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Highest Paying Industries for Phlebotomists

The top 58 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $44,620, insurance carriers is the highest paying industry for phlebotomists. It is followed by specialty hospitals - privately owned industry (average annual salary $36,920). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of phlebotomists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 58 Highest Paying Industries for Phlebotomists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Insurance Carriers	$44,620	$25,540	30
2	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$36,920	$25,310	640
3	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$36,010	$25,500	810
4	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$35,970	$30,940	n/a
5	Finance and Insurance	$35,970	$30,940	n/a
6	Home Health Care Services	$35,510	$25,470	n/a
7	Testing Laboratories	$35,300	$31,230	90
8	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$35,290	$31,240	90
9	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$34,110	$23,310	170
10	Federal, State, and Local Government	$34,110	$23,310	170
11	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$34,050	$25,080	540
12	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$33,850	$26,000	160
13	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$33,740	$23,110	160
14	Hospitals - State government owned	$33,490	$23,270	1,260
15	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$33,470	$22,850	1,070
16	State government, including schools and hospitals	$33,340	$24,290	1,520
17	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$33,010	$21,840	280
18	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$32,990	$23,230	30
19	Educational Services - State government owned	$32,590	$25,560	250
20	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$32,580	$25,380	280
21	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$32,560	$25,560	250
22	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$32,240	$24,020	31,630
23	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$32,220	$26,020	n/a
24	Chemical Manufacturing	$32,220	$26,020	n/a
25	Outpatient Care Centers	$32,190	$23,140	1,940
26	Educational Services	$32,040	$25,370	330
27	Manufacturing	$31,860	$25,760	n/a
28	Scientific Research and Development Services	$31,620	$24,550	370
29	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$31,460	$18,220	90
30	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$31,240	$22,670	65,060
31	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$31,200	$21,030	280
32	Health Care and Social Assistance	$30,630	$22,120	107,510
33	Administrative and Support Services	$30,540	$22,180	2,810
34	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$30,540	$22,180	2,810
35	Employment Services	$30,520	$22,150	2,770
36	Temporary Help Services	$30,510	$22,270	2,580
37	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$30,460	$21,040	380
38	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$30,360	$21,670	30
39	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$30,280	$24,220	330
40	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$30,160	$21,730	60
41	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$30,080	$21,760	20,130
42	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$30,080	$21,760	20,130
43	Offices of Physicians	$30,020	$22,110	10,470
44	Hospitals - Privately owned	$30,000	$21,870	35,140
45	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$29,980	$21,790	30
46	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$29,910	$21,830	34,460
47	Educational Services - Privately owned	$29,890	$24,930	80
48	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$29,820	$21,530	42,100
49	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$29,730	$21,500	41,230
50	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$29,260	$18,950	110
51	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$28,980	$20,490	7,380
52	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$28,850	$20,010	60
53	Social Assistance	$28,100	$21,150	240
54	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$27,990	$20,970	220
55	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$27,860	$20,280	5,860
56	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$27,710	$20,250	5,690
57	Hospitals - Local government owned	$27,710	$20,250	5,690
58	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$27,640	$20,640	n/a