Floral Designers
What Floral Designers Do
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
- Self-employed
- 10.7%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 2 of 5Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience.
- Education
- Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- Job training
- Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 4.1/5
- Production and Processingimportance 3.5/5
- Sales and Marketingimportance 3.5/5
- Designimportance 3.4/5
- English Languageimportance 3.4/5
- Administration and Managementimportance 2.9/5
- Administrativeimportance 2.5/5
- Mathematicsimportance 2.5/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- Telephone Conversations4.9/5
- Deal With External Customers or the Public in General4.8/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.7/5
- Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.6/5
- Contact With Others4.5/5
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls4.5/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Art Directors95% skill match
- Financial Managers95% skill match
- Set and Exhibit Designers95% skill match
- Directors, Religious Activities and Education94% skill match
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers94% skill match
- Advertising and Promotions Managers94% skill match
- Training and Development Specialists93% skill match
- Interior Designers93% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.4/5
- Service Orientationimportance 3.4/5
- Time Managementimportance 3.3/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.1/5
- Operations Analysisimportance 3.0/5
- Coordinationimportance 2.9/5
- Persuasionimportance 2.9/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 2.8/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
Other Software Used
- Inventory tracking software
- Supply ordering software
- Timekeeping software
- Transaction accounting software
- Web browser software
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Innovation
- Social Orientation
- Cooperation
- Optimism
- Adaptability
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- RealisticHigh
- ArtisticMedium
- ConventionalMedium
- EnterprisingMedium
- SocialLow
- InvestigativeLow
Specific Interests
A more detailed breakdown of this occupation’s interest profile, per O*NET.
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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where floral designers make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Lebanon, PA3.70× national avg
- 2Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI3.01× national avg
- 3Kahului-Wailuku, HI2.89× national avg
- 4Urban Honolulu, HI2.41× national avg
- 5Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT2.37× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
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