Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #15 - Middle Flint, projections to 2014

Fastest Growing Occupations

Home Health Aides
Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks
Child, Family, & School Social Workers
Personal & Home Care Aides
Child Care Workers
Hot Registered Nurses
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Operating Engineers & Other Construct
Equipment Operators Logging Equipment Operators
Teacher Assistants Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids &
Housekeeping Cleaners Supvrs of Production & Operatring Workers
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters & Trimmers Supvrs of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Workers Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

3.3% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2% 1.8% 1.6% 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%

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 fastest growing occupations are associated with the healthcare industry.
One has earned the "HOT" label for this period on a statewide basis.
Thirteen of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Retail Salespersons Child Care Workers Farmw orkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse
Hot Registered Nurses
Team Assemblers
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Education
Waiters & Waitresses Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast Food
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Home Health Aides
Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks Child, Family, & School Social Workers
Personal & Home Care Aides

50 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10

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.
Three of these jobs are directly related to the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.
Two have been designated "HOT" for the period on a statewide basis.
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 2014
WIA Area #15 Middle Flint
This area is made up of eight counties in the middle Flint River basin in and around the city of Americus. It includes the following counties: Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and Webster.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #15 is expected to grow from approximately 38,700 jobs in 2004 to more than 39,000 by the year 2014. This area is the home of the 39th president of the United States. It also is the home of a regional medical center, and a state university. Substantial employment can be found in health services, education services, agriculture, state government employment, food processing, and wood products manufacturing.

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

State Government, Excl Education & Hospitals
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

500 370

Ambulatory Health Care Services

230

General Merchandise Stores

210

Educational Services

200

Social Assistance

170

Accommodation

110

Furniture & Related Product Manufacturing

90

Administrative & Support Services

70

Wood Product Manufacturing

60

Nursing & Residential Care Facilities

60

Industry Rate of Growth
The area's economy is expected to lag behind both the state's and the nation's economy over the projection period. Area job growth is expected to be 0.1 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.

Miscellaneous Manufacturing Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
Social Assistance Accommodation
State Government, Excl Education & Hospitals
Transit & Ground Passenger Transport Beverage & Tobacco Product Manufacturing
Ambulatory Health Care Services General Merchandise Stores
Administrative & Support Services

3.2% 2.8% 2.5% 2.3% 2.3% 2.2% 1.9% 1.8%

9.0% 6.8%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Child Care Workers Hot Registered Nurses Child, Family, & School Social Workers
Home Health Aides
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Retail Salespersons
Teacher Assistants Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Personal & Home Care Aides Supvrs of Production & Operating Workers
Team Assemblers Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Education
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Customer Service Representatives
Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks Operating Engineers & Other Construct
Equipment Operators Helpers--Production Workers
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

110 100

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 700 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area.
Three of these occupations require a college degree and nine require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Four are in healthcare, a key industry in this area.
Two have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2014 for their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings during this period.