Fastest Growing Occupations

Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Waiters Waitresses
Food Preparation Workers
Registered Nurses Supervisors of Food Prep & Serving
Workers Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids & Hsekeep. Cleaners
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Electricians
Customer Service Representatives
Packers & Packagers, Hand
Helpers--Production Workers

13.8% 12.2% 9.4% 6.8% 6.1% 6.1% 5.6% 4.8% 3.6% 2.9% 2.9% 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2%

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.
Three of these occupations are found mainly in health services.
Eleven of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Waiters & Waitresses Retail Salespersons
Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Cashiers
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Cooks, Fast Food Food Preparation Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Hsekeep. Cleaners Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Security Guards Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses
Cooks, Restaurant Customer Service Representatives Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks
Office Clerks, General

80 70 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 40 40 40 40 40

140 140 130 130

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.
Fourteen 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 pay less than average wages.

Georgia Area
Workforce Trends
Projections to 2012
WIA Area #10 Macon-Bibb County
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #10 is expected to grow from approximately 81,000 jobs in 2002 to more than 97,000 by the year 2012, which equates to almost 1,600 new jobs added each year. This area is home to a regional medical center and several colleges and universities. Main industries are health services, higher education services, insurance services, and waste management services.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Hospitals

4,070

Educational Services

3,470

Self-employed & Unpaid Family Workers

2,880

Professional, Scientific, & Tech. Services

1,930

Nursing & Residential Care Facilities

1,100

Warehousing & Storage

790

Real Estate 180

Repair & Maintenance 170

Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers 160 Plastics & Rubber Products 140 Manuf acturing

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is currently growing slightly faster than Georgia's overall, with expected job growth of 1.8 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.6 percent for the state.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Self-employed & Unpaid Family Workers

17.2%

Hospitals
Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services
Warehousing & Storage

12.2% 10.2% 7.7%

Nursing & Residential Care Facilities

6.8%

Educational Services
Plastics & Rubber Products Manuf ac turing
Repair & Maintenance

6.8% 2.4% 2.2%

Real Estate 1.7%

Bldg. Material & Garden Equipment & Supplies Dealers

1.2%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Registered Nurses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Cooks, Fast Food Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids &
Hsekeep. Cleaners Food Preparation Workers
Security Guards
Cooks, Restaurant
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses
Supervisors of Food Prep & Serving Workers Dishw ashers
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers Retail Salespersons

620 600 470 440 390 360 290 250 250 250 250 230

1,130 1,110 1,100

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 7,700 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area.
Ten occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and one requires a college degree.
Three of these occupations are found mainly in health services.