Floral Designers build service orientation, social perceptiveness and time management skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers (76%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | 76% | $41,640 | +11% | None |
| 2 | Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 74% | $41,600 | +11% | None |
| 3 | Retail Salespersons | 74% | $35,410 | −5% | None |
| 4 | Photographers | 72% | $44,660 | +20% | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | 69% | $35,790 | −4% | Certificate or associate |
| 6 | Costume Attendants | 69% | $50,400 | +35% | None |
| 7 | Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance | 68% | $97,150 | +160% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 67% | $41,380 | +11% | None |
| 9 | Manicurists and Pedicurists | 67% | $35,760 | −4% | None |
| 10 | Stockers and Order Fillers | 67% | $37,330 | 0% | None |
Compared with Floral Designers, median $37,360. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as floral designers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
76% skill match · $41,640 · +11% pay
Equipment Maintenance · Repairing · Troubleshooting
74% skill match · $41,600 · +11% pay
Troubleshooting · Operations Monitoring · Equipment Maintenance
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
74% skill match · $35,410 · −5% pay
Persuasion · Negotiation · Troubleshooting
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers (76% skill match, median $41,640), Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers (74% skill match, median $41,600) and Retail Salespersons (74% skill match, median $35,410), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 18 pay more than floral designers at the median. The biggest increases: Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance (+160%, $97,150), Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers (+68%, $62,750) and Postal Service Clerks (+66%, $62,130).
19 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.