Floral Designers Salary — Salinas, California

The average Floral Designers in Salinas, California earns $62,210 a year.

$62,210 / year, mean
↑ 52.7% above national average 100th percentile in California

Salinas sits at the very top of the range for this role in California — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for floral designers than the U.S. average. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.4%
Cost of living 109 #12 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $850,461 #10 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $94,486 #20 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Salinas ranks #12 for cost of living and #10 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Salinas $62,210 San Francisco $52,160 Los Angeles $50,570 San Jose $50,400 Santa Rosa $49,580 Seattle $48,000 New York $47,520 Oxnard $47,020 Sacramento $46,260 Riverside $45,960 San Luis Obispo $45,830 Santa Maria $45,770 Portland $45,030 Bend $44,800 San Diego $44,730 Bremerton $44,640 Naples $44,240 Salem $44,020 Olympia $43,930 Stockton $43,610 Baltimore $43,440 Fresno $43,380 Modesto $43,150 Kiryas Joel $42,930 Bakersfield $42,790 Medford $42,480 Albany $42,330 Spokane $42,270 Trenton $41,950 Visalia $41,820 Eugene $41,480 Kennewick $41,300 Rochester $41,230 Jacksonville $40,740 Syracuse $40,560 Miami $40,520 Buffalo $40,360 Sarasota $40,050 Charlottesville $39,960 Richmond $39,940 Virginia Beach $39,880 Ann Arbor $39,520 Philadelphia $39,500 Atlantic City $39,020 Chicago $38,550 Palm Bay $38,550 Tampa $38,470 Flint $38,380 Austin $38,270 Port St. Lucie $38,090 Detroit $37,860 Indianapolis $37,750 Lakeland $37,740 Fort Myers $37,700 Deltona $37,650 Lansing $37,360 Orlando $37,360 Crestview $37,220 Lebanon $37,200 Pittsburgh $37,160 Panama City $37,080 Lancaster $37,020 Allentown $36,950 Fort Wayne $36,920 Lexington $36,900 Champaign $36,780 Louisville $36,420 Gainesville $36,380 Grand Rapids $36,280 Dallas $36,260 Rockford $36,110 Reading $35,920 Harrisburg $35,260 York $35,200 South Bend $35,170 Peoria $35,100 Houston $35,080 Scranton $34,940 Amarillo $34,900 Pensacola $34,890 Roanoke $34,770 San Antonio $34,470 Lafayette $34,230 Longview $32,410 Beaumont $32,150 Tyler $31,560 Lubbock $31,080 Huntington $30,540 El Paso $30,040 Charleston $29,300
CityMean salaryvs. Salinas
Albany, New York$42,330-32.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$36,950-40.6%
Amarillo, Texas$34,900-43.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$39,520-36.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$39,020-37.3%
Austin, Texas$38,270-38.5%
Bakersfield, California$42,790-31.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$43,440-30.2%
Beaumont, Texas$32,150-48.3%
Bend, Oregon$44,800-28.0%
Bremerton, Washington$44,640-28.2%
Buffalo, New York$40,360-35.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$37,700-39.4%
Champaign, Illinois$36,780-40.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$29,300-52.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$39,960-35.8%
Chicago, Illinois$38,550-38.0%
Crestview, Florida$37,220-40.2%
Dallas, Texas$36,260-41.7%
Deltona, Florida$37,650-39.5%
Detroit, Michigan$37,860-39.1%
El Paso, Texas$30,040-51.7%
Eugene, Oregon$41,480-33.3%
Flint, Michigan$38,380-38.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$36,920-40.7%
Fresno, California$43,380-30.3%
Gainesville, Florida$36,380-41.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$36,280-41.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$35,260-43.3%
Houston, Texas$35,080-43.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$30,540-50.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$37,750-39.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$40,740-34.5%
Kennewick, Washington$41,300-33.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$42,930-31.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$34,230-45.0%
Lakeland, Florida$37,740-39.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$37,020-40.5%
Lansing, Michigan$37,360-39.9%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$37,200-40.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$36,900-40.7%
Longview, Texas$32,410-47.9%
Los Angeles, California$50,570-18.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$36,420-41.5%
Lubbock, Texas$31,080-50.0%
Medford, Oregon$42,480-31.7%
Miami, Florida$40,520-34.9%
Modesto, California$43,150-30.6%
Naples, Florida$44,240-28.9%
New York, New York$47,520-23.6%
Sarasota, Florida$40,050-35.6%
Olympia, Washington$43,930-29.4%
Orlando, Florida$37,360-39.9%
Oxnard, California$47,020-24.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$38,550-38.0%
Panama City, Florida$37,080-40.4%
Pensacola, Florida$34,890-43.9%
Peoria, Illinois$35,100-43.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$39,500-36.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$37,160-40.3%
Portland, Oregon$45,030-27.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$38,090-38.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$35,920-42.3%
Richmond, Virginia$39,940-35.8%
Riverside, California$45,960-26.1%
Roanoke, Virginia$34,770-44.1%
Rochester, New York$41,230-33.7%
Rockford, Illinois$36,110-42.0%
Sacramento, California$46,260-25.6%
Salem, Oregon$44,020-29.2%
San Antonio, Texas$34,470-44.6%
San Diego, California$44,730-28.1%
San Francisco, California$52,160-16.2%
San Jose, California$50,400-19.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$45,830-26.3%
Santa Maria, California$45,770-26.4%
Santa Rosa, California$49,580-20.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$34,940-43.8%
Seattle, Washington$48,000-22.8%
South Bend, Indiana$35,170-43.5%
Spokane, Washington$42,270-32.1%
Stockton, California$43,610-29.9%
Syracuse, New York$40,560-34.8%
Tampa, Florida$38,470-38.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$41,950-32.6%
Tyler, Texas$31,560-49.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$39,880-35.9%
Visalia, California$41,820-32.8%
York, Pennsylvania$35,200-43.4%
Gross salary
62,210/yr
Estimated take-home
50,241/yr
Est. total withheld
19.2%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Floral Designers salaries in California → All Floral Designers salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for Salinas

These notes add local color around Salinas, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 27-1023 SOC code
Official area Salinas, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41500 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
435,834