Job openings requiring Internet-related skills are expanding as fast as the World Wide Web itself. As more companies use the Internet to do business, the number of Internet-related jobs is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations in the next decade. Emerging technologies also lead to more jobs each year.
Job titles and responsibilities vary widely depending on the size and scope of the company, but may include:
- Web developer
- Web designer
- Webmaster
- Application developer
- Solution developer
- Business analyst
- Marketing consultant
- Internet and Web page designer
- Systems consultant
- Internet curriculum specialist
- Graphical user interface designer
- Entertainment software writer
- New media publisher
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the middle half of all network systems and data communications analysts — which includes webmasters — earned between $46,480 and $78,060 in 2004, the last year for which figures were available. 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.