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. Nine of the 15 are found mainly in health services and two are computer-related. Most of the listed occupations require a minimum of one to twelve months of training or a college degree. Five of the occupations have been designated as Hot on a state- wide basis over the projections decade. Home Health Aides Medical Assistants Physical TherapistAssistants Hot Physician Assistants Pharmacy Technicians Hot Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts Hot Dental Hygienists Dental Assistants Athletic Trainers Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Hot Computer Software Engineers,Apps Philosophy & Religion Teachers, Postsecondary Physical Therapists Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Hot Education Teachers, Postsecondary 5.05% 4.45% 4.38% 4.36% 4.19% 4.06% 4.01% 3.98% 3.95% 3.94% 3.88% 3.85% 3.81% 3.63% 3.63% Occupations with the Most Annual Openings 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. Nine require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less. Three of these occupations have been designated as Hot on a statewide basis over the projections decade. Three of these occupations are in retail. Retail Salespersons Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food Cashiers Waiters and Waitresses Customer Service Representatives Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Laborers & Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Hot Registered Nurses Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers Team Assemblers Child Care Workers Hot Secondary School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed Office Clerks, General Teacher Assistants Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer 450 360 330 300 270 250 220 210 170 160 150 140 140 130 130 Georgia Area Workforce Trends Projections to 2018 WIA Area #1 NW Georgia This area is made up of 15 counties in northwest Georgia in and around the cities of Dalton and Rome. It includes the following counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker and Whitfield. 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 #1 is expected to grow from almost 302,000 jobs in 2008 to more than 331,000 by the year 2018. This equates to more than 3,000 new jobs added each year. This area is home to the largest concentration of tufted carpet producers in the United States. A slowdown in the housing industry has changed the economic landscape of the area, forcing textile manufacturers to make labor adjustments. In addition to the textile industry, other key industries include educational services, health services, food manufacturing, truck transportation, plastics and rubber products manufacturing, electrical equipment manufacturing, furniture manufacturing, and primary metal manufacturing. The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below. Educational Services 7,700 Food Services and Drinking Places 4,680 Ambulatory Health Care Services 3,830 Hospitals 2,770 Administrative and Support Services 2,230 Professional, Scientific, and Technical... 2,120 General Merchandise Stores 2,040 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 1,560 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic,... 1,310 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 1,180 The area's economy is not expected to grow as fast as the state's (1.2%) economy. However, the region should expand (0.9% per year), trailing the nation (1.0 %). The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below. Support Activities for Transportation Ambulatory Health Care Services Social Assistance Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Hospitals Educational Services Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Repair and Maintenance Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Org General Merchandise Stores 4.86% 3.86% 3.37% 2.72% 2.57% 2.48% 2.46% 2.44% 2.41% 2.29% For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Georgia Workforce Trends 2018 or this publication, call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Department of Labor office. These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add close to 15,000 jobs over the next 10 years, almost 50 percent of all projected job growth in Northwest Georgia. Seven occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and three require a college degree. Four of these occupations have been designated as Hot during the projections period, as they are fast-growing, high-paying, and have at least 100 expected annual job openings on a statewide basis. Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Retail Salespersons Customer Service Representatives Waiters and Waitresses Teacher Assistants Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Janitors and Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Child Care Workers Hot Middle School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed Hot Secondary School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed Office Clerks, General Medical Assistants Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers 1,490 1,460 1,390 1,230 860 830 810 760 710 630 580 520 510 490 2,250 Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities