The number of Internet-related job openings is growing as fast as the Web. As more businesses move to the Internet, the number of CIT jobs is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations in the next decade.
Job titles and responsibilities vary widely depending on the size and scope of the company, but may include:
- Web developer/designer
- Application/solution developer
- Business analyst
- Marketing/systems consultant
- Internet curriculum specialist
- Graphical user interface designer
- Entertainment software writer
- New media publisher
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Salaries and Job Growth
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the average network system/data communications analyst — which includes webmasters — earned between $46,480 and $78,060 in 2004. America’s Career Infonet reports that the highest 10 percent of employees in that category made more than $95,040. Web page designers and webmasters work for all kinds of businesses, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and governmental agencies.
The job outlook for programmers in the state of Texas is expected to increase at a much higher rate (11 percent) than for the nation as a whole (2 percent). In 2004, programmers earned a median annual salary of $64,000, or about $31 per hour.
Multimedia artists and animators — who use a variety of electronic tools and media to create special effects for computer games, movies, music videos and commercials — in Texas earned a median hourly wage of $20.35 in 2004, or a median annual salary of $42,300. The top 75 percent of employees in that job category earned a median annual salary of $47,300 and the top 95 percent, $68,000.
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