Highest-paying Cities for Phlebotomists

The top 100 highest paying cities for phlebotomists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of phlebotomists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $58,250, Redding, California is the highest paying city for phlebotomists. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $57,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of phlebotomists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Phlebotomists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Redding, California	$58,250	$38,480	90
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$57,640	$43,180	610
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$56,080	$40,840	1,420
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$55,440	$36,730	380
5	Stockton, California	$54,450	$39,810	150
6	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$54,110	$35,340	220
7	Merced, California	$51,440	$38,150	80
8	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$49,900	$37,640	40
9	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$49,900	$33,400	60
10	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$49,610	$39,680	100
11	Salinas, California	$49,190	$44,140	100
12	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$48,990	$37,960	650
13	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,920	$36,420	40
14	Longview, Washington	$48,900	$37,490	30
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$48,860	$37,310	1,510
16	Modesto, California	$48,820	$36,750	130
17	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,780	$40,200	80
18	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$48,610	$37,350	30
19	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$48,390	$39,770	90
20	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$48,100	$38,670	100
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$47,770	$35,940	1,360
22	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,760	$38,030	220
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$47,740	$36,040	1,920
24	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$47,740	$37,550	100
25	Yuba City, California	$47,660	$37,540	50
26	Waterbury, Connecticut	$47,480	$38,150	70
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$47,350	$38,180	290
28	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$46,770	$39,990	50
29	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,650	$39,220	1,100
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$46,640	$36,960	5,220
31	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,510	$39,330	1,700
32	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,060	$37,690	100
33	Chico, California	$46,040	$37,820	40
34	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$45,870	$34,220	n/a
35	Worcester, Massachusetts	$45,850	$36,920	240
36	Fresno, California	$45,760	$36,240	360
37	Springfield, Massachusetts	$45,760	$38,700	450
38	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$45,370	$36,300	110
39	Napa, California	$45,240	$34,990	60
40	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,140	$35,360	9,880
41	New Haven, Connecticut	$44,900	$36,550	520
42	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,860	$36,850	2,310
43	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,820	$36,760	740
44	Visalia-Porterville, California	$44,770	$37,520	120
45	Bend, Oregon	$44,610	$37,620	100
46	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$44,580	$37,340	200
47	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$44,480	$35,530	30
48	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$44,390	$33,690	570
49	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$44,240	$30,490	1,550
50	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,210	$38,070	1,090
51	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$44,030	$37,590	50
52	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$43,790	$36,360	660
53	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$43,290	$36,520	190
54	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$43,180	$33,660	700
55	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$42,910	$34,100	670
56	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$42,850	$33,430	220
57	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$42,580	$30,720	50
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$42,530	$29,610	3,900
59	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$42,510	$35,960	40
60	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$42,490	$34,420	1,520
61	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$42,020	$38,260	120
62	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$41,870	$36,280	60
63	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$41,830	$30,050	420
64	Flint, Michigan	$41,770	$32,490	80
65	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,650	$34,850	3,600
66	Boulder, Colorado	$41,630	$32,790	90
67	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$41,600	$31,980	150
68	Framingham, Massachusetts	$41,560	$34,160	110
69	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$41,470	$37,920	360
70	Charlottesville, Virginia	$41,380	$32,760	60
71	Racine, Wisconsin	$41,250	$36,090	110
72	El Centro, California	$41,240	$33,210	100
73	Olympia, Washington	$41,190	$39,670	80
74	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$41,100	$33,170	130
75	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$41,000	$32,240	250
76	Salem, Oregon	$40,920	$37,250	120
77	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$40,800	$32,100	230
78	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$40,520	$37,670	100
79	Grants Pass, Oregon	$40,250	$33,930	50
80	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$40,200	$33,610	70
81	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$40,190	$36,270	170
82	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$40,180	$32,440	3,030
83	Bellingham, Washington	$40,140	$38,980	40
84	Albany, Oregon	$40,040	$37,040	40
85	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$40,020	$37,160	70
86	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$39,930	$35,060	870
87	Spokane, Washington	$39,880	$37,590	310
88	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,810	$33,270	80
89	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,660	$28,740	30
90	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,640	$34,810	120
91	Greeley, Colorado	$39,600	$35,340	40
92	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$39,600	$35,100	80
93	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,570	$30,580	1,580
94	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$39,520	$37,370	140
95	Springfield, Illinois	$39,510	$30,910	230
96	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$39,470	$36,380	420
97	Medford, Oregon	$39,450	$34,820	130
98	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$39,380	$32,420	310
99	Kingston, New York	$39,370	$31,550	40
100	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$39,330	$32,200	510

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