Employment

Phlebotomists typically work in hospitals, commercial laboratories, physicians' offices, blood banks, pharmaceutical firms, home health agencies, research institutions, and public health clinics. Employment opportunities nationally for phlebotomists are expected to be good as the demand for skilled laboratory personnel increases. The market is expected to increase from 10 percent to 20 percent over the next decade. The rapidly growing older population will be a major reason for this growth, since older people tend to have more medical problems that require lab work. The fastest growth in this field is expected to occur in independent medical laboratories because hospitals continue to send more and more of their lab work to outside facilities.