Fastest Growing Occupations

Medical Assistants
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications
Social & Human Service Assistants
Computer Systems Analysts
Security Guards Heat., Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics &
Installers Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Personal & Home Care Aides
Receptionists & Information Clerks Automotive Service Technicians &
Mechanics Emergency Medical Technicians &
Paramedics Food Preparation Workers
Correctional Officers & Jailers
Sales Managers

5.1% 4.1% 3.3% 3.1% 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.4% 2.4%

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.
Three of these occupations are found mainly in health services.
Two are associated with computer technology.
Ten of these jobs do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cas hiers Retail Salespersons Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Registered Nurses Elem. School Teachers, Except Special Ed.
General & Operations Managers Food Preparation Workers
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids & Hsekeep. Cleaners Office Clerks, General
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Customer Service Representatives Stock Clerks & Order Fillers
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics

580 430 370 330 180 170 150 140 130 130 130 120 120 120 120

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.
One of these jobs is directly related to the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area.
Nine 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 pay less than average wages.

Georgia Area
Workforce Trends
Projections to 2012
WIA Area #20 Coastal GA
This area encompasses the nine-county coastal region of southeast Georgia in and around the city of Savannah. It includes the following counties: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #20 is expected to grow from more than 257,000 jobs in 2002 to almost 292,000 by the year 2012, which equates to almost 3,500 new jobs added each year. This area is the home of a regional medical center and several military installations. It is also the home of a thriving tourist industry and one of the largest seaports in the southeastern United States. Principal industries include water transportation of freight, tourism and hospitality, educational services, health services, transportation equipment manufacturing, paper manufacturing, food manufacturing, and federal and state government employment.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Educational Services

5,830

Administrative & Support Services

5,310

Food Services & Drinking Places

5,300

Ambulatory Health Care Services

3,710

General Merchandise Stores
Relig., Grantmak., Civic, Prof., & Similar Organizations
Repair & Maintenance
Amusement, Gambling, & Recreation Industries
State Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals
Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services

2,550 1,850 1,370 1,050 1,040 1,010

Industry Rate of Growth

While the area's economy is currently not growing as fast as Georgia's overall, it is growing at nearly the same rate as the nation's economy. Area job growth is expected to be 1.3 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 1.6 percent per year.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Warehousing & Storage Amusement, Gambling, & Recreation
Industries Ambulatory Health Care Services
Repair & Maintenance
Administrative & Support Services
General Merchandise Stores Relig., Grantmak., Civic, Prof., & Similar
Organizations Educational Services
Food Services & Drinking Places Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manuf ac turing

4.7% 4.2% 3.7% 3.5% 3.4% 3.2% 2.9% 2.3% 2.2% 2.1%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Cashiers Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Retail Salespersons
Waiters & Waitresses
Registered Nurses
Customer Service Representatives Elem. School Teachers, Exc. Special
Education Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids &
Hsekeep. Cleaners Automotive Service Technicians &
Mechanics General & Operations Managers
Food Preparation Workers
Receptionists & Information Clerks
Security Guards
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Medical Assistants

830 750 720 640 600 590 560 560 530 530 500

1,560 1,370 1,300 1,240

These 17 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 12,300 jobs over the next 10 years, almost 35 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Four of these occupations require some formal education beyond high school, with two requiring a bachelor's degree.