Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #19 - SE Georgia, projections to 2008

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Salespersons, Retail General Mgrs & Top Execs General Office Clerks Waiters & Waitresses
Registered Nurses Food Preparation Workers Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs
Truck Drivers, Heavy Teachers, Secondary School Marketing/Sales Supervisors
Sales Reps, Non-Scientific Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med Nursing Aides & Orderlies Janitors & Cleaners Farm Equipment Operators
Hand Packers & Packagers

70 60 50 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

140 110

" 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 jobs are directly related to the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.
" Twelve 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

-100

-50 -50
-30 -20

Sew ing Mach Oprs, Garment Teachers,
Preschool,Educ Servs
Textile Mach Oprs/Tndrs
Child Care Workers
Farm Wkrs, Ex Agri Serv

" The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
" Two of these jobs are found mainly in textiles and apparel manufacturing.
" One is in the agricultural industry.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends
Projections to 2008
WIA Area #19 SE Georgia

C o ffe e A t k in so n

Bacon

Pierce

Ware

Brantley

C lin c h

C h a rlto n

This area encompasses the eight counties of southeast Georgia in and around the cities of Douglas and Waycross. It includes the following counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #19 is expected to reach nearly 70,000 jobs by the year 2008, with more than 1,200 new jobs added each year. The area's economy is currently growing nearly as fast as Georgia's overall, with expected job growth of 2.1 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 2.4 percent for the state.
Area Highlights
" This area is the home of a regional medical center, a regional retail distribution center, an aircraft parts manufacturer, and several mobile home manufacturers.
" Key industries include health services, educational services, agriculture production, lumber and wood products, apparel and other textile products, and transportation equipment manufacturing.
" This area experienced a 10.8 percent population growth rate over the period from 1988 to 1998 as compared to a statewide rate of 20.9 percent over the same period.
" Total personal income grew by 86.9 percent over the 10-year period while Georgia total personal income grew by 96.8 percent.

.astest Growing Occupations

Registered Nurses
Cashiers
Truck Drivers, Heavy
Salespersons, Retail
General Office Clerks General Mgrs & Top Execs
Waiters & Waitresses Food Preparation Workers
Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs

3.7% 3.5% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 2.3% 2.3% 2.2% 2.0%

" 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.
" The fastest growing occupation is associated with the healthcare industry.
" Five of these jobs are found mainly in the retail trade industry.

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Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Cashiers Salespersons, Retail General Mgrs & Top Execs General Office Clerks Truck Drivers, Heavy
Registered Nurses Marketing/Sales Supervisors
Nursing Aides & Orderlies Stock Clerks, Sales Floor Hand Packers & Packagers Teacher Aides, Paraprof
Waiters & Waitresses Systems Analysts
Sales Reps, Non-Scientific Clerical Supervisors
Reception/Information Clks Janitors & Cleaners Truck Drivers, Light

380 290 290 280 230 200 170 170 150 140 130 130 130 130 130 130

630 520

" These 18 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add about 4,200 jobs over the next 10 years, about 35 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
" Twelve occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require a bachelor's degree.
" Thirteen of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.
For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Georgia Occupational Trends in Brief
or this publication, call 404/656-3177 or contact your local
Department of Labor office.