Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #17 - SW Georgia, projections to 2016

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.
Two of the fastest growing occupations are found in the healthcare industry and three are computer-related.
Four have been designated "HOT" during this period on a statewide basis.
Eight of these jobs do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Dental Lab Technicians
Technical Writers
Home Health Aides
Industrial Engineering Technicians
Hot Industrial Engineers
Locksmiths & Safe Repairers
Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts Woodw orking Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Exc Saw ing Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators,
& Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Physical Therapist Assistants
Personal & Home Care Aides Saw ing Machine Setters, Operators, &
Tenders, Wood
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Apps Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems
Softw are Milling & Planing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal and

4.24% 4.12% 3.60% 3.54% 3.36% 3.25% 3.18% 3.11% 2.92% 2.88% 2.88% 2.81% 2.77% 2.72%

6.61%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
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 jobs are in healthcare and one is directly related to the agricultural industry.
Three of the fifteen jobs that made the list are in healthcare or agriculture.
On a statewide basis, three of these occupations have earned the "HOT" label for this period.

Cashiers
Retail Salespersons
Hot Registered Nurses
Waiters & Waitresses Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc
Fast Food Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Customer Service Reps
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Farmw orkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse Team Assemblers
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Child Care Workers
Office Clerks, General
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Hot General & Operations Managers

170 150 130 110 100 100 100 100 100 80 70 70 70 60 60

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2016
WIA Area #17 SW Georgia
This area includes the 14 counties of southwest Georgia in and around the city of Albany. It includes the following counties: Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas and Worth.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #17 is expected to grow from more than 156,000 jobs in 2006 to almost 165,000 by the year 2016, which equates to more than 800 new jobs added each year. This area is the chief producer of agricultural products in Georgia and is the largest producer of both peanuts and pecans in the United States. In addition to having substantial employment in education and healthcare, this area is also a principal producer of food and kindred products, apparel and other textile mill products, and paper and wood products.

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

Administrative and support services Educational services Hospitals
Transportation equipment manufacturing Self-employed & unpaid family w krs Food services and drinking places Ambulatory health care services Social assistance Membership associations and organizations Nursing and residential care facilities

1,450 1,140 1,000 1,000 930 900 840 710

3,030 2,500

Industry Rate of Growth
Over the ten year horizon the area's economy is projected to trail behind both the state (1.3%) and the nation (1.0%). Area job growth for Southwest Georgia is expected to average around 0.5 percent per year.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Transportation equipment manufacturing Publishing industries, except Internet Social assistance Administrative and support services Nursing and residential care facilities
Furniture and home furnishings stores Membership associations and organizations Wood product manufacturing
Ambulatory health care services Amusements, gambling, and recreation

3.9% 3.2% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 2.7% 2.6% 1.9% 1.8%

7.4%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 4,800 jobs over the next 10 years, more than half 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.

Three are in the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.

Three have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2016 as a result of their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings over this period.

Hot Registered Nurses
Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Customer Service Representatives
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Home Health Aides
Child Care Workers
Office Clerks, General
Teacher Assistants
Security Guards
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Waiters and Waitresses
Hot Management Analysts

780 520 490 420 410 340 250 250 240 230 200 200 180 180 160