Floral Designers salary

SOC 27-1023 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$37,360

per year, nationally

Middle half

$32,810–$45,700

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

40,590

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-5.9%

5,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$28,600$51,000

10th: $28,600
25th: $32,810
Median: $37,360
75th: $45,700
90th: $51,000

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where floral designers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Alaska	$48,130	102.4	80	0.91×
2	California	$47,040	110.7	4,080	0.86×
3	Massachusetts	$46,460	105.8	870	0.92×
4	Hawaii	$46,170	110.0	380	2.33×
5	Colorado	$45,380	103.1	790	1.05×
6	New York	$45,260	107.9	2,330	0.92×
7	New Jersey	$45,190	108.8	1,020	0.91×
8	Oregon	$44,730	103.4	710	1.38×
9	Vermont	$44,720	98.0	110	1.37×
10	Washington	$44,460	107.0	910	0.98×
11	New Hampshire	$43,230	104.2	220	1.24×
12	District of Columbia	$42,950	109.9	70	0.38×
13	Maryland	$41,020	105.0	460	0.63×
14	Delaware	$39,630	99.8	100	0.77×
15	Nevada	$39,600	100.0	440	1.10×
16	Connecticut	$39,220	103.6	490	1.11×
17	Virginia	$37,350	101.1	980	0.91×
18	North Carolina	$37,190	94.3	990	0.77×
19	Minnesota	$37,190	98.6	580	0.76×
20	Arizona	$36,860	100.7	390	0.46×
21	Idaho	$36,830	95.5	330	1.49×
22	Florida	$36,770	103.4	2,600	1.00×
23	Rhode Island	$36,420	102.3	310	2.33×
24	Indiana	$36,280	93.3	800	0.96×
25	Tennessee	$36,220	91.9	890	1.04×
26	Utah	$35,980	98.9	830	1.83×
27	Maine	$35,930	97.0	290	1.75×
28	Nebraska	$35,930	90.1	390	1.44×
29	Pennsylvania	$35,920	97.6	1,840	1.17×
30	Michigan	$35,890	96.2	1,640	1.43×
31	Illinois	$35,880	100.0	1,760	1.11×
32	Ohio	$35,790	92.8	1,520	1.05×
33	Georgia	$35,440	96.3	1,020	0.80×
34	Iowa	$35,340	87.8	430	1.06×
35	North Dakota	$35,290	89.0	170	1.49×
36	Texas	$35,080	97.1	3,100	0.84×
37	Wyoming	$35,020	92.7	120	1.59×
38	Wisconsin	$35,010	94.1	1,030	1.34×
39	Kentucky	$34,940	90.2	430	0.83×
40	Alabama	$34,430	88.8	470	0.85×
41	Missouri	$34,210	90.8	1,160	1.51×
42	Montana	$34,100	94.6	290	2.16×
43	South Dakota	$33,910	88.6	190	1.63×
44	New Mexico	$33,870	92.2	170	0.75×
45	South Carolina	$32,000	93.7	500	0.83×
46	Kansas	$31,190	90.1	490	1.30×
47	Louisiana	$30,000	88.2	430	0.86×
48	Arkansas	$29,910	86.9	420	1.25×
49	West Virginia	$29,860	89.5	250	1.36×
50	Oklahoma	$29,660	87.8	450	1.00×
51	Mississippi	$29,370	87.0	290	0.96×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where floral designers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for floral designers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$52,570	109.4	60	2.89×
2	Salinas, CA	$49,220	109.0	40	0.84×
3	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$48,740	110.5	80	0.90×
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$48,410	107.8	60	1.20×
5	Anchorage, AK	$48,310	105.4	40	0.83×
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$48,200	113.6	1,330	0.82×
7	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$47,910	106.7	220	0.77×
8	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$47,560	106.4	400	0.90×
9	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,220	108.3	670	0.95×
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,140	105.8	360	0.86×
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$47,040	110.4	280	0.93×
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,870	111.1	470	0.87×
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$46,520	115.6	580	0.93×
14	Bend, OR	$46,450	103.6	40	1.55×
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$46,420	105.4	420	1.33×
16	Boulder, CO	$46,030	105.2	70	1.34×
17	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$45,970	100.9	60	1.87×
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,760	112.6	2,310	0.93×
19	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$45,720	103.2	90	1.91×
20	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$45,700	108.6	50	1.54×
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$45,670	108.8	70	1.41×
22	Barnstable Town, MA	$45,670	98.4	50	1.94×
23	Salem, OR	$45,120	103.6	50	1.02×
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$44,960	111.9	440	1.10×
25	Springfield, MA	$44,460	96.1	40	0.78×
26	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$44,450	100.9	80	0.86×
27	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$44,420	103.7	30	0.92×
28	Worcester, MA	$44,400	102.5	70	0.79×
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$44,400	108.9	580	0.71×
30	Urban Honolulu, HI	$44,230	111.0	280	2.41×
31	Fresno, CA	$43,850	102.2	90	0.71×
32	Modesto, CA	$43,720	104.1	40	0.85×
33	Greeley, CO	$43,650	100.2	30	1.09×
34	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$43,550	105.6	50	2.24×
35	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$42,950	100.3	70	1.06×
36	Colorado Springs, CO	$42,870	100.7	70	0.91×
37	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$42,560	101.6	70	1.68×
38	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$42,460	103.2	40	0.62×
39	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$42,280	105.1	70	0.89×
40	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$42,040	106.9	170	1.58×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where floral designers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Graphic Designers$62,960
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$39,390
Interior Designers$67,190
Art Directors$114,850
Commercial and Industrial Designers$83,910
Fashion Designers$80,960
Special Effects Artists and Animators$102,030
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators$55,490