Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #2 - GA Mountains, 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.
Two-thirds of the fastest growing occupations are in health care.
Two of these occupations only require on-the-job training of one month or less.
Six of these occupations have received the Hot label on a state-
wide basis for the 2008-2018 projections period.

Home Health Aides Personal & Home Care Aides
Hot Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts Hot Physician Assistants
Medical Assistants
Hot Dental Hygienists
Dental Assistants Social & Human Service Assistants
Hot Computer Software Engineers,Apps
Preschool Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Hot Management Analysts
Pharmacy Technicians Surgical Technologists
Hot Physical Therapists
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

7.03% 6.03% 5.78% 5.73% 5.52% 5.44% 5.37% 5.30% 5.09% 4.96% 4.88% 4.88% 4.88% 4.68% 4.32%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
Most of the job openings in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
Six require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
On a statewide level, four of these occupations have received
the Hot designation.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, most of them pay less than average wages.

Retail Salespersons Cashiers
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Customer Service Representatives
Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Child Care Workers Office Clerks, General Sales Reps, Wholesale and Mfg, Exc Tech and Sci Products Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Hot General and Operations Managers Hot Management Analysts
Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers Team Assemblers

460 350 240 230 210 180 180 180 160 160 150 140 140 140 140

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2018
WIA Area #2 GA Mountains
This area is made up of 13 counties in northeast Georgia comprising the southern tip of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It includes the following counties: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White.
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 #2 is expected to grow from more than 237,000 jobs in 2008 to almost 291,000 by the year 2018, which equates to more than 5,300 new jobs added each year. This area's main industry is poultry processing. Its principal city, Gainesville, is aptly nicknamed "the poultry capital of the world", as it is the national leader in the production of broiler chickens and the third largest producer of chicken eggs, making it the state's largest manufacturer of food products. Other key industries include education, textile mills, health services, agriculture, fabricated metal manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing.

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

listed below.

Total Industry Growth

Educational Services Administrative and Support Services
Ambulatory Health Care Services Food Services and Drinking Places Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services Social Assistance Hospitals
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Personal and Laundry Services General Merchandise Stores

2,430 2,360 2,010 1,910 1,770

6,990 5,400 5,310 4,700 4,300

The Georgia Mountains region is expected to produce spectacular growth throughout the projections horizon. With the second fastest projected growth in the state of 2.0%, the area is expected to lead Georgia (1.2%) and the nation (1.0%) in job growth.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Personal and Laundry Services
Social Assistance
Support Activities for Transportation
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation
Industries Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services Wholesale Electronic Markets and
Agents and Brokers Truck Transportation
Warehousing and Storage

5.94% 5.92% 5.36% 5.24% 4.84% 4.62% 4.49% 4.10% 3.71%

9.29%

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These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 18,000 jobs over the next 10 years, over 30 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and only one requires a college degree.
Two of these jobs are in health services, a key industry in this area.
On a statewide level, three of these occupations have received
the Hot label for their fast growth, high wages, and plentiful job
openings over the projections period.

Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food Retail Salespersons
Hot Registered Nurses
Janitors and Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Customer Service Representatives
Hot Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Office Clerks, General Child Care Workers
Hot ManagementAnalysts
Waiters and Waitresses Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Bookkeeping,Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Sales Reps, Wholesale and Mfg, Exc Tech & Sci Products
Cashiers

2,120 1,980 1,600 1,240 1,240 1,140 1,130 1,120 1,110 1,060 1,050 1,030 860 760 720

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