Career
Floral designers
Design arrangements with flowers and plants.
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
- Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
- Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
- Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
- Wrap and price completed arrangements.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then creation & expression?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Time Management.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though moderate-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $37,360 a year and 5,200 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- NO MATCHCIP 99.9999
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Craft Artists$46,080 · +2.0%
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers$41,600 · +1.3%
- Fashion Designers$80,960 · +0.1%
- Retail Salespersons$35,410 · -0.3%
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers$41,640 · -8.8%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.