# Floral Designers

> Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/floral-designers
- SOC code: 27-1023.00
- Career family: Arts, design and media
- Median annual pay: $37,360 (10th percentile $28,600, 90th percentile $51,000)
- Projected growth: Decline, -5.6%
- Openings a year: 5,200
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RAC)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 68 |
| Investigative (I) | 11 |
| Artistic (A) | 58 |
| Social (S) | 24 |
| Enterprising (E) | 46 |
| Conventional (C) | 48 |

## What you'd do

- Thinking Creatively (importance 86/100)
- Getting Information (importance 82/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 81/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 77/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 74/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 73/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 73/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 71/100)
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information (importance 69/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 69/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, Production and Processing, English Language, Sales and Marketing, Design, Administrative, Mathematics, Fine Arts, Administration and Management, Education and Training

## Also called

Artificial Foliage Arranger, Floral Arranger, Floral Artist, Floral Assistant, Floral Associate, Floral Business Owner, Floral Clerk, Floral Decorator, Floral Designer Salesperson, Floral Specialist

## Related careers

- [Craft Artists](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/craft-artists): $46,080 median pay
- [Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/painting-coating-and-decorating-workers): $41,600 median pay
- [Fashion Designers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/fashion-designers): $80,960 median pay
- [Retail Salespersons](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/retail-salespersons): $35,410 median pay
- [Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/tailors-dressmakers-and-custom-sewers): $41,640 median pay
- [Sewers, Hand](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/sewers-hand): $36,480 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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