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Occupational Description

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

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Floral Designers

Employment Outlook for Floral Designers

Statewide Employment Analysis	2006 employment is estimated to be at about the statewide average. This occupation is expected to grow at a somewhat slower rate than the statewide average. Total job openings are projected to be at about the statewide average. Reasonable, but limited, employment opportunities exist.

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Current Job Openings for Floral Designers There are 1 current openings for this occupation. Openings 1 through 1 are listed below.

Job Title	Date Posted	Location	Wage Offered
Floral Designer	1/6/10	Bend	DOE

State of Oregon License Information for Floral Designers No statewide license is required for this occupation.

Wages for Floral Designers

Region	---------------- 2009 Wages ----------------
	Percentiles (hourly wages)					Avg Hourly ($/hr)	Avg Annual
	10th	25th	50th (median)	75th	90th
Oregon Statewide	$8.89	$9.53	$10.64	$12.13	$14.24	$11.03	$22,944
Multnomah / Washington	8.97	9.70	10.58	11.75	12.94	10.83	22,538
Marion / Polk / Yamhill	8.90	9.55	10.52	12.23	14.64	11.19	23,279
Benton / Lincoln / Linn	8.90	9.54	10.93	12.12	12.95	10.94	22,754
Lane	8.80	9.29	10.16	11.52	12.66	10.48	21,802
Jackson / Josephine	9.09	9.97	11.07	11.95	12.51	10.83	22,532
Crook / Deschutes / Jefferson	8.85	9.42	10.46	11.97	13.75	10.83	22,534
Clackamas	10.06	12.79	13.99	15.17	15.88	13.57	28,207

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Regional Employment Projections for Floral Designers

Region	Employment		Change	% Change	Projected Annual Openings
	2006	2016			Growth	Replacement	Total
Oregon Statewide	793	870	77	9.7%	8	11	19
Multnomah / Washington	219	231	12	5.5%	1	3	4
Lane	122	133	11	9.0%	1	2	3
Marion / Polk / Yamhill	76	78	2	2.6%	0	1	1
Clackamas	69	81	12	17.4%	1	1	2
Jackson / Josephine	56	54	-2	-3.6%	0	1	1
Crook / Deschutes / Jefferson	55	62	7	12.7%	1	1	2
Benton / Lincoln / Linn	50	51	1	2.0%	0	1	1
Morrow / Umatilla	22	23	1	4.5%	0	0	0
Douglas	21	21	0	0.0%	0	0	0
Clatsop / Columbia / Tillamook	16	19	3	18.8%	0	0	1
Klamath / Lake	13	13	0	0.0%	0	0	0
Baker / Union / Wallowa	13	14	1	7.7%	0	0	0
Coos / Curry	12	13	1	8.3%	0	0	0
Grant / Harney / Malheur	9	10	1	11.1%	0	0	0
Gilliam / Hood River / Sherman / Wheeler / Wasco	0	2	2	NA	0	0	0

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Industries of Employment for Floral Designers

Industry Click links to view infoUSA employers	Ownership	2006 Employment
Total, All Industries	All	793
Total, All Industries	Private	793
Retail Trade	Private	791
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers	Private	19
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores	Private	18
Food and Beverage Stores	Private	123
Grocery Stores	Private	123
Health and Personal Care Stores	Private	15
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores	Private	12
Clothing Stores	Private	12
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores	Private	15
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores	Private	15
General Merchandise Stores	Private	42
Other General Merchandise Stores	Private	33
Miscellaneous Store Retailers	Private	565
Florists	Private	519
Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores	Private	46

Educational Requirements for Floral Designers Workers must have moderate-term on-the-job training to gain the necessary skills for this occupation. However, those with postsecondary training have a competitive advantage in this labor market.

Skills for Floral Designers

• Apply Creativity To Image
• Confer With Clients To Discuss And Determine Layout Design
• Create Art From Ideas
• Identify Plants And Flowers For Decorative Value
• Meet Deadlines
• Perceive Color, Balance And Proportion
• Prepare Floral Arrangements
• Provide Customer Service
• Utilize Characteristics Of Materials In Graphic Or Floral Design

Schools and Training Providers for Floral Designers The training providers listed below offer one or more of the following programs:

• Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management

Floral Design Institute, Inc. 1500 NW 18th Avenue Suite 109 Portland, OR 97209-2554 Phone: (503) 223-8089 Programs of Training: Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management

Career Pathway Roadmaps for Floral Designers No Career Pathway links were found for this occupation.

Related Occupations The scores listed below indicates how closely the skills for Floral Designers matches the occupation in the list. A score of 100% means the occupations have identical skill sets. A maximum of 10 occupations are displayed below.

Occupation	Skill Overlap
Interior Designers	32%
Merchandise Displayers And Window Trimmers	24%
Graphic Designers	23%
Fashion Designers	23%
Set And Exhibit Designers	23%
Designers, All Other	21%
Commercial And Industrial Designers	21%