Floral Designers
Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesO*NET 27-1023.00United States
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
- Median annual earnings
- $36,145
- Projected change
- +0.1%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 49.69K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
76.7% of the workforce
Growing to 49.74K by 2035
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The work
What floral designers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
- Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
- Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
- Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
- Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
- Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage.
- Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
- Wrap and price completed arrangements.
- Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
- Unpack stock as it comes into the shop.
- Create and change in-store and window displays, designs, and looks to enhance a shop's image.
- Inform customers about the care, maintenance, and handling of various flowers and foliage, indoor plants, and other items.
- Perform general cleaning duties in the store to ensure the shop is clean and tidy.
- Decorate, or supervise the decoration of, buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $23,826
- 25th percentile
- $29,503
- 50th percentile
- $36,145
- 75th percentile
- $49,965
- 90th percentile
- $73,636
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $36,145 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+0.1%average or slower
202549,690 jobs
2035 projected49,742 jobs
52 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- High school diploma or less
- 76.7%
- Some college
- 11.2%
- Bachelor's degree
- 7.9%
- Associate degree
- 3.3%
- Certificate
- 0.9%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Operations Analysis
- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Management of Material Resources
- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Floral Designers1,689 postings
- 02Floral Managers308 postings
- 03Florists278 postings
- 04Custom Framers151 postings
- 05Managers/Floral Designers112 postings
- 06Floral Assistants110 postings
- 07Experience Designers108 postings
- 08Retail Clerks/Floral Clerks108 postings
- 09Sales Department Leads91 postings
- 10Floral Associates65 postings
- 11Stylists63 postings
- 12Shop Assistants53 postings
- 13Design Studio Specialists47 postings
- 14Flower Designers46 postings
- 15Design Coordinators44 postings
- 16Interior Design Specialists28 postings
- 17Wedding Florists27 postings
- 18Outlet Managers25 postings
- 19Sales Experts25 postings
- 20Artisans24 postings
Top employers
- 01Albertsons232 postings
- 02Hobby Lobby Stores150 postings
- 03Hy-Vee128 postings
- 04Crate & Barrel112 postings
- 05Allsaints Limited80 postings
- 06Kroger80 postings
- 07K-Va-T Food Stores70 postings
- 08Food City64 postings
- 09Safeway57 postings
- 10Stop & Shop52 postings
- 11Williams-Sonoma52 postings
- 12Brookshire Grocery Company38 postings
- 13Cedar Point38 postings
- 14French Florist37 postings
- 15Harris Teeter37 postings
- 16Shaw's Supermarkets34 postings
- 17Tom Thumb31 postings
- 18Price Chopper30 postings
- 19United Supermarkets26 postings
- 20Winn-Dixie26 postings
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