Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #20 - Coastal GA, projections to 2014

Fastest Growing Occupations

Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts
Home Health Aides
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications
Medical Assistants Hot Physician Assistants Cementing & Gluing Machine Operators &
Tenders Personal & Home Care Aides Hot Physical Therapist Assistants Hot Database Administrators Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsec
Biological Science Teachers, Postsec Hot Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators
English Language & Literature Teachers, Postsec
Nursing Instructors & Teachers, Postsec
Amusement & Recreation Attendants
Hot Business Teachers, Postsec

4.9% 4.8% 4.2% 4.0% 3.9% 3.8% 3.6% 3.5% 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2%

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.
Six of these occupations are found mainly in health services and three are associated with computer technology.
Seven have earned the "HOT" designation on a statewide basis for the period 2004-2014.
Five of these jobs do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Retail Salespersons
Cashiers
Waiters & Waitresses Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl
Fast Food Hot Registered Nurses
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Hot General & Operations Managers
Customer Service Representatives Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Special
Education Food Preparation Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Child Care Workers
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Office Clerks, General
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

220 210 160 150 150 140 140 140 140 130 130

530 420 400 390

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.
Eleven of these occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
On a statewide basis, three of these occupations have earned the "HOT" designation for the projections period.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2014
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 262,000 jobs in 2004 to almost 302,000 by the year 2014, which equates to almost 4,000 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

5,580

Food Services & Drinking Places

5,450

Administrative & Support Services

5,150

Ambulatory Health Care Services

3,260

General Merchandise Stores

2,160

Self-Employed & Unpd Family Wkrs
Local Government, Excl Education & Hospitals
Professional, Scientific, & Tech Services
Accommodation

1,870 1,760 1,640 1,260

Hospitals

1,210

Industry Rate of Growth
While the area's economy is currently not growing as fast as Georgia's overall, it is growing faster than the nation's employment growth rate of 1.2 percent annually. Area job growth is expected to be 1.4 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 1.7 percent per year.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Internet Serv Providers, Web Search Portals, & Data Proc Services Warehousing & Storage
Amusement, Gambling, & Recreation Industries
Administrative & Support Services Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, &
Related Industries Wood Product Manufacturing
Funds, Trusts, & Other Financial Vehicles
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities
Repair & Maintenance

3.9% 3.8% 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.1% 3.0% 3.0% 2.9%

5.8%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Retail Salespersons Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl
Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses
Hot Registered Nurses
Customer Service Representatives Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Hot General & Operations Managers Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Education
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Teacher Assistants
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Food Preparation Workers
Child Care Workers Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
Hand Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers

1,390 1,240 1,210 900 790 780 750 700 670 670 610 610 590 510

1,870

These 17 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 13,200 jobs over the next 10 years, more than one-third of all projected job growth in this area.
Ten of these occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and three require a college degree.
Three have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2014 as a result of their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings over the period 2004-2014.
Two are found in health services, a key industry in this area.