How much do Phlebotomists make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Phlebotomists, the published 10th percentile is $35,910 and the 90th percentile is $47,940. The difference is $12,030, which is 31.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $35,910 to the 75th at $46,900, covers $10,990.

The mean annual wage is $41,840, which sits above the median of $37,790. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 16.4% lower than the national median of $45,230 for Phlebotomists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,846, which is 11.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.2% lower than the Michigan median of $39,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,790 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Phlebotomists at $39,846 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Phlebotomists. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 23rd of 27 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $38,070 and employment of 130. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,998, against $39,846 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $38,730 and employment of 70. That median is 2.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,878, against $39,846 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $38,360 and employment of 520. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,148, against $39,846 here.

Employment share

Phlebotomists accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (190 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (143,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.69 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.