Floral Layout Designers
Training and Education
| Fast Facts* | |
|---|---|
| Recommended Degree Level | Certificate or Higher |
| Salary, Typical | $23,810 |
| Salary Range | |
| Number of Jobs, 2012 | 47,110 |
| Annual Job Growth Rate | 3.2% |
| Job Openings per Year (est.) | 2,060 |
If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having moderate-term on-the-job training. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 55%. According to 2008 data 31% of floral layout designers have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 14% have a high-school diploma, but no college education.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
17% of employees work on a part-time basis. 33% of the time, people working as floral layout designers are their own boss.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs for this occupation are most common in Pocatello (Idaho), Idaho Falls (Idaho), and Goldsboro (North Carolina), but are rarer in McAllen (Texas), Honolulu (Hawaii), and Oakland (California).
Floral layout designers are paid comparatively more in San Jose (California), Newark (New Jersey), and Oakland (California) and comparatively less in Goldsboro (North Carolina), McAllen (Texas), and Decatur (Alabama).
Video Overview
A short intro of what floral designers do. Created for the US Dept. of Labor.
Salaries by City
See typical salaries and ranges for this career below*. Shift click to sort by more than one column -- for example first shift-click on state and then shift-click on salary to find best and worst salaries in each state.
| State | City / Region | Typical Salary | Salary Range | Job Count | % of All Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Anchorage | $26,050 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| AL | Birmingham - Hoover | $21,510 | 230 | 0.05% | |
| AL | Decatur | $19,880 | 30 | 0.07% | |
| AL | Huntsville | $20,370 | 80 | 0.04% | |
| AL | Mobile | $18,880 | 70 | 0.04% | |
| AL | Montgomery | $19,640 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| AL | Tuscaloosa | $23,160 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| AR | Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers | $24,120 | 80 | 0.04% | |
| AR | Fort Smith | $21,370 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| AR | Little Rock - North Little Rock - Conway | $21,370 | 90 | 0.03% | |
| AZ | Phoenix - Mesa - Glendale | $26,090 | 490 | 0.03% | |
| AZ | Prescott | $24,700 | 30 | 0.07% | |
| AZ | Tucson | $26,820 | 90 | 0.03% | |
| CA | Bakersfield - Delano | $28,960 | 60 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Fresno | $26,530 | 60 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale (Metro Area) | $27,360 | 650 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Modesto | $26,170 | N/A | N/A | |
| CA | Oakland - Fremont - Hayward (Metro Area) | $31,870 | 220 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Oxnard - Thousand Oaks - Ventura | $25,640 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| CA | Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario | $29,840 | 210 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Sacramento - Arden - Arcade - Roseville | $26,840 | 180 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Salinas | $23,460 | 60 | 0.04% | |
| CA | San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos | $23,380 | 410 | 0.03% | |
| CA | San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City (Metro Area) | $29,590 | 230 | 0.02% | |
| CA | San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara | $33,640 | 270 | 0.03% | |
| CA | Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine (Metro Area) | $22,350 | 320 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - Goleta | $29,070 | 40 | 0.02% | |
| CA | Santa Rosa - Petaluma | $29,680 | 70 | 0.04% | |
| CA | Stockton | $30,940 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| CA | Vallejo - Fairfield | $25,620 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| CO | Boulder | $29,790 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| CO | Colorado Springs | $27,660 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| CO | Denver - Aurora - Broomfield | $27,560 | 410 | 0.03% | |
| CO | Fort Collins - Loveland | $25,570 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| CO | Greeley | $19,540 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| CO | Pueblo | $22,270 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| CT | Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk | $24,180 | 210 | 0.05% | |
| CT | Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford | $24,090 | 290 | 0.05% | |
| CT | New Haven | $33,980 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| CT | Norwich - New London | $23,470 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| DC | Washington - Arlington - Alexandria (Metro Area) | $25,640 | 600 | 0.03% | |
| DE | Wilmington (Metro Area) | $29,620 | 130 | 0.04% | |
| FL | Cape Coral - Fort Myers | $26,130 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| FL | Crestview - Fort Walton Beach - Destin | $19,490 | 30 | 0.05% | |
| FL | Deltona - Daytona Beach - Ormond Beach | $26,250 | N/A | N/A | |
| FL | Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - Deerfield Beach (Metro Area) | $28,510 | 220 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Gainesville | $26,430 | N/A | N/A | |
| FL | Jacksonville | $23,740 | 130 | 0.02% | |
| FL | Lakeland - Winter Haven | $23,120 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall (Metro Area) | $24,690 | 600 | 0.06% | |
| FL | Naples - Marco Island | $27,490 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| FL | North Port - Bradenton - Sarasota | $27,040 | 90 | 0.04% | |
| FL | Orlando - Kissimmee - Sanford | $22,230 | 460 | 0.05% | |
| FL | Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville | $23,620 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Pensacola - Ferry Pass - Brent | $22,840 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| FL | Port St. Lucie | $23,860 | 80 | 0.07% | |
| FL | Tallahassee | $25,480 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater | $25,620 | 340 | 0.03% | |
| FL | West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach (Metro Area) | $28,000 | 170 | 0.03% | |
| GA | Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta | $26,370 | 580 | 0.03% | |
| GA | Augusta - Richmond County | $25,380 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| HI | Honolulu | N/A | 120 | 0.03% | |
| IA | Cedar Rapids | $23,930 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| IA | Davenport - Moline - Rock Island | $20,850 | 100 | 0.05% | |
| IA | Des Moines - West Des Moines | $25,030 | 180 | 0.06% | |
| IA | Iowa City | $23,110 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| ID | Boise City - Nampa | $26,350 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| ID | Idaho Falls | $23,790 | 50 | 0.10% | |
| IL | Bloomington - Normal | $23,520 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| IL | Chicago - Joliet - Naperville (Metro Area) | $27,170 | 1,330 | 0.04% | |
| IL | Lake County - Kenosha County (Metro Area) | $26,120 | 270 | 0.07% | |
| IL | Peoria | $22,710 | 110 | 0.06% | |
| IL | Rockford | $22,040 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| IN | Bloomington | $21,840 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| IN | Elkhart - Goshen | $21,480 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| IN | Evansville | $21,290 | 140 | 0.08% | |
| IN | Fort Wayne | $19,060 | 120 | 0.06% | |
| IN | Gary (Metro Area) | $23,340 | 150 | 0.06% | |
| IN | Indianapolis - Carmel | $23,990 | 400 | 0.04% | |
| IN | Kokomo | $18,780 | 60 | 0.16% | |
| IN | Lafayette | $19,440 | N/A | N/A | |
| IN | South Bend - Mishawaka | $22,900 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| IN | Terre Haute | $20,070 | 60 | 0.08% | |
| KS | Lawrence | $19,740 | 40 | 0.09% | |
| KS | Manhattan | $22,500 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| KS | Topeka | $23,480 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| KS | Wichita | $20,290 | 120 | 0.04% | |
| KY | Lexington - Fayette | $25,830 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| KY | Louisville - Jefferson County | $24,420 | 240 | 0.04% | |
| LA | Baton Rouge | $23,610 | 150 | 0.04% | |
| LA | Houma - Bayou Cane - Thibodaux | $18,600 | 50 | 0.05% | |
| LA | Lafayette | $24,960 | N/A | N/A | |
| LA | Lake Charles | $20,210 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| LA | New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner | $25,460 | 160 | 0.03% | |
| LA | Shreveport - Bossier City | $22,580 | 80 | 0.05% | |
| MA | Boston - Cambridge - Quincy (Metro Area) | $23,630 | 650 | 0.04% | |
| MA | Framingham (Metro Area) | $28,870 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| MA | Haverhill - North Andover - Amesbury (Metro Area) | $32,590 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| MA | Lowell - Billerica - Chelmsford (Metro Area) | $33,720 | 60 | 0.05% | |
| MA | Peabody (Metro Area) | $30,650 | 50 | 0.05% | |
| MA | Springfield | $28,620 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| MA | Worcester | $28,620 | 150 | 0.06% | |
| MD | Baltimore - Towson | $32,590 | 490 | 0.04% | |
| MD | Bethesda - Rockville - Frederick (Metro Area) | $29,700 | 180 | 0.03% | |
| MD | Hagerstown - Martinsburg | $26,520 | 50 | 0.05% | |
| ME | Portland - South Portland - Biddeford | $28,210 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| MI | Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn (Metro Area) | $21,650 | 160 | 0.02% | |
| MI | Flint | $26,010 | 70 | 0.06% | |
| MI | Grand Rapids - Wyoming | $24,140 | 140 | 0.04% | |
| MI | Kalamazoo - Portage | $25,210 | N/A | N/A | |
| MI | Lansing - East Lansing | $21,480 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| MI | Niles - Benton Harbor | $20,280 | 40 | 0.07% | |
| MI | Saginaw - Saginaw Township North | $18,960 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| MI | Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills (Metro Area) | $22,410 | 280 | 0.03% | |
| MN | Duluth | $18,710 | 110 | 0.09% | |
| MN | Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington | $27,670 | 400 | 0.02% | |
| MN | Rochester | $22,160 | 50 | 0.05% | |
| MN | St. Cloud | $23,540 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| MO | Columbia | $22,410 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| MO | Jefferson City | $19,520 | 70 | 0.09% | |
| MO | Joplin | $23,330 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| MO | Kansas City | $26,760 | 480 | 0.05% | |
| MO | Springfield | $21,240 | N/A | N/A | |
| MO | St. Louis | $23,940 | 420 | 0.03% | |
| MS | Gulfport - Biloxi | $23,420 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| MS | Jackson | $24,140 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| MS | Pascagoula | $21,590 | 40 | 0.07% | |
| MT | Billings | $24,980 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| MT | Missoula | $23,380 | 40 | 0.08% | |
| NC | Asheville | $22,390 | 100 | 0.06% | |
| NC | Charlotte - Gastonia - Rock Hill | $24,060 | 200 | 0.02% | |
| NC | Durham - Chapel Hill | $30,200 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| NC | Fayetteville | $24,570 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| NC | Goldsboro | $17,460 | 40 | 0.10% | |
| NC | Greensboro - High Point | $23,230 | 140 | 0.04% | |
| NC | Greenville | $26,310 | 40 | 0.05% | |
| NC | Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton | $19,860 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| NC | Jacksonville | $18,170 | 40 | 0.09% | |
| NC | Raleigh - Cary | $24,340 | 150 | 0.03% | |
| NC | Wilmington | $21,560 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| NC | Winston - Salem | $19,650 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| ND | Bismarck | $18,890 | 130 | 0.20% | |
| ND | Fargo | $19,780 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| ND | Grand Forks | $21,820 | 40 | 0.09% | |
| NE | Lincoln | $21,880 | 70 | 0.04% | |
| NE | Omaha - Council Bluffs | $24,940 | 140 | 0.03% | |
| NH | Manchester | $24,010 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| NH | Nashua (Metro Area) | $30,530 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| NJ | Atlantic City - Hammonton | $26,280 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| NJ | Camden (Metro Area) | $28,090 | 210 | 0.04% | |
| NJ | Edison - New Brunswick (Metro Area) | $29,120 | 320 | 0.03% | |
| NJ | Newark - Union (Metro Area) | $32,040 | 290 | 0.03% | |
| NJ | Trenton - Ewing | $31,870 | 30 | 0.01% | |
| NM | Albuquerque | $22,580 | 80 | 0.02% | |
| NV | Las Vegas - Paradise | $27,720 | 160 | 0.02% | |
| NV | Reno - Sparks | $28,470 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| NY | Albany - Schenectady - Troy | $25,090 | 190 | 0.04% | |
| NY | Buffalo - Niagara Falls | $22,370 | N/A | N/A | |
| NY | Glens Falls | $21,980 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| NY | Nassau - Suffolk (Metro Area) | $30,620 | 380 | 0.03% | |
| NY | New York - White Plains - Wayne (Metro Area) | $33,880 | 1,540 | 0.03% | |
| NY | Poughkeepsie - Newburgh - Middletown | $28,110 | 110 | 0.05% | |
| NY | Rochester | $25,560 | 240 | 0.05% | |
| NY | Syracuse | $27,890 | 110 | 0.04% | |
| OH | Akron | $19,790 | 140 | 0.04% | |
| OH | Canton - Massillon | $20,280 | 60 | 0.04% | |
| OH | Cincinnati - Middletown | $23,470 | 260 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor | $25,550 | 260 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Columbus | $26,020 | 200 | 0.02% | |
| OH | Dayton | $18,860 | 130 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Springfield | $22,440 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| OH | Toledo | $20,510 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Youngstown - Warren - Boardman | $23,500 | 100 | 0.04% | |
| OK | Oklahoma City | $24,050 | 260 | 0.04% | |
| OK | Tulsa | $22,460 | 100 | 0.02% | |
| OR | Bend | $26,640 | 40 | 0.06% | |
| OR | Eugene - Springfield | $21,870 | 60 | 0.05% | |
| OR | Portland - Vancouver - Hillsboro | $24,450 | 400 | 0.04% | |
| OR | Salem | $22,110 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| PA | Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton | $22,480 | 120 | 0.03% | |
| PA | Altoona | $22,460 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| PA | Erie | $19,140 | N/A | N/A | |
| PA | Harrisburg - Carlisle | $25,430 | 120 | 0.04% | |
| PA | Lancaster | $24,340 | 120 | 0.05% | |
| PA | Lebanon | $24,030 | N/A | N/A | |
| PA | Philadelphia (Metro Area) | $23,320 | 950 | 0.05% | |
| PA | Pittsburgh | $26,760 | 420 | 0.04% | |
| PA | Reading | $23,270 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| PA | Scranton - Wilkes - Barre | $26,950 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| PA | State College | $20,450 | N/A | N/A | |
| PA | York - Hanover | $27,160 | 80 | 0.05% | |
| PR | Mayaguez | $17,620 | N/A | N/A | |
| PR | San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo | $18,100 | 100 | 0.01% | |
| RI | Providence - Fall River - Warwick | $23,500 | 220 | 0.04% | |
| SC | Charleston - North Charleston - Summerville | $19,370 | 100 | 0.03% | |
| SC | Columbia | $21,440 | 110 | 0.03% | |
| SC | Greenville - Mauldin - Easley | $21,590 | 130 | 0.04% | |
| SC | Myrtle Beach - North Myrtle Beach - Conway | $26,500 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| SD | Sioux Falls | $22,890 | 100 | 0.07% | |
| TN | Chattanooga | $25,420 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| TN | Clarksville | $21,190 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| TN | Johnson City | $24,040 | N/A | N/A | |
| TN | Kingsport - Bristol - Bristol | $19,410 | 60 | 0.05% | |
| TN | Knoxville | $22,550 | 160 | 0.05% | |
| TN | Memphis | $27,110 | 180 | 0.03% | |
| TN | Nashville - Davidson - Murfreesboro - Franklin | $29,390 | 150 | 0.02% | |
| TX | Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos | $26,430 | 210 | 0.03% | |
| TX | Beaumont - Port Arthur | $19,290 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| TX | Brownsville - Harlingen | $19,540 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| TX | College Station - Bryan | $22,210 | 50 | 0.05% | |
| TX | Corpus Christi | $19,580 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| TX | Dallas - Plano - Irving (Metro Area) | $24,330 | 650 | 0.03% | |
| TX | El Paso | $19,620 | 70 | 0.02% | |
| TX | Fort Worth - Arlington (Metro Area) | $21,170 | 310 | 0.04% | |
| TX | Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown | $23,800 | 650 | 0.02% | |
| TX | Killeen - Temple - Fort Hood | $19,350 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| TX | Longview | $20,850 | 70 | 0.07% | |
| TX | Lubbock | $22,560 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| TX | McAllen - Edinburg - Mission | $22,790 | N/A | N/A | |
| TX | Midland | $21,950 | 40 | 0.05% | |
| TX | San Antonio - New Braunfels | $23,820 | 270 | 0.03% | |
| TX | Tyler | $23,730 | 80 | 0.09% | |
| UT | Logan | $19,280 | 30 | 0.07% | |
| UT | Ogden - Clearfield | $18,820 | 120 | 0.06% | |
| UT | Provo - Orem | $22,940 | 110 | 0.06% | |
| UT | Salt Lake City | $23,120 | 340 | 0.05% | |
| VA | Harrisonburg | $23,980 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| VA | Lynchburg | $26,070 | 60 | 0.06% | |
| VA | Richmond | $24,770 | 180 | 0.03% | |
| VA | Roanoke | $22,060 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| VA | Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News | $23,830 | 210 | 0.03% | |
| VT | Burlington - South Burlington | $30,320 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| WA | Bremerton - Silverdale | $29,620 | 70 | 0.08% | |
| WA | Olympia | $23,910 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| WA | Seattle - Bellevue - Everett (Metro Area) | $29,860 | 500 | 0.04% | |
| WA | Spokane | $26,100 | 100 | 0.05% | |
| WA | Tacoma (Metro Area) | $30,180 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| WI | Green Bay | $21,900 | 60 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Janesville | $32,970 | 40 | 0.06% | |
| WI | La Crosse | $24,890 | 60 | 0.08% | |
| WI | Madison | $21,610 | 120 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis | $23,220 | 170 | 0.02% | |
| WI | Oshkosh - Neenah | $23,490 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Racine | $26,860 | 50 | 0.07% | |
| WI | Sheboygan | $22,400 | 40 | 0.07% | |
| WV | Charleston | $18,940 | 70 | 0.05% | |
| WV | Huntington - Ashland | $19,480 | 50 | 0.04% | |
| WV | Parkersburg - Marietta - Vienna | $18,660 | 40 | 0.06% |