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.
Four of these occupations are in either healthcare services or computer technology.
Seven have earned the Hot designation on a statewide basis for
the period 2008-2018.
Five of these occupations only require up to 1 year of on-the-job training.

Hot Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts
Home Health Aides
Medical Assistants
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Personal and Home Care Aides
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
Hot Physician Assistants
Pharmacy Technicians
Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Presch, Kindgtn, & Elem School
Instructional Coordinators
Supvrs of Helpers, Laborers, & Material Movers, Hand
Hot Kindgtn Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Hot Special Ed Teachers, Middle School
Hot Registered Nurses Hot Network & Computer Sys Administrators

4.91% 4.52% 3.59% 3.56% 3.27% 3.24% 3.04% 2.90% 2.79% 2.70% 2.68% 2.51% 2.51% 2.50% 2.45%

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 of these occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Four of the fifteen jobs are in office and administrative support occupations.
On a statewide basis, two 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.

Retail Salespersons Cashiers
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Hot Registered Nurses
Child Care Workers Customer Service Representatives
Office Clerks, General
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
General and Operations Managers Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Teacher Assistants
Licensed Practical & Licensed Voc Nurses Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
Supvrs of Office & Admin Support Workers

470 350 290 240 190 190 170 130 110 110 100 90 90 90 90

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2018
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 Statistics & Economic Research Mark Butler, Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Industry Rate of Growth

Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #20 is expected to grow from more than 271,000 jobs in 2008 to more than 302,000 by the year 2018, which equates to more than 3,000 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
Food Services and Drinking Places
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Administrative and Support Services
Warehousing and Storage
Hospitals Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional,
and Similar Org Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
General Merchandise Stores

5,520 4,360 3,550 2,790 2,210 1,890 1,600 1,290 1,260 940

The unique geographical location of Coastal Georgia is well positioned to ride the recovery wave. The area's waterways, ports, manufacturing and tourism will likely benefit from an expanding global economy. Economic growth in the area is projected to match national projections (1.0%), which are slightly lower than the state's (1.2%) growth rate.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Warehousing and Storage
Air Transportation
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Chemical Manufacturing
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Org
Social Assistance

5.39% 5.38% 4.05% 3.17% 3.16% 3.05% 2.95% 2.53% 2.33% 2.27%

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These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 10,000 jobs over the next 10 years, more than 30 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Six of these occupations require short-term on-the-job training.
Three have made the list of Georgia's Hot Careers to 2018 as
a result of their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings over the period 2008-2018.
Seven of the fifteen occupations are in healthcare or education, key industries in this area.

Hot Registered Nurses
Retail Salespersons Child Care Workers Customer Service Representatives
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Office Clerks, General
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Teacher Assistants
Bookkeeping,Accounting, andAuditing Clerks Supvrs of Food Prep & Serving Workers Home Health Aides Executive Secretaries and Admin Assists
Hot Middle School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed
Licensed Practical and Licensed Voc Nurses

1,500 1,000 940 770 700 700 670 520 460 420 410 390 380 370 370

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