SOC 27-1023 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Floral Designers make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Floral Designers in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is $35,760. The 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $38,450. Employment is 470.

Median annual wage

$35,760

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$34,040
Median
$35,760
75th percentile
$36,710
90th percentile
$38,450
Mean
$36,280

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder in a green hard hat working on a metal structure
A welder in a hard hat on a metal structure. Photograph by FBenjr123. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Floral Designers, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $38,450. The difference is $7,250, which is 20.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $34,040 to the 75th at $36,710, covers $2,670.

The mean annual wage is $36,280, which sits above the median of $35,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 4.3% lower than the national median of $37,360 for Floral Designers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,427, which is 0.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.4% lower than the Michigan median of $35,890.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Floral Designers at $37,427 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Floral Designers. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 9th of 17 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $36,680 and employment of 60. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,614, against $37,427 here.
  • South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 86 miles away, with a median of $35,700 and employment of 40. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,446, against $37,427 here.
  • Flint, MI is 102 miles away, with a median of $36,410 and employment of 70. That median is 1.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,136, against $37,427 here.

Employment share

Floral Designers accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (470 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (40,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.01 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · Floral Designers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Floral Designers make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Floral Designers in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is $35,760. The 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $38,450. Employment is 470.

How does that compare with the national median for Floral Designers?

The local median is 4.3% lower than the national median of $37,360.

What is Floral Designers pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $35,760 is $37,427. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI compare with nearby metros for Floral Designers?

Lansing-East Lansing, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 59 miles away, at $36,680. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 9th of 17 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.