Headline risk
28%
Moderate RiskFloral designers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 36,120
Employment 2024
43.8K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-5.9%
Openings (2024–34)
5.1K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of floral designers is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations. AI use: 0%
- 2. Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery. AI use: 0%
- 3. Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern. AI use: 0%
- 4. Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials. AI use: 0%
- 5. Wrap and price completed arrangements. AI use: 0%
- 6. Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 42.4 · 379K employed
Under 25: 6% · 25–54: 73% · 55+: 21%
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Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
title_match · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Floral designers arrange live, dried, and silk flowers and greenery to make decorative displays.
Most floral designers work in retail businesses, usually flower shops and grocery stores.
Most floral designers have a high school diploma or the equivalent and learn their skills on the job in a few months.
The median annual wage for floral designers was $36,120 in May 2024.
Employment of floral designers is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.