostic laboratories for May 2025.

California has the highest mean wage at $27.21 an hour in the BLS May 2025 data. Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, New York and Washington follow.

BLS publishes no wage by certification status. It states that employers may prefer certified candidates and that some states require a license or certification. Check job postings in your area for the local difference.

A part-time phlebotomist at the median rate of $21.75 earns $27,144.00 a year for 24 hours a week. The hourly percentile stays at the median, while the annual figure falls below the BLS 10th percentile of $35,780.

Covered, nonexempt employees do. Federal law requires at least time and one-half the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Ask your employer which status applies to your job, because state rules and contracts differ.

Yes. BLS projects 7 percent growth from 2025 to 2035, much faster than the average, with about 18,000 openings each year.

• BLS OEWS Profiles, May 2025 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). Choose May 2025 and select 31-9097 Phlebotomists for the national wage percentiles, mean wage, employment, and industry and state tables. Read 2026-10-02.
• BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Phlebotomists (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). Duties, entry education, training, median pay by industry and the 2025 to 2035 outlook. Read 2026-10-02.
• BLS OEWS frequently asked questions (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). Defines wages as straight-time gross pay without overtime or shift differentials, and names who the survey covers. Read 2026-10-02.
• Overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division). Time and one-half the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek for covered, nonexempt employees. Read 2026-10-02.