Job openings requiring digital design skills are expanding as fast as the World Wide Web itself. The number of all Internet-related jobs is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations in the next decade as more and more companies use the Internet to do business. Emerging technologies lead to more jobs each year.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the middle half of all network systems and data communications analysts — which include webmasters — earned between $46,480 and $78,060 in 2004, the last year for which figures were available. 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.
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. (Source: America’s Career Infonet)