Florist
💐Makes bouquets and arrangements, decorates weddings and events, cares for cut flowers, buys them from suppliers and runs sales in the shop.
Prospects & pay
What the work is like
💼 Job market
🇺🇸 $43.2k a year on average · -5.6% jobs by 2035 · 5,200 openings a year
Floral designers — US: Census ACS 2020–24 (full-time), BLS projections 2025–35
🇬🇧 £29.2k median a year · 10,000 jobs
Other skilled trades n.e.c. — UK: ONS ASHE 2025 (full-time)
🤖 AI & automation
AI helps with ideas, photos and online orders, but putting together a fresh bouquet and dressing a venue takes a florist's hands.
Who it suits
Interests: 🎨 Drawing and design, 🔧 Making things by hand, 🧬 Biology, 🗣️ Persuading and negotiating.
Key strengths: artistic taste, manual dexterity, understanding people.
Where to study
- Vocational Level 2–3 Diploma in Floristry, Florist Ausbildung (DE)
- Apprenticeship Florist apprenticeship (UK)
- Course Short floristry courses and design schools
Key school subjects (A-level / IB / AP): Art & Design, Business, Biology.
🧗 A floristry college course or apprenticeship (a 3-year Ausbildung in Germany), or short courses and work in a shop. Pay is modest; wedding and event florists and shop owners earn more.
Things to know
📞 Sales targets, cold calls
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