Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #11 - Middle GA, projections to 2008

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers

200

Waiters & Waitresses

130

General Mgrs & Top Execs

110

Salespersons, Retail

110

General Office Clerks

100

Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs

100

Food Preparation Workers

70

Teachers, Elementary

60

Teachers, Secondary School

60

Registered Nurses

60

Teacher Aides, Paraprof

50

Janitors & Cleaners

50

Marketing/Sales Supervisors

40

Clerical Supervisors

40

Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med

40

Bookkpng, Accntng, Audit Clks

40

Cooks, Fast Food

40

Nursing Aides & Orderlies

40

" 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.
" Two of these jobs are directly related to the healthcare industry and six are in retail trade.
" Ten 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 pays less than average wages.

Occupations with Largest Declines

-210

-80 -70 -60 -40 -40 -40 -30 -30 -30 -30 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20

Textile Mach Oprs/Tndrs Typists, Incl Word Processing Computer Operators, Exc Periphrl Textile Mach Setrs/Oprs Bank Tellers Production Inspectors, Graders Sheet Metal Workers Welfare Eligibility Workers Personnel Clerks, Exc Payroll Electronics Reprs, Commerc/Ind Textile Blch/Dye Mach Oprs/Tndrs Payroll/Timekeeping Clerks Mail Machine Operators Mail Clerks, Exc Mail Machine Machinery Mechanics: Textile Sew ing Mach Oprs, Garment

" The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
" Five of these jobs are found mainly in textiles and apparel manufacturing.
" Four are in clerical jobs with increasingly automated duties.
" One is in information technology and is the result of switching from mainframe computers to personal computers.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends
Projections to 2008
WIA Area #11 Middle GA

Putnam

M on ro e

Jones

B a ld w in

C ra w fo rd

W ilkinson Tw ig g s

Peach

H o us to n

P u la s ki

This area is made up of ten counties in middle Georgia in and around the city of Warner Robins. It includes the following counties: Baldwin, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #11 is expected to reach more than 116,000 jobs by the year 2008, with more than 1,500 new jobs added each year. While the area's economy is currently not growing as fast as Georgia's overall, it is growing slightly faster than the nation's economy. Area job growth is expected to be 1.5 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 2.4 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.4 percent.
Area Highlights
" This area is home to two regional medical centers, a state psychiatric hospital, several colleges and universities, and a large military base.
" There is also significant employment in aircraft and bus equipment manufacturing.
" This area's main industries are health services, higher education services, federal government employment, and transportation equipment manufacturing.
" This area experienced population growth of 16.4 percent, while Georgia experienced population growth at a rate of 20.9 percent overall during the years 1988-1998.
" This area witnessed total personal income growth of 75.9 percent, during which time the state saw total personal income grow at a rate of 96.8 percent.

.astest Growing Occupations

Teacher Aides, Paraprof Waiters & Waitresses
Teachers, Secondary School Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs Cashiers General Mgrs & Top Execs Teachers, Elementary Food Preparation Workers General Office Clerks Salespersons, Retail Janitors & Cleaners Registered Nurses

4.4% 3.4% 3.3% 2.8% 2.7% 2.3% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 1.3%

" 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 the fastest growing occupations are in the K-12 educational services industry.
" One is found mainly in the health services industry.
" Eight of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

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Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Cashiers General Mgrs & Top Execs
Waiters & Waitresses General Office Clerks Teacher Aides, Paraprof Salespersons, Retail Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs Teachers, Secondary School
Systems Analysts Teachers, Elementary
Registered Nurses Teachers, Special Education Marketing/Sales Supervisors
Cooks, Fast Food Child Care Workers

500 390 370 350 330 310 300 280 260 220 220 220 220

760 640

" These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add about 5,400 jobs over the next 10 years, about 35 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
" Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and five require a bachelor's degree.
" Eight of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.
For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Georgia Occupational Trends in Brief
or this publication, call 404/656-3177 or contact your local
Department of Labor office.