Floral Designers
Also called: Artificial Foliage Arranger, Floral Arranger, Floral Artist, Floral Assistant, Floral Associate, Floral Business Owner, Floral Clerk, Floral Decorator
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
What floral designers do
Typical tasks
- 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.
- Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
- Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage.
- Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
- Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
- 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.
- Inform customers about the care, maintenance, and handling of various flowers and foliage, indoor plants, and other items.
Typical path into the job (BLS)
Floral Designers salary
The median annual wage for floral designers is $37,360 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $28,600 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $51,000. The mean annual wage is $39,520.
The mean hourly wage of $19.00 is 2.6× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →
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Pay by percentile
Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.
Projected pay for Floral Designers (3, 5 and 10 years)est.
Today $37,360 → in 3 years $40,300 → in 5 years $42,400 → in 10 years $48,200 (10-year range $41,500–$56,000). The model assumes pay growth of +2.6% per year.
What drives the annual growth rate
Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →
Outlook score for Floral Designers
Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.
Will AI replace Floral Designers? AI replacement risk
How AI is changing this job
A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.
AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →
Labor demand for Floral Designers
Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.
The same job in Japan
| Floral Designers United States | フラワーショップ店員 Japan | フラワーデザイナー Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median / average pay | $37,360 | ¥3.85M ≈ $24,468 | ¥5.40M ≈ $34,314 |
| Pay in 10 years (est.) | $48,200 | ¥5.32M | ¥6.28M |
| Outlook score | 36 | 57 | 35 |
| AI replacement risk | 42% Moderate | 28% Low | 41% Moderate |
| Workers | 41K | — | — |
Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.
Skills, education and requirements for Floral Designers
Key skills
O*NET skill level ratings (0–7).
Key knowledge areas
What the work involves
Important abilities
Training before entry
Related work experience
Job Zone 2 — some preparation needed (O*NET)
Difficulty of entry: ★☆☆☆☆ Easy to enter (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)
How to become floral designers
A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.
Career path and how to earn more as floral designers
Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.