PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN
What Does a Phlebotomy Technician Do?
Phlebotomists typically do the following:
- Draw blood from patients and blood donors
- Talk with patients and donors to help them feel less nervous about having their blood drawn
- Verify a patient’s or donor’s identity to ensure proper labeling of the blood
- Label the drawn blood for testing or processing
- Enter patient information into a database
- Assemble and maintain medical instruments such as needles, test tubes, and blood vials
- Keep work areas clean and sanitary
- Phlebotomists primarily draw blood, which is
- then used for different kinds of medical laboratory testing. In medical and diagnostic laboratories, patient interaction is sometimes only with the phlebotomist.
- Phlebotomists draw blood for tests, transfusions, research, or blood donations

Phlebotomist Program Overview
- 56 total clock hours (theory and lab skills)
- Clinical externship not required
- Duration depends on schedule
- Tuition: $1,375
Phlebotomy Course Schedules
- 3 days a week on Monday and Wednesday for 4 hours
- Day Session: 9:30am-2:00pm
- Evening Session: 5:30pm-10:00pm
- Saturday mornings for 6.5 hours from 8:30am-3:00pm
- Weekend only sessions meet 1 weekend day a week for 7 hours for 8 sessions
Work Environment
Hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, blood donor centers, and other locations will need phlebotomists to perform bloodwork. Work environment statistically are as follows:
- Hospitals, state, local, and private: 39%
- Medical and diagnostic laboratories: 31%
- All other ambulatory healthcare services: 15%
- Offices of physicians: 7%
- Outpatient care centers: 2%
Average Phlebotomist Wage & Job Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2023 the median annual wage for medical assistants was $41,810 / $20.10 per hour. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. Growth is 8%, which is faster growth than the national average.