Fastest Growing Occupations

Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts
Home Health Aides
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications
Medical Assistants Personal & Home Care Aides
Hot Physician Assistants Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems Softw are
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Education
Hot Dental Hygienists
Child Care Workers Dental Assistants
Hot Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators Hot Physical Therapists
Nonf arm Animal Caretakers
Hot Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kgtn & Elem School

4.3% 3.9% 3.5% 3.3% 3.3% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 2.6% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.0% 2.0% 1.8%

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.
Seven of the fastest growing occupations are in the health services industry and four are related to computers.
On a statewide level, eight have been given the "HOT" label for this period.
Six these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Retail Salespersons
Hot Registered Nurses
Waiters & Waitresses Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast Food
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Child Care Workers
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Office Clerks, General Food Preparation Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Hot General & Operations Managers
Medical Assistants Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

70 60 60 50 50 40 40 40 30 30

150 140 130 110 110

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.
Two of these occupations are related to the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.
Eleven require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Two have earned the "HOT" label on a statewide level for this period.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2014
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 more than 118,000 jobs in 2004 to almost 121,000 by the year 2014, which equates to more than 200 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.

Ambulatory Health Care Services

1,680

Educational Services

1,330

Administrative & Support Services

1,100

Hospitals

610

Food Services & Drinking Places

510

Professional, Scientific, & Tech Services

500

Social Assistance
Relig, Grantmak, Civic, Prof, & Similar Organizations
Self-Employed & Unpd Family Wkrs

480 430 400

Truck Transportation

250

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 0.2 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 1.7 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.2 percent.

The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Museums, Historical Sites, & Similar Institutions
Warehousing & Storage

5.4% 4.6%

Broadcasting (except Internet)

4.1%

Plastics & Rubber Products Mfg

3.6%

Social Assistance

3.0%

Mining (except Oil & Gas)

3.0%

Couriers & Messengers

2.7%

Truck Transportation

2.5%

Ambulatory Health Care Services
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, & Related

2.5% 2.5%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Hot Registered Nurses

610

Child Care Workers

280

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

250

Medical Assistants

190

Personal & Home Care Aides Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast
Food
Home Health Aides

150 130 120

Waiters & Waitresses

120

Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

120 110 110

Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Education

100

Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications

90

Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts

90

Receptionists &n Information Clerks

90

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

90

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add over 2,600 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area.
Nine occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and three require a college degree.
Two are found mainly in the computer industry and five are in healthcare.
Three of these occupations have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2014 as a result of their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings.