Job description

Floral Designers design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.

• Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
• Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
• Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
• Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.

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Salary

Floral Designers with little to no experience tend to make between $19350 and $22560 while the more experienced ones can earn over $33760 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as a Floral Designer is to move to a higher paying state like DC. Right now, the highest paying states for Floral Designers are DC, CT, NV, HI and CA.

However, a higher pay at DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at DC might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as a Floral Designer is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Floral Designers what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a High School Diploma followed by a College Certificate.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being a Floral Designer.

What is the job like

58% of Floral Designers said they were satisfied with their job and 61% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

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Amine Boudour

Happy Flowers

My name is Amine Boudour, I own a small percentage of a flower and plant company called Happy Flowers. I am the supervisor and even though my work is mostly related to paperwork, buying, and selling plants. I’m also responsible for buying their medicines, suitable soil and the proper equipment. We also do decorations for houses, cars and design gardens for people and states. I start my day by checking the plans. Make sure are well watered, not infected, and placed at the needed temperature; whether it’s an indoor or outdoor plant. I also work with several gardeners, professionals in the fields.

Doing business is the thing that keeps me pretty occupied most of the time, which consists of filling different forms, and also I have to go visit farms to select and buy different plants and products needed.

My job is all pros no cons, as I love doing it. Being surrounded by green landscapes and refreshing air is motivational. To know that you are contributing to make the world a better place. There is so much to learn when it comes to this field but it is very rewarding.

Amine Boudour
Happy Flowers

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Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules..

They also like starting up and carrying out projects. They like leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

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