Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #19 - SE Georgia, projections to 2018

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.
Seven of these occupations are found in education.
Seven have been designated Hot on a statewide basis for the
period 2008-2018.
Six require a two or four year college degree.

Pharmacy Technicians
Home Health Aides
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
Medical Assistants
Pharmacists
Hot Special Ed Teachers, Presch, Kindgtn, & Elem School Hot Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Hot Special Ed Teachers, Middle School
Instructional Coordinators
Preschool Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Hot Registered Nurses
Hot Construction Managers Hot Physician Assistants
Child Care Workers

3.77% 3.37% 3.31% 3.08% 3.01% 2.86% 2.62% 2.56% 2.54% 2.39% 2.36% 2.32% 2.22% 2.17% 2.17%

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.
Seven of these jobs require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Four have earned the Hot label on a statewide basis for this
period.
Four occupations require at least a bachelor's degree.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Cashiers Retail Salespersons Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Hot Registered Nurses
Child Care Workers Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Hot Secondary School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed
Licensed Practical & Licensed Voc Nurses Correctional Officers and Jailers Office Clerks, General
General and Operations Managers
Hot Middle School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed
Teacher Assistants Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

90 60 50 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2018
WIA Area #19 SE Georgia
Berrien
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, Berrien, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware.
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 #19 is expected to grow from almost 60,000 jobs in 2008 to almost 63,000 by the year 2018, which equates to approximately 300 new jobs added each year. 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, wood products manufacturing, food manufacturing, transportation equipment manufacturing, and truck transportation.

This area's economy is currently projected to expand 0.5 percent per year. The manufacturing industry was adversely affected during the economic downturn. More growth is expected to return to the area as the economy recovers. Area employment is expected to trail the state's (1.2%) and the nation's (1.0%) economy, then move upward towards the 1.0 percent range by the next projection period.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 2,000 jobs over the next 10 years, over 60 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Four of these occupations require a college degree and seven require only short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Five of these jobs are found in education, a key industry in this area.

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

Educational Services

Ambulatory Health Care Services

490

Food Services and Drinking Places

450

Hospitals

430

Truck Transportation

370

General Merchandise Stores
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Org
Construction of Buildings

260 220 130

Local, Excluding Education and Hospitals 130

Textile Product Mills 120

1,300

Waste Managementand Remediation Service

7.53%

Truck Transportation

3.89%

Social Assistance

2.97%

Ambulatory Health Care Services

2.42%

Construction of Buildings
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Org
Educational Services

2.17% 2.11% 1.98%

SupportActivities for Transportation

1.92%

Hospitals

1.80%

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

1.54%

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call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Department of Labor office.

Four have made the list of Georgia's Hot Careers to 2018 for
their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings
during the period 2008-2018.

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Child Care Workers Correctional Officers and Jailers
Teacher Assistants Retail Salespersons
Hot SecondarySchool Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Carpenters
Hot Middle School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed
Home Health Aides Receptionists and Information Clerks
Office Clerks, General Preschool Teachers, Exc Spec Ed

300 230 200 150 140 130 130 100 90 90 80 80 70 70 60

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