Will AI replace Phlebotomists?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
11/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 21% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 16% of the work
What the job involves
Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(4)
- Enter patient, specimen, insurance, or billing information into computer.
- Document route of specimens from collection to laboratory analysis and diagnosis.
- Provide sample analysis results to physicians to assist diagnosis.
- Determine donor suitability, according to interview results, vital signs, and medical history.
Out of reach(18)
- Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes.
- Collect specimens at specific time intervals for tests, such as those assessing therapeutic drug levels.
- Draw blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Organize or clean blood-drawing trays, ensuring that all instruments are sterile and all needles, syringes, or related items are of first-time use.
- Dispose of contaminated sharps, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and policies.
and 13 more
Also called
Phlebotomy Technician (Phlebotomy Tech) · Phlebotomy Tech · Certified Phlebotomy Technician (Certified Phlebotomy Tech) · Certified Phlebotomy Tech · Lab Liaison Technician · Mobile Examiner · Patient Service Technician (PST) · Phlebotomist Lab Assistant (Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant)
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics