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.
Four of the listed occupations are in healthcare.
On a statewide basis, four have earned the Hot designation for
this period.
The majority of these occupations require a college degree.

Home Health Aides
Brickmasons and Blockmasons Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment
Specialists
Hot Meeting and Convention Planners
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Tile and Marble Setters
Personal and Home Care Aides
Glaziers
Hot Coaches and Scouts
Mental Health Counselors
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
Hot Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Cost Estimators
Hot Spec. Education Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elem School* Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

4.42% 3.71% 3.58% 3.51% 3.31% 3.31% 3.30% 3.16% 3.13% 3.10% 3.09% 3.07% 3.06% 2.79% 2.73%

* Education and Training Classification System (udpated 2012).

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
Almost 75 percent of the annual openings on this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
Three of these jobs are in education.
Also, three occupations have been designated as Hot on a state-
wide basis for this period.
Four of these occupations require a college degree.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Customer Service Representatives Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including
Fast Food Waiters and Waitresses
Cashiers
Retail Salespersons
Hot Registered Nurses* Hot Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Teacher Assistants
Child Care Workers
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants* Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping
Cleaners
Hot Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Office Clerks, General
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

120 110 110 110 110 90 70 70 60 60 50 50 50 50 40

* Education and Training Classification System (udpated 2012).

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2020
WIA Area # 14 Lower Chattahoochee
This area is made up of eight counties in west Georgia in and around the city of Columbus. It includes the following counties: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, and Talbot.
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 #14 is expected to grow from more than 113,000 jobs in 2010 to almost 122,000 by the year 2020, which equals to over 900 new jobs added each year. This area is the home of a regional medical center and a major military base, which continues to expand. It is also the location of a major international insurer, as well as a major credit card holding company. Substantial employment can be found in health services, education services, insurance, finance, food processing, textile mills, federal government service, and electrical equipment manufacturing.

The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Educational Serv ices

2,040

Administrativ e and Support Services

1,430

Hospitals

1,120

Specialty Trade Contractors

780

Ambulatory Health Care Services

700

Telecommunications

690

Social Assistance

570

Credit Intermediation and Related Activ ities

470

Food Serv ices and DrinkingPlaces

470

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

450

In accordance with our latest round of projections, job growth in the area is expected to accelerate to 0.7%. The increase in growth will help to close the gap between the area and the state (1.1%) growth rate. Growth for the U.S. increased to 1.3%.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Air Transportation Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
Social Assistance Specialty Trade Contractors
Construction of Buildings Credit Intermediation and Related Activ ities
Accommodation Administrativ e and Support Services Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

4.12% 2.97% 2.74% 2.69% 2.66% 2.64% 2.60% 2.47% 2.16% 2.09%

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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 3,600 jobs over the next 10 years, which will comprise 45% of all projected job growth in this area.

Six occupations require a college degree.

Three of these occupations are in healthcare, a key industry in this area.

Three of the fifteen occupations made the coveted list of Georgia's
Hot Careers to 2020 for their fast job growth, high wages, and
plentiful job openings.

Hot Registered Nurses* Hot Elem School Teachers, Except Special Ed
Customer Service Representatives

490 370 330

Comb Food Prep and Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food Teacher Assistants
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants*

320 260 260

Construction Laborers

240

Home Health Aides Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Janitors and Cleaners, Exc Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

230 190 180

Training and Dev elopment Specialists

170

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Ed

170

Child Care Workers

160

Carpenters

160

Hot Management Analysts

140

* Education and Training Classification System (udpated 2012).

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