Salary by experience
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| Experience | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 0-2 yrs | CHF 49'400 |
| 3-5 yrs | CHF 50'000 |
| 6-8 yrs | CHF 50'400 |
| 9-11 yrs | CHF 53'263 |
| 12-21 yrs | CHF 52'772 |
| 21+ yrs | CHF 54'000 |
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Swiss professionsNature & Environment
Florist/in EBA
You design flower arrangements and advise customers professionally.
01 · Overview
What this profession is about
Florist/in EBA professionals design bouquets, care for plants, and advise customers in specialty shops or large retailers.
You combine craftsmanship with creativity. You create emotional moments with fresh flowers and plants. Your daily work involves arranging bouquets, caring for plants, and advising customers. The job requires physical stamina and a trained eye for colours and shapes. You blend practical skills with aesthetic enjoyment.
FieldNature & Environment
Education pathVocational Training (Apprenticeship)
IndustryRetail
Swissdoc 0.150.13.0
02 · Salary
What you can earn
✓ Exact salary match
Salaries reflect Swiss market data. Range covers entry to senior. Salary reference based on Floristin. Based on 395 observations, updated 7 months ago.
Salary trend
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| Period | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 2014-2016 | CHF 48'991 |
| 2017-2019 | CHF 49'000 |
| 2020-2022 | CHF 50'000 |
| 2023-2025 | CHF 53'198 |
Top earning cantons
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| Canton | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Appenzell I. | CHF 136'000 | 26 |
| Geneva | CHF 53'045 | 12 |
| St. Gallen | CHF 50'700 | 17 |
| Vaud | CHF 50'609 | 29 |
| Berne | CHF 50'400 | 47 |
| Zurich | CHF 50'400 | 84 |
Top paying industries
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| Industry | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Catering / Hotel | CHF 136'000 | 21 |
| Consumer / Luxury goods industry | CHF 53'300 | 5 |
| Agriculture / Forestry / Wood | CHF 52'272 | 19 |
| Recruitment agency / Staffing | CHF 51'000 | 7 |
| Retail trade / Wholesaling | CHF 50'375 | 219 |
| Service sector in general | CHF 50'000 | 61 |
03 · Pathway
How to enter and grow
- 🎓 Florist/in EBA
- ⏱ 2 Jahre
Official education path
The 2-year training combines practical work at the company with 1 day of vocational school per week.
Typical training path
Florist/in EBA
Curriculum
- Beschaffen und Lagern von Waren
- Vorbereiten und Pflegen des Arbeitsumfelds und der Produkte
- Beraten von Kundinnen und Kunden
- Abwickeln von floristischen Aufträgen
- Realisieren von floristischen Gestaltungen
Prerequisites
- obligatorische Schule abgeschlossen
Requirements
- Interest in flowers and plants
- Enjoyment of customer contact and sales
- Sense of shapes and colours
- Creativity
- Manual dexterity
- Good health, no allergies
- Physical stamina
- 1Beschaffen und Lagern von Waren
- 2Vorbereiten und Pflegen des Arbeitsumfelds und der Produkte
- 3Beraten von Kundinnen und Kunden
- 4Abwickeln von floristischen Aufträgen
- 5Realisieren von floristischen Gestaltungen
04 · Skills & fit
What it takes
Required skills
- Customer focus
- Creativity
- Physical stamina
- Sense of colour
Personality fit
- Swiss career path
- Career transition
- Professional growth
05 · Daily reality
What the work feels like
Typical day
You stand at your worktable and cut fresh flowers. At the same time, you handle phone orders. You pay close attention to plant freshness and customer wishes.
- You welcome customers and ask about their wishes for flower arrangements.
- You assemble bouquets and arrangements according to individual ideas.
- You carefully care for cut flowers, potted plants, and balcony plants. You water them regularly.
- You fight pests and diseases to keep plants healthy.
- You pack flowers professionally and calculate prices for customers.
- You fill out order forms and forward requests to the right colleagues.
- You dispose of plant waste correctly and keep your workspace clean.
Working conditions
You work in flower specialty shops or large retailers in shopping centres, train stations, and airports. Your workplaces are often in cool and humid rooms.
Where to learn
- florist.ch Schweizer FloristenverbandFörliwiesenstr. 4, 8602 Wangen
Strengths
- Customer focus
- Creativity
- Physical stamina
- Sense of colour
Trade-offs
- Physical strain
- Seasonal peaks
- Climatic conditions
- Area of responsibility
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