Pay distribution $29,770 10th $30,600 25th $43,360 75th $44,920 90th
Half of Phlebotomists in the Lafayette metro area earn more than $34,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,600 and $43,360.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $29,770 $30,600 $34,460 $43,360 $44,920 Hourly $14.31 $14.71 $16.57 $20.85 $21.59
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Lafayette metro areathis metro area
$34,460 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $30,600 to $43,360
$36,120 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $30,900 to $44,130
$45,230 median for United States; middle half earns $38,190 to $48,930
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Louisiana overall and −24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $26,240 $38,277 $50,313 $62,350 Aguadilla, PR — $26,240 Mayaguez, PR — $29,080 Arecibo, PR — $29,430 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,930 Ponce, PR — $30,320 Eagle Pass, TX — $31,370 Tuscaloosa, AL — $32,020 Laredo, TX — $33,950 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $34,260 Johnstown, PA — $34,330 Lafayette, LA — $34,460 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $34,700 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,860 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,050 Texarkana, TX-AR — $35,140 Lake Charles, LA — $35,210 Alexandria, LA — $35,440 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,460 Valdosta, GA — $35,510 Jonesboro, AR — $35,520 Lawton, OK — $35,600 Monroe, LA — $35,600 Tallahassee, FL — $35,620 Altoona, PA — $35,660 Decatur, AL — $35,720 Dothan, AL — $35,730 Fayetteville, NC — $35,750 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,780 El Paso, TX — $35,820 Victoria, TX — $35,840 Springfield, MO — $35,950 Muncie, IN — $36,000 Abilene, TX — $36,100 Baton Rouge, LA — $36,120 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,140 Sherman-Denison, TX — $36,230 Odessa, TX — $36,340 Johnson City, TN — $36,430 Montgomery, AL — $36,480 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,500 Mobile, AL — $36,660 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,670 College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,710 Farmington, NM — $36,720 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,950 Hammond, LA — $36,970 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $36,970 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $36,980 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,090 Beckley, WV — $37,100 Ocala, FL — $37,140 Lubbock, TX — $37,210 Lima, OH — $37,220 Dalton, GA — $37,260 Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,320 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,350 Huntsville, AL — $37,370 Jackson, TN — $37,370 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $37,390 Terre Haute, IN — $37,400 Dubuque, IA — $37,430 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $37,430 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,450 Elizabethtown, KY — $37,480 Gadsden, AL — $37,500 Iowa City, IA — $37,540 Fort Wayne, IN — $37,550 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $37,710 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $37,710 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,750 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,770 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,790 Grand Island, NE — $37,810 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,820 Jacksonville, NC — $37,840 Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,850 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,850 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,870 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,890 Manhattan, KS — $37,900 Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,930 Bowling Green, KY — $37,960 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,000 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,010 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $38,020 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,070 Knoxville, TN — $38,090 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $38,130 Florence, SC — $38,150 Tyler, TX — $38,150 Birmingham, AL — $38,190 Ames, IA — $38,240 Las Cruces, NM — $38,270 Jackson, MS — $38,280 Wichita, KS — $38,350 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,360 Jacksonville, FL — $38,380 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $38,410 Morristown, TN — $38,430 Lynchburg, VA — $38,460 Amarillo, TX — $38,480 Homosassa Springs, FL — $38,480 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $38,490 Paducah, KY-IL — $38,500 Goldsboro, NC — $38,550 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $38,570 San Angelo, TX — $38,590 Casper, WY — $38,620 Longview, TX — $38,620 Gainesville, GA — $38,630 Sebring, FL — $38,660 Evansville, IN — $38,720 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $38,730 Spartanburg, SC — $38,730 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,740 Morgantown, WV — $38,790 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,810 Gainesville, FL — $38,880 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,890 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $39,020 Tulsa, OK — $39,030 Toledo, OH — $39,080 Lincoln, NE — $39,090 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $39,150 Wilmington, NC — $39,150 Saginaw, MI — $39,200 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $39,220 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $39,250 Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,250 Kenosha, WI — $39,260 Erie, PA — $39,280 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,290 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,390 Greenville, NC — $39,420 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,480 Williamsport, PA — $39,480 Omaha, NE-IA — $39,540 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $39,560 Rocky Mount, NC — $39,660 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,670 Rapid City, SD — $39,720 Cleveland, OH — $39,750 Asheville, NC — $39,770 Sandusky, OH — $39,780 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,790 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $39,820 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $39,870 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $39,880 Rome, GA — $39,880 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $39,960 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,980 Ogden, UT — $40,110 Charleston, WV — $40,120 Columbus, GA-AL — $40,200 Columbia, SC — $40,210 Duluth, MN-WI — $40,230 Kankakee, IL — $40,230 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $40,250 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $40,300 Greeley, CO — $40,380 Charlottesville, VA — $40,430 Pittsburgh, PA — $40,430 Wichita Falls, TX — $40,440 Bloomington, IL — $40,540 Akron, OH — $40,690 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,760 St. George, UT — $40,760 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $40,980 Savannah, GA — $41,190 Logan, UT-ID — $41,200 Winchester, VA-WV — $41,240 Columbus, OH — $41,330 Springfield, IL — $41,420 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $41,550 Joplin, MO-KS — $41,600 Grand Junction, CO — $41,800 Midland, TX — $41,890 Albany, GA — $42,340 Waco, TX — $42,440 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $42,460 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $43,140 Lancaster, PA — $43,170 Pittsfield, MA — $43,170 York-Hanover, PA — $43,170 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $43,180 Burlington, NC — $43,290 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $43,460 Warner Robins, GA — $43,490 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,630 Lewiston, ID-WA — $43,840 Peoria, IL — $44,020 Rockford, IL — $44,080 Mankato, MN — $44,210 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $44,220 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,240 Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,270 St. Cloud, MN — $44,290 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $44,380 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $44,450 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $44,460 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $44,510 Utica-Rome, NY — $44,660 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $44,700 Albuquerque, NM — $44,720 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $44,720 Rochester, NY — $44,770 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,800 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,830 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $44,860 Oklahoma City, OK — $44,890 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,980 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,980 Eau Claire, WI — $45,010 Syracuse, NY — $45,110 Billings, MT — $45,190 Wausau, WI — $45,190 Anchorage, AK — $45,200 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,210 Ann Arbor, MI — $45,220 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $45,230 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $45,270 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $45,310 Traverse City, MI — $45,310 Bangor, ME — $45,340 Reading, PA — $45,360 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,450 Bozeman, MT — $45,470 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $45,480 Binghamton, NY — $45,500 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,540 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,570 Lawrence, KS — $45,590 Boise City, ID — $45,610 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $45,620 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,750 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,880 Pueblo, CO — $45,930 Reno, NV — $45,930 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $46,000 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,020 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,040 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,080 Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,110 Vineland, NJ — $46,110 Appleton, WI — $46,120 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,150 Tucson, AZ — $46,200 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,260 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,280 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $46,350 Richmond, VA — $46,370 Topeka, KS — $46,370 Roanoke, VA — $46,380 Flint, MI — $46,420 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,430 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,460 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,480 Medford, OR — $46,480 Green Bay, WI — $46,490 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,790 El Centro, CA — $46,910 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,980 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,000 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $47,040 Kingston, NY — $47,060 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,180 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,190 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,200 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $47,280 Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,320 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,370 Rochester, MN — $47,400 Fargo, ND-MN — $47,430 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $47,470 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $47,530 Corvallis, OR — $47,560 Boulder, CO — $47,590 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,640 Ithaca, NY — $47,680 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,690 Decatur, IL — $47,720 Madison, WI — $47,740 Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,750 Yakima, WA — $47,970 Bismarck, ND — $47,990 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,010 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $48,020 New Haven, CT — $48,060 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,070 Worcester, MA — $48,110 Salem, OR — $48,160 Bellingham, WA — $48,300 Sheboygan, WI — $48,350 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $48,490 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,660 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,030 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $49,100 Lexington Park, MD — $49,210 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,370 Visalia, CA — $49,390 Fresno, CA — $49,570 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $49,670 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,900 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $49,980 Springfield, MA — $50,240 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,420 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,770 Merced, CA — $51,180 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $51,490 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $51,680 Modesto, CA — $51,960 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $52,560 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $52,940 Salinas, CA — $52,940 Barnstable Town, MA — $53,500 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $53,560 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $55,740 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $58,170 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,900 Chico, CA — $59,100 Redding, CA — $59,320 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $59,800 Napa, CA — $59,840 Vallejo, CA — $59,920 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $60,290 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,600 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $62,350 Lafayette metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Lafayette metro area has the 317th-highest published median for this occupation among the 327 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Louisiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for phlebotomists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lafayette metro areathis page
$34,460 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $30,600 to $43,360
$40,300 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $33,280 to $45,760
$39,960 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $33,820 to $47,120
$37,710 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $35,370 to $45,450
$36,970 median for Hammond metro area; middle half earns $32,130 to $43,340
$36,120 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $31,940 to $38,730
$35,600 median for Monroe metro area; middle half earns $30,590 to $36,910
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .