Human edge, steady

Floral designers

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

AI Resistance Index 48 of 99

In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 48% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by -5.6% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.

AI struggles with much of this work. Hiring is expected to grow slower than average, or to shrink.

Median pay (2025): $37,360
Job growth to 2035: -5.6%
Openings a year: 5,200
People doing it (2025): 45,200
Usual route in: High school diploma, then moderate on-the-job training

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Where people already use AI for this work

Select materials or equipment for operations or projects
Provide information or assistance to the public
Create artistic designs or performances

From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).

Work AI rarely helps with

Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products
Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures
Maintain operational records

What the work looks like

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.

From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.

Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Merchandise displayers and window trimmersHuman edge, steady, Index 72, +2.7%
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all otherGrows with AI, Index 58, +4.7%
Makeup artists, theatrical and performanceHuman edge, growing, Index 94, +6.1%
Cooks, private householdHuman edge, growing, Index 74, +5.1%

Also known as: Floral Artist, Floral Clerk, Floral Studio Designer, Florist, Floral Business Owner, Wedding Decorator.

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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.