What do they do?
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
Also known as:
Designer, Floral Artist, Floral Clerk, Floral Department Specialist, Floral Designer, Florist, Wedding Decorator
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Ranks #16 in net job growth
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- High school diploma equivalent (37%)
- Some college, no degree (24%)
- Bachelor's degree (17%)
- Associate's degree (10%)
- Less than high school diploma (9%)
- Master's degree (2%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (1%)
Most Popular Majors that prepare Floral Designers
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Degrees Granted
463
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Female Students
170
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Male Students
293
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Median Starting Salary
$48,168
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Degrees Granted
440
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Female Students
176
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264
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Median Starting Salary
$39,100
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Degrees Granted
376
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Female Students
275
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Male Students
101
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Median Starting Salary
$48,168
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Degrees Granted
264
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Female Students
164
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100
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Median Starting Salary
$40,900
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Degrees Granted
211
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Female Students
161
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Male Students
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Median Starting Salary
$39,500
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People in this career often have these skills:
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
People in this career often know a lot about:
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
People in this career often do these activities:
- Confer with clients to determine needs.
- Select materials or props.
- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
- Arrange delivery of goods or services.
- Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes.
- Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Maintain records, documents, or other files.
- Provide educational information to the public.
- Arrange artwork, products, or props.
- Train others on work processes.
This page includes data from:
Career data: O*NET 28.3 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics
Videos: CareerOneStop, USDOL/ETA and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
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