Phlebotomists · SOC 31-9097

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Phlebotomistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for phlebotomists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 327 metro areas

Phlebotomists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$62,350	100	0.5
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$60,600	350	0.3
3	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$60,290	190	0.9
4	Vallejo, CA	$59,920	140	1.0
5	Napa, CA	$59,840	30	0.4
6	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$59,800	50	0.5
7	Redding, CA	$59,320	90	1.3
8	Chico, CA	$59,100	100	1.3
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$58,900	1,410	0.6
10	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$58,170	1,300	0.8
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$55,740	190	0.6
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$53,560	100	0.8
13	Barnstable Town, MA	$53,500	70	0.7
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$52,940	4,720	0.8
15	Salinas, CA	$52,940	110	0.6
16	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$52,560	790	0.7
17	Modesto, CA	$51,960	190	1.0
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$51,680	950	0.8
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$51,490	1,400	0.8
20	Merced, CA	$51,180	90	1.1
21	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$50,770	180	0.6
22	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,420	1,700	0.6
23	Springfield, MA	$50,240	330	1.6
24	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,980	7,390	0.8
25	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$49,900	1,610	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Phlebotomists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.