The amount of money you can expect to be payed as an introductory phlebotomist after completing your phlebotomy training course along with the certification exam is primarily based on your level of experience. If you’re fresh out of school you will probably not be making more than 13 dollars an hour because you will have no experience and you will not be given the full responsibilities of say, a seasoned phlebotomist who has been practicing for years.
Although you come out of phlebotomy training with a ton of knowledge, and the passing of your certification exam supports that, you will not have the same kind of ‘know-how’ that comes from years of experience. For this reason, you will start off on an introductory, training pay scale. After you get past the probationary period – which is usually about three months long – you can expect to have your hourly wage bumped up.
New York state has the highest payed phlebotomist employees in the nation with the average annual salary sitting between $30-$40k. As with most careers in the health care sector, you can expect to earn paid vacation time, a certain number of sick days (that increases with time), great health care coverage, and in some circumstances, depending on where you’re working, you’ll have 401K benefits to look forward to upon retirement.
When you have a good employment relationship then you can also expect to have extended learning courses paid for as long as they pertain to medicine and your growth in that position. Work hours as a phlebotomist can be long, but if you enjoy the work as most phlebotomists do, and you like your employer then you can expect to have a rewarding and fulfilling experience that lasts for many years!
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