Floral Designers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$37,360
United States, 2025
Employment
40,590
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
- O*NET code
- 27-1023.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
- 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.
- 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.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$28,600
25th percentile
$32,810
75th percentile
$45,700
90th percentile
$51,000
Most important skills
- Active Listening3.9
- Speaking3.6
- Service Orientation3.3
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Time Management3.1
- Social Perceptiveness3.1
- Monitoring3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Active Learning2.9
- Reading Comprehension2.9
- Operations Analysis2.8
- Coordination2.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 8 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
8
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.9 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Speaking | 3.6 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.3 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Time Management | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Floral DesignersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahului, HI | $52,570 | 60 | 2025 |
| Salinas, CA | $49,220 | 40 | 2025 |
| Oxnard, CA | $48,740 | 80 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $48,410 | 60 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $48,310 | 40 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $48,200 | 1,330 | 2025 |
| AK | $48,130 | 80 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $47,910 | 220 | 2025 |
| Riverside, CA | $47,560 | 400 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $47,220 | 670 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $47,140 | 360 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $47,040 | 280 | 2025 |
| CA | $47,040 | 4,080 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $46,870 | 470 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $46,520 | 580 | 2025 |
| MA | $46,460 | 870 | 2025 |
| Bend, OR | $46,450 | 40 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $46,420 | 420 | 2025 |
| HI | $46,170 | 380 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $46,030 | 70 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.