Phlebotomist salary in Greenville, SC: $39,290 median.
BLS reports occupational wages for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 24860), which includes Greenville, Anderson and Greer and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Greenville city limits.
Phlebotomists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $39,290 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 31-9097); the OEWS mean annual wage was $40,300. That median is 13% below the U.S. median of $45,230. BLS estimates about 580 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Data Among the 58 metro areas whose estimate for this occupation meets TryHired's reliability rule, this metro ranks 50 by median wage.
Data Separately, BEA puts 2024 price levels across the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area at 93.3 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 7% below the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary.
What area these numbers cover
Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.
- Search label
- Greenville, SC
- BLS source geography
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
- Geography type
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- CBSA code
- 24860
- States
- South Carolina
- Delineation
- OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Local, state and national pay
Data Same occupation (SOC 31-9097), same BLS release (May 2025).
| Geography | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (metro, CBSA 24860) | $39,290 | $40,300 | 580 |
| South Carolina (state) | $39,010 | $40,930 | 2,760 |
| United States | $45,230 | $45,520 | 143,540 |
Phlebotomist salary in South Carolina · National Phlebotomist salary · Careers in Greenville, SC.
Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +6.8% from 2025 to 2035. BLS does not publish metro projections in this dataset, so that is national context, not a local forecast.
Reliable metro medians in South Carolina
Data Metro areas that include part of this state and pass the reliability rule.
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How this page is built
BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 24860) and SOC 31-9097 (Phlebotomists). Greenville, SC is the search label for that area; BLS does not publish city-limit wages. Employment is the number of people working in the occupation (excluding the self-employed), not job openings. Ranks use only metro estimates that pass the reliability rule (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, non-degenerate distribution); suppressed values are never imputed. Searches this page answers include “phlebotomist salary greenville sc”, “phlebotomist salary in greenville sc”, “phlebotomist salary greenville, sc” (Ahrefs, U.S.).
- Cost of living: wages are not adjusted for local prices.
- Pay at a specific employer, in one city's limits, or for self-employed workers.
- Local outlook: BLS projections here are national.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 metropolitan-area estimates (2018 SOC; metropolitan statistical areas per OMB Bulletin 23-01), public domain.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, national occupational projections 2025–35 (no metro projections are published in this dataset).
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released February 19, 2026).
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