BLS OEWS May 2025 · SOC 31-9097 · 5,280 GA workers
Phlebotomist Salary in Georgia 2026, $45,840 Median | BLS Data by City
Georgia is one of the few southern states where phlebotomists earn slightly above the national median, and it owes that entirely to Atlanta. The metro pays nearly ten thousand dollars more than Columbus for identical work, which is a remarkable spread in an occupation this standardised.
Updated July 2026 · BLS OEWS May 2025
Compiled by GlobalCybers Labor Market Research · Reviewed by Karen Osei, RN, BSN, Clinical Recruitment Lead · See methodology & sources →
GA Median
$45,840
$22.04/hr
vs National
+$610
1.3% above US median
GA P90
$55,850
$26.85/hr · top earners
GA Job Growth
+5.6%
2024–2034 · national BLS EP 2024–34
🤑Georgia's flat 5.39% income tax in 2026 with no municipal income tax means an Atlanta phlebotomist at $49,370 and a Columbus one at $40,200 pay the same rate, so the entire nine-thousand-dollar metro gap flows through to take-home. That is worth weighing against Atlanta housing and commuting costs, which are the highest in the state — but for a phlebotomist living outside the perimeter and working a metro hospital, the arithmetic favours the metro clearly.
Direct Answer
How much do phlebotomists make in Georgia in 2026?
Georgia phlebotomists earn a median $45,840 a year, or $22.04 an hour, per BLS OEWS May 2025, 1.3% above the $45,230 national median. The state range runs $34,600 at the 10th percentile to $55,850 at the 90th, and the gap between the 10th and the 25th at $36,750 is small. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell dominates the metro table at $49,370, well ahead of Warner Robins at $43,490, Albany at $42,340, Savannah at $41,190 and Columbus at $40,200. → Full phlebotomist career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $45,840 blends every experience level, apprentice through master. For pay by license level alone, see Verified Placement Data below.
Key takeaways
Georgia phlebotomists earn a median $45,840/yr ($22.04/hr) per BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 31-9097), 1.3% above the $45,230 national median; the state P10–P90 range is $34,600 to $55,850.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell at $49,370 pays over nine thousand dollars more than Columbus at $40,200. For an occupation with a standard national scope and no state credential, that is an exceptionally wide intra-state gap.
Georgia's location quotient of 1.17 shows the state employs phlebotomists well above the US average concentration, driven by Atlanta's large hospital systems and by the reference laboratory and clinical trial infrastructure clustered in the metro.
Georgia does not license, register or certify phlebotomists and sets no training standard; hospitals screen on national certification while reference laboratory draw stations largely do not, and that difference is most of the pay gradient.
Georgia Phlebotomist Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
$34,600
P10
$36,750
P25
$45,840
Median
$50,250
P75
$55,850
P90
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025
GlobalCybers Verified Placement Data · last verified July 2026
How does BLS compare to what Georgia phlebotomists actually get placed at?
BLS OEWS is the most reliable public salary source, but it lags real market pay by 1–2 years — and it doesn't break out CPT license level. Pick a level to see how published pay compares to actual verified placements made through GlobalCybers' Georgia phlebotomist network.
CPT License Level
BLS OES Median (published)
GlobalCybers Verified Median (live)
Gap vs BLS
Placements (n, 12 mo)
All verified medians: GlobalCybers Georgia phlebotomist placements, trailing 12 months, updated July 2026.
Methodology & Sources
How the "verified placement" numbers are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 31-9097, Georgia statewide estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Verified (GlobalCybers): The median base wage of candidates GlobalCybers placed into Georgia phlebotomist roles, by CPT license level, over the trailing 12 months. Every placement requires a confirmed CPTlicense record and a signed offer letter before it's counted — no self-reported or unverified salary data is included.
Sample sizes are modest (n varies depending on license level) because this reflects our own placement volume, not a market-wide survey — treat it as a directional, real-world data point alongside BLS, not a replacement for it.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell leads the state at $49,370.
Getting Licensed
How to become a licensed phlebotomist in Georgia, step by step
1
Complete a phlebotomy programme and get nationally certified
Georgia requires no credential, but a recognised national certification is what hospitals and clinical research employers in the state screen on.
2
Move from a draw station to a hospital
Reference laboratory patient service centres set Georgia's entry rate near the 25th percentile of $36,750; a hospital floor or emergency department collection team is the first real step up.
3
Work in the metro Atlanta market
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell at $49,370 pays over nine thousand dollars more than Columbus, and with no local income tax that gap is entirely take-home.
4
Take specialty collections or a lead role
Paediatric and difficult-stick work, blood donor and clinical trial collection, or a lead phlebotomist and laboratory assistant post reaches the state 90th percentile of $55,850.
CPT License Levels
What do Georgia phlebotomists earn by certification and employer?
Georgia licenses issued by No Georgia licence — Georgia neither licenses nor certifies phlebotomists and sets no state training standard. Hospitals and clinical research employers screen on national phlebotomy certification instead.. Each level's median pay in Georgia markets.
CPT License
GA Pay Range
GA Median
Key Note
Entry phlebotomist, patient service centre
$32K–$37K
$34,600
Around the state 10th percentile. Outpatient draw station work for a reference laboratory network, usually after a short certificate course. The 25th percentile sits close behind, because this tier is crowded.
Certified phlebotomy technician
$37K–$50K
$45,840
The Georgia median. Nationally certified and working a full schedule, in outpatient collection or on a hospital floor draw team.
Hospital or specialty collections phlebotomist
$48K–$56K
$50,250
Around the state 75th percentile. Inpatient floor draws, emergency department collections, paediatric and difficult-stick work, or blood donor and clinical trial collection, with shift differentials.
Lead phlebotomist or laboratory assistant
$54K–$68K
$55,850
The state 90th percentile. Lead phlebotomist with training and scheduling duties, or a laboratory assistant role combining collection with specimen processing in an Atlanta health system.
Beyond Base Pay
What's a Georgia phlebotomist's total compensation, not just base wage?
BLS and verified-placement medians above are base wage only. Total comp for a GA phlebotomist typically adds the following on top.
Georgia phlebotomists earn a median $45,840 a year, $22.04 an hour, per BLS OEWS May 2025, with the middle half between $36,750 and $50,250 and a full range of $34,600 to $55,850. The gap between the 25th percentile and the median is wide for this occupation, and it corresponds almost exactly to the difference between draw station and hospital employment.
Which Georgia city pays phlebotomists the most?
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell pays the most at $49,370, followed by Warner Robins at $43,490, Albany at $42,340, Savannah at $41,190 and Columbus at $40,200. The nine-thousand-dollar Atlanta premium is exceptional for this occupation and reflects the metro's concentration of hospital systems, reference laboratories and clinical research collection work.
Does Georgia require phlebotomists to be certified?
No. Georgia neither licenses nor certifies phlebotomists and sets no state training standard — only a handful of states regulate the occupation at all. In practice, Georgia hospitals and clinical research employers require a recognised national certification, while reference laboratory patient service centres will hire and train uncertified staff. That split is the main reason Georgia's range is as wide as it is.
Which Georgia employers pay phlebotomists the most?
Atlanta hospital systems, blood donor centres and clinical trial collection sites. Reference laboratory draw stations set the state's entry rate near the 25th percentile of $36,750. Moving from an outpatient patient service centre to a hospital floor or emergency department collection team is the single largest pay change available to a Georgia phlebotomist.
What comes after phlebotomy in Georgia?
For most people, a licensed role. Georgia's technical college system runs medical laboratory technician, nursing and imaging programmes that phlebotomists commonly enter, and Atlanta health systems frequently offer tuition support to their own staff. Within phlebotomy itself, lead and laboratory assistant roles reach the state 90th percentile of $55,850, which is broadly the ceiling.
Why is Atlanta so far ahead for this occupation?
Because the metro concentrates three kinds of employer that all pay above draw-station rates: large hospital systems with inpatient collection teams, reference laboratory core facilities rather than just patient service centres, and a clinical research sector that needs trained collectors on trial protocols. Outside Atlanta, Georgia phlebotomy is overwhelmingly outpatient draw station work, and the rate reflects that.
Does certification pay in an unregulated state?
It buys access rather than a premium. Because Georgia sets no standard, a reference laboratory will hire and train uncertified staff and pay near the bottom of the range regardless. Hospitals and research sites generally will not hire without national certification, and those are the employers paying toward the state 75th percentile of $50,250 — so the certificate's value is that it opens a different employer, not that it raises your rate at the same one.
Is the tight bottom of the range a wage-floor effect?
Largely. With the 10th percentile at $34,600 and the 25th at $36,750, Georgia phlebotomy entry pay is anchored just above what the state's retail, warehouse and logistics employers offer — a comparison that is especially direct in metro Atlanta and along the Savannah port corridor. That external competition, more than anything internal to healthcare, sets what a Georgia phlebotomist is offered on day one.
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Outlook & openings: BLS projects 5.6% national growth for phlebotomists through 2034, and Georgia's 3.7% share of national employment works out to roughly 680 openings a year, pro-rated from the national average annual openings figure. Georgia's actual turnover is far higher, because phlebotomy is one of the most common entry points into hospital employment in the state and a large share of the workforce moves into nursing, laboratory science or imaging within a few years — often with employer tuition support.
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