Fastest Growing Occupations
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.
Five of these occupations are in health services.
Nine of these occupations require technical training or a college degree.
Six occupations have made the list of Georgia's Hot Careers to
2020 for this period.

Home Health Aides
Hot Meeting and Convention Planners
Physical Therapist Assistants
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Hot Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Personal and Home Care Aides
Hot Network and Computer Systems Administrators Hot Physical Therapists
Medical Secretaries
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
Hot Financial Analysts
Speech-Language Pathologists
Child Care Workers
Hot Database Administrators
Photographers

4.57% 3.15% 3.00% 2.63% 2.57% 2.53% 2.50% 2.43% 2.37% 2.26% 2.21% 2.21% 2.06% 2.05% 1.96%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
Most of the annual openings (910) in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs (730, 80%) rather than from new job creation (180, 20%).
Most do not require any education or training beyond high school.
Only two occupations made the Hot jobs list for 2020.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Hot Registered Nurses*
Cashiers Retail Salespersons Waiters and Waitresses Office Clerks, General Comb. Food Prep and Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food Child Care Workers
Hot Managers of Office and Admin Support Workers
Customer Service Representatives Janitors and Cleaners, Exc Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Personal and Home Care Aides Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand General and Operations Managers
Licensed Practical and LicensedVocational Nurses

60 60 50 50 50 50 40 40 40 40 30 30

* Education and Training Classification System (udpated 2012).

130 120 120

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2020
WIA Area #10 Macon-Bibb County
Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Mark Butler, Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Industry Rate of Growth

Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #10 is expected to expand from almost 86,000 jobs in 2010 to 88,000 by the year 2020, which equates to approximately 200 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.

Ambulatory Health Care Services
Hospitals
Administrative and Support Services
Educational Services
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Social Assistance
State, Excluding Education and Hospitals Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music
Stores Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Pro, and
Similar Org Pro, Scientific, and Technical Services

770 740 590 470 310 300 250 190 180

1,260

The area's economy is projected to expand less than 1 percent per year over the projections period. The lower rate (0.3%) places the area's growth behind the state (1.1%) and the nation (1.3%).
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries Pipeline Transportation Nonstore Retailers
Management of Companies and Enterprises Ambulatory Health Care Services Social Assistance
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing Waste Management and Remediation Service

4.31% 2.92% 2.64% 2.20% 2.13% 2.07% 1.98% 1.83% 1.81% 1.72%

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call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Department of Labor office.

These 15 occupations out of more than 800 - are projected to add more than 2,300 jobs over the next 10 years, more than 90% of all of the projected job growth in this area.
Ten of the fifteen occupations do not require a technical or college degree.
Five of these occupations are found mainly in health care.
Three of these occupations have made the list of Georgia's
Hot Careers to 2020 for their fast job growth, high wages, and
plentiful job openings during this period.

Hot Registered Nurses*

650

Personal and Home Care Aides

250

Child Care Workers

230

Home Health Aides

220

Office Clerks, General

160

Medical Secretaries

150

Licensed Practical and LicensedVocational Nurses

100

Comb Food Prep and Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food

90

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants*

80

Janitors and Cleaners, Exc Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

80

Hot Network and Computer Systems Administrators

70

Medical Assistants

70

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 70

Hot Accountants and Auditors

60

Receptionists and Information Clerks 60

* Education and Training Classification System (udpated 2012).

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