Highest-paying Cities for Floral Designers

The top 100 highest paying cities for floral designers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of floral designers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $48,210, Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado is the highest paying city for floral designers. It is followed by Anchorage, Alaska (average annual salary $45,690). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of floral designers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Floral Designers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,210	$29,800	550
2	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,690	$31,200	30
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,330	$35,520	220
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$44,210	$34,120	670
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$43,980	$35,210	50
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$43,810	$26,990	240
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$43,600	$34,120	140
8	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$43,490	$35,220	640
9	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$43,410	$30,870	40
10	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$43,360	$32,330	230
11	Rockford, Illinois	$40,140	$23,780	40
12	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$40,020	$34,060	30
13	New Haven, Connecticut	$39,830	$33,980	60
14	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$39,530	$31,270	50
15	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$39,440	$28,840	70
16	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$38,670	$30,750	40
17	Worcester, Massachusetts	$38,570	$31,280	50
18	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$38,490	$29,390	40
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$38,160	$28,440	70
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,070	$34,980	380
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,720	$29,720	640
22	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$37,670	$32,190	50
23	Napa, California	$37,640	$33,460	30
24	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,610	$32,310	60
25	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,250	$31,290	70
26	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$37,200	$27,630	50
27	Olympia, Washington	$37,130	$30,880	30
28	Asheville, North Carolina	$37,080	$23,270	80
29	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$36,870	$29,340	110
30	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$36,860	$22,300	40
31	Fresno, California	$36,850	$30,260	80
32	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$36,840	$29,120	60
33	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$36,740	$30,280	170
34	Syracuse, New York	$36,630	$29,220	90
35	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$36,570	$30,280	70
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$36,450	$30,150	1,380
37	Bellingham, Washington	$36,390	$31,860	30
38	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$36,370	$26,000	320
39	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$36,330	$32,580	60
40	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,260	$30,590	2,300
41	Stockton, California	$36,260	$30,240	70
42	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,260	$29,120	330
43	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$35,950	$31,790	30
44	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$35,900	$29,330	50
45	Danbury, Connecticut	$35,880	$27,160	40
46	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$35,870	$28,010	40
47	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$35,830	$22,330	130
48	Boulder, Colorado	$35,780	$30,440	90
49	Salem, Oregon	$35,760	$30,230	50
50	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$35,750	$21,990	50
51	Salinas, California	$35,690	$27,070	40
52	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$35,660	$30,140	160
53	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,620	$32,680	470
54	Yakima, Washington	$35,560	$30,980	30
55	Spokane, Washington	$35,430	$30,350	80
56	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$35,430	$23,010	240
57	Midland, Texas	$35,340	$27,020	40
58	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$35,300	$22,400	40
59	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$35,280	$28,480	130
60	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$35,250	$29,750	570
61	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$35,200	$25,330	210
62	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$35,130	$30,620	110
63	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$35,090	$24,360	140
64	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$35,050	$24,090	460
65	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$35,000	$31,090	30
66	Modesto, California	$34,960	$29,120	50
67	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$34,960	$20,390	40
68	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$34,900	$27,810	360
69	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$34,880	$22,880	170
70	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$34,830	$27,380	280
71	Rochester, New York	$34,830	$30,140	210
72	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$34,820	$31,140	40
73	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$34,760	$30,670	150
74	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$34,760	$25,700	510
75	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$34,750	$28,850	50
76	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$34,750	$28,110	30
77	Bloomington, Illinois	$34,720	$23,990	30
78	Manchester, New Hampshire	$34,700	$27,950	50
79	Bend, Oregon	$34,680	$29,860	40
80	Greeley, Colorado	$34,640	$26,560	30
81	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,630	$26,000	720
82	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$34,600	$24,630	180
83	Lafayette, Louisiana	$34,570	$23,260	100
84	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$34,320	$24,270	100
85	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$34,310	$24,120	70
86	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$34,300	$23,290	30
87	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$34,290	$23,930	190
88	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$34,220	$23,550	100
89	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$34,200	$30,830	310
90	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$34,070	$25,980	60
91	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$34,010	$25,130	50
92	Richmond, Virginia	$34,000	$28,020	100
93	St Louis, Missouri	$33,970	$24,960	780
94	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$33,840	$28,670	60
95	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$33,800	$29,330	40
96	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$33,690	$21,710	40
97	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$33,680	$21,010	110
98	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$33,620	$21,030	40
99	Binghamton, New York	$33,600	$30,510	40
100	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$33,590	$24,840	220

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for floral designers.