Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #16 - Heart of Georgia, projections to 2008

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Salespersons, Retail General Mgrs & Top Execs General Office Clerks Waiters & Waitresses
Registered Nurses Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs
Teachers, Elementary Teachers, Secondary School
Food Preparation Workers Teacher Aides, Paraprof Correction Officers
Nursing Aides & Orderlies Meat, Poultry, Fish Cutters
Truck Drivers, Heavy

180 110 100 100 100 70 70 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 50

" 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.
" Four of these jobs are directly related to the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.
" Ten 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 pays less than average wages.

Occupations with Largest Declines

-1,360

Sew ing Mach Oprs, Garment -130 Textile Mach Oprs/Tndrs -120 Sew ing Mach Oprs, Non-Garment -110 Production Inspectors, Graders
-70 Pressing Machine Ops, Textiles -60 Stock Clerks, Sales Floor -60 Custom Tailors & Sew ers -50 Typists, Incl Word Processing -30 Computer Operators, Exc Periphrl -30 Pressers, Hand -30 Cutters & Trimmers, Hand

" The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
" Seven of these jobs are found mainly in textiles and apparel manufacturing.
" Two are in clerical jobs with increasingly automated duties.
" One is in information technology and is the result of switching from mainframe computers to personal computers.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends

Projections to 2008

WIA Area #16 Heart of GA/Altamaha

B le c kle y

Johnson

Emanuel

Laurens Treutlen

C andler

M ontgom ery

Dodge

W heeler

W ilcox

Te lfa ir

Toom bs

Evans

Ta tt n a ll

Jeff Davis Appling

W ayne

This area encompasses 17 counties in the heart of the state in and around the city of Dublin. It includes the following counties: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #16 is expected to reach more than 117,000 jobs by the year 2008, with more than 1,400 new jobs added each year. While the area's economy is currently not growing as fast as Georgia's overall, it is growing at a rate equal to the nation's economy. Both area and national job growth are expected to be 1.4 percent per year, as compared to 2.4 percent for the state.
Area Highlights
" This area is the home of the worldfamous sweet Vidalia onion.
" This area is also the home of a V.A. Hospital and several state prison facilities.
" This area was the chief apparel products producer in Georgia during the period 1988 to 1998. As such, it was one of the hardest hit areas in the state with the transfer overseas of many apparel manufacturing jobs during the 10 year period.
" Area population grew by only 7.2 percent over the ten years 1988 to 1998, among the smallest increases in the state. In contrast, Georgia's population grew at a rate of 20.9 percent over the same period.
" Total personal income grew at a rate of 71.8 percent compared to a state rate of 96.8 percent.

.astest Growing Occupations

Meat, Poultry, Fish Cutters Correction Officers
Teacher Aides, Paraprof Waiters & Waitresses
Teachers, Secondary School Nursing Aides & Orderlies Registered Nurses
Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs General Office Clerks Teachers, Elementary Cashiers Truck Drivers, Heavy
Food Preparation Workers General Mgrs & Top Execs
Salespersons, Retail

4.1% 3.0% 3.0% 2.8% 2.6% 2.3% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 1.6% 1.4%

6.3% 6.0%

" 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.
" Two of the fastest growing occupations are associated with the healthcare industry and one is associated with corrections facilities.
" Eleven of these jobs do not require any formal education beyond high school.

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Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Cashiers General Mgrs & Top Execs
Registered Nurses General Office Clerks Teacher Aides, Paraprof Meat, Poultry, Fish Cutters Waiters & Waitresses Salespersons, Retail
Correction Officers Nursing Aides & Orderlies Teachers, Secondary School
Truck Drivers, Heavy Child Care Workers
Social Workers, Exc Med, Psych Teachers, Preschool,Educ Servs
Teachers, Elementary

530 470 410 410 350 350 340 330 310 310 290 260 250 240 240 240

" These 16 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add about 5,300 jobs over the next 10 years, about 37 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
" Nine occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and five require a bachelor's degree.
" Thirteen of these occupations also appear in the chart of the fastest growing occupations.
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or this publication, call 404/656-3177 or contact your local
Department of Labor office.