e-Business/e-Commerce Jobs and MBA Programs in Maryland

Maryland is a good place to settle for e-commerce retailers as there are many educational and career opportunities. For e-commerce retailers, there are 8,050 jobs in Maryland and the national job pool is slated to rise by seven percent over the next 10 years. E-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

Maryland photo by Abhijit Tembhekar

E-commerce retailers earn $52 per hour or $108,000 per year on average in Maryland. Nationally, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Old Line State, Maryland has a population of 5,699,478, which has grown by 7.6 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Annapolis. There were a total of 3,471,985 jobs in 2008 and people in Maryland earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $48,164, up from $46,922. The unemployment rate in Maryland was 7.0 percent in 2009, which has grown by 2.6 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 31.4 percent of Maryland residents have college degrees, which is higher than the national average.

The top employing fields in Maryland include engineering services, radio broadcasting communications equipment manufacturing, photofinishing and photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour).

One of the many things Maryland is known for, Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland showcases Muddy Creek Falls. At 63 feet it is the largest waterfall in Maryland. Maryland has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Fort Meade near Laurel became a base because a train engineer delivering soldiers to Meade knew only one Meade, the one in Maryland. He was not aware of Fort Meade, Florida. The confusion happened so often a second base was built in Maryland in an attempt to avoid the confusion.

e-Business/e-Commerce

E-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

While working, they calculate purchase subtotals, taxes and shipping costs for submission to customers and receive and process payments from customers using electronic transaction services.

They are required to manage and maintain budgets and other financial resources. Also, they must think through complex problems and develop a critical analysis of the situation and possible solutions.

E-commerce retailers should be able to articulate ideas and problems and be creative and generate new ideas.

In order to be successful in the workplace, e-commerce retailers must be able to deal with stress and deal with situations calmly and believe in an agile approach to problem solving and deal with change.