Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #12 - Richmond and Burke Counties, projections to 2012

Fastest Growing Occupations

Medical Assistants
Team Assemblers Computer Softw are Engineers,
Applications Child Care Workers
Personal & Home Care Aides
Management Analysts
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Computer Systems Analysts
Instructional Coordinators
Packers & Packagers, Hand
Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators Supervisors of Production & Operating
Workers Computer Support Specialists
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, &
Weighers

3.4% 3.2% 3.1% 2.7% 2.5% 2.5% 2.4% 2.0% 1.8% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1%

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 the fastest growing occupations are associated with computer technology.
Ten of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cashiers
Retail Salespersons
Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Team Assemblers
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Registered Nurses
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Child Care Workers
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers
General & Operations Managers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids &
Hsekeep. Cleaners Receptionists & Information Clerks
Office Clerks, General

100 90 70 70 60 50 50 50 40 40 40 40

170 140

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.
One of these jobs is directly related to the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.
Eleven 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 #12 Richmond & Burke Counties
This area encompasses Richmond and Burke counties in east central Georgia.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #12 is expected to grow from almost 117,000 jobs in 2002 to more than 121,000 by the year 2012, which equates to almost 450 new jobs added each year. The area is the home of the Medical College of Georgia, Fort Gordon Military Base, and the annual Master's Golf Tournament. Key industries are educational services, health services, federal government employment, and chemical manufacturing.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Educational Services
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Administrative & Support Services
Social Assistance Professional, Scientific, & Technical
Services Relig., Grantmak., Civic, Prof., & Similar
Organizations Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Warehousing & Storage State Government, exc. Education &
Hospitals

2,170 1,960 1,160 820 790 600 530 440 410 360

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is expected to lag behind both the state's and the nation's economy during the projection period. Area job growth is expected to be 0.4 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 1.6 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.4 percent.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Social Assistance
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Gasoline Stations
Ambulatory Health Care Services Relig., Grantmak., Civic, Prof., & Similar
Organizations Truck Transportation
Professional, Scientific, & Tech. Services State Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals Educational Services

4.3% 3.5% 3.1% 2.2% 1.9% 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2%

8.0%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Team Assemblers
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Child Care Workers
Medical Assistants
Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
Management Analysts Computer Softw are Engineers,
Applications Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Packers & Packagers, Hand
Receptionists & Information Clerks Reserv. & Transport. Ticket Agents &
Travel Clerks

180 170 140 130 130 120 110 110 110 110 100 100

380 300 270

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 2,500 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area.
Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require a bachelor's degree.
One is found mainly in the computer industry and one is in healthcare.