Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #10 - Macon-Bibb Co., projections to 2008

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers General Mgrs & Top Execs
Waiters & Waitresses Salespersons, Retail General Office Clerks
Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs Registered Nurses Janitors & Cleaners
Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med Guards
Food Preparation Workers Nursing Aides & Orderlies
Systems Analysts Clerical Supervisors Reception/Information Clks

170 140 120 110 110 90 80 70 60 60 60 60 50 50 50

" Most of the annual openings in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
" Three of these jobs are directly related to the healthcare industry or are computer-related.
" Ten require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
" Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pays less than average wages.

Occupations with Largest Declines

-80 -70 -60

-40 -40
-30 -30 -30
-20 -20 -20 -20 -20

Stock Clerks, Sales Floor Textile Mach Oprs/Tndrs Insurance Sales Workers Bank Tellers Meat, Poultry, Fish Cutters Mail Machine Operators Station Intlrs/Reprs, Telephone Paper Goods Mach Setrs/Oprs Whlsale/Rtl Buyers, Ex Farm Computer Operators, Exc Periphrl Postal Mail Carriers Textile Mach Setrs/Oprs Cooking Mach Oprs Food/Tob

" The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
" Two of these jobs are found mainly in textiles and apparel manufacturing and one is in telephone communications.
" Two are in clerical jobs with increasingly automated duties.
" Three are in the tobacco products manufacturing industry.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends
Projections to 2008
WIA Area #10 Macon-Bibb Co.
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This area is made up solely of Bibb County. Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #10 is expected to reach almost 122,000 jobs by the year 2008, with more than 1,900 new jobs added each year. While the region's economy is currently not growing as fast as Georgia's overall, it is growing faster than the nation's economy. Area job growth is expected to be 1.9 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 2.4 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.4 percent.
Area Highlights
" This area is home to a regional medical center, a tobacco manufacturer, and several colleges and universities.
" This area's main industries are health services, higher education services, tobacco products manufacturing and insurance.
" Area population grew by only 3.1 percent over the ten years 1988 to 1998, among the smallest increases in the state. In contrast, Georgia's population grew at a rate of 20.9 percent over the same period.
" Total personal income grew by 65.2 percent, compared to a rate of 96.8 percent for the state as a whole.

.astest Growing Occupations

Systems Analysts

Guards

6.4%

Reception/Information Clks

3.9%

Nursing Aides & Orderlies

2.9%

Janitors & Cleaners

2.9%

Registered Nurses

2.7%

Waiters & Waitresses

2.4%

General Mgrs & Top Execs

2.2%

General Office Clerks

2.1%

Clerical Supervisors

2.1%

Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs

1.8%

Cashiers

1.7%

Food Preparation Workers

1.4%

Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med

1.2%

Salespersons, Retail 0.3%

16.3%

" These fast-growing occupations will have better employment prospects than occupations with slow or declining employment. Also, conditions will be more favorable for mobility and advancement.
" The fastest growing occupation is associated with computer technology.
" Three are found mainly in health services or are computer-related.
" Eleven of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

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Occupations with Largest Job Growth

General Mgrs & Top Execs Registered Nurses Cashiers
General Office Clerks Systems Analysts Guards
Janitors & Cleaners Nursing Aides & Orderlies
Waiters & Waitresses Reception/Information Clks
Home Health Aides Computer Programmers Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med
Child Care Workers Teacher Aides, Paraprof
Clerical Supervisors

750 510 480 470 450 410 410 390 360 340 270 260 240 240 230 230

" These 16 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add about 6,000 jobs over the next 10 years, about 31 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
" Ten occupations require short-term onthe-job training of one month or less and three require a bachelor's degree.
" Eleven of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.
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