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Marketing Jobs and MBA Programs in Wyoming
Marketing managers can find many career and educational opportunities in Wyoming. At 60, the number of jobs in Wyoming for marketing managers is projected to rise 32 percent to 80 jobs by 2016. This is better than the national trend for marketing managers, which sees the job pool growing at about 12 percent over the next 10 years. In general, marketing managers determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers and develop strategies for maximizing profits while ensuring customer satisfaction.
Wyoming photo by David Jolley
In Wyoming, the income for marketing managers is $34 per hour or $71,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $57 hourly or $118,000 per year on average.
Nicknamed the Equality State, Wyoming has a population of 544,270. It has grown by 10.2 percent in the last 10 years. Cheyenne is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 404,855 jobs and at $48,580, the average annual income in Wyoming was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $46,726. The unemployment rate in Wyoming was 6.4 percent in 2009. It rose by 3.2 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 21.9 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.
Mining, mining (except oil), crude petroleum gas extraction and coal mining are the top employing fields in Wyoming.
While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the largest coal mine in the USA is Black Thunder located near Wright.
Marketing
Marketing managers determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers and develop strategies for maximizing profits while ensuring customer satisfaction.
While working, they conduct economic and commercial surveys to pinpoint potential markets for products and services. Also, they work with developers and production managers to direct promotional efforts and trade shows aimed at marketing products and services.
They are required to talk through and persuade others when needed and speak clearly and communicate with others.
Marketing managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and articulate ideas and problems.
In order to be successful in the workplace, marketing managers must be reliable and be thorough and dependable.
