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Floral Designers

Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.

Also called: Floral Artist, Floral Business Owner, Floral Clerk, Floral Studio Designer, Florist, Wedding Decorator

Median pay in Greater Boston
$47,220
$22.70/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
670
Massachusetts 2024–2034
−4.3%
130 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
High school diploma or equivalent
plus Moderate-term on-the-job training

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$37,360$43,370$47,220$58,070$61,920

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
  • Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
  • Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
  • Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
  • Wrap and price completed arrangements.
  • Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure41 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 39
  • Language-model AIOE 40
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 45

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is moderate, but observed AI use is little or none. Much of the work is hands-on, such as trimming and arranging flowers and wrapping finished pieces. AI tools may touch planning and office tasks like records and phone orders. Massachusetts is projected to lose some jobs in this field.

Likely to change

  • Keeping financial records
  • Planning arrangements from client requests

Still relies on people

  • Trimming and arranging flowers by hand
  • Talking with clients about their needs

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

No college programs near Boston map to this job. Many people enter through on-the-job training or apprenticeship.

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