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

Those thinking about careers as e-commerce retailers can find educational and employment prospects in Texas. Currently, there are 11,510 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Texas and the job pool is projected to rise by seven percent over the next 10 years nationally. In general, e-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

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In Texas, the income for e-commerce retailers is $47 per hour or $96,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Texas, also known as the Lone Star State, has a population of 24,782,302. It has grown by 18.8 percent in the last 10 years. Austin is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 14,469,900 jobs and at $37,809, the average annual income in Texas was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $36,838. The unemployment rate in Texas was 7.6 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 23.2 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Petroleum products merchant wholesalers, petroleum products merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations), other basic organic chemical manufacturing and computer equipment manufacturing are the top employing fields in Texas.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer. One of the unique tidbits about Texas is Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

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.