Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #3 and #6 - City of Atlanta and balance of Fulton Co., projections to 2010

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Retail Salespersons
Waiters & Waitresses Cashiers
Customer Service Representatives Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food
General & Operations Managers Office Clerks, General Security Guards
Computer Support Specialists Registered Nurses
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

940 940 870 860 860 750 650 620 610 580 540 480 410 410 400

Most of the annual job openings in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
Three of these jobs are in the healthcare industry or are computer-related.
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 pay less than average wages.

Occupations with Largest Declines

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-430 -410 -320 -300 -290 -280 -280 -260 -230 -200 -180 -180 -170 -120 -120

Insurance Claims & Policy Processing Clerks Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products Order Clerks Loan Interview ers & Clerks Cooks, Fast Food Tellers Dishw ashers Sw itchboard Operators, Incl. Answ ering Service Prepress Technicians & Workers Computer Operators Office Machine Operators, Ex. Computer Telephone Operators Word Processors & Typists Travel Agents Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic Sew ing Machine Operators

The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
Two of these jobs are found mainly in textiles and apparel manufacturing and two are in telephone communications.
Two 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 2010
WIA Areas #3 and #6 City of Atlanta and Balance of Fulton County
These two areas combined are comprised of the City of Atlanta in Fulton County and the balance of Fulton County.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Areas #3 & #6, that is, in Fulton County in its entirety, is expected to reach more than 994,000 jobs by the year 2010, with more than 15,500 new jobs added each year. The county's economy is currently growing nearly as fast as Georgia's overall, with expected job growth of 1.7 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.8 percent for the state.
Area Highlights
This area is the principal commercial, financial, transportation, and manufacturing center for the southeastern United States.
Other key industries are tourism, communications, health services, higher education, and federal and state government employment.
The county experienced a 25.7 percent population growth rate from 1990 to 2000 compared to Georgia's population growth rate of 25.8 percent over the same period.
The county's total personal income grew faster than the state's, growing at a rate of 113.8 percent while the state grew at a rate of 98.2 percent over the period 1990-2000.
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Fastest Growing Occupations

Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications Computer Support Specialists
Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems Softw are Netw ork Systems & Data Communications Analysts
Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators Medical Assistants
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Correctional Officers & Jailers Computer Systems Analysts Home Health Aides
Social & Human Service Assistants Amusement & Recreation Attendants
Management Analysts Computer & Information Systems Managers
Fire Fighters

6.9% 6.8% 6.2% 6.1% 6.1% 5.3% 4.9% 4.8% 4.7% 4.4% 4.2% 4.2% 4.1% 3.8% 3.5%

Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Customer Service Representatives Computer Support Specialists
Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications General & Operations Managers Registered Nurses Office Clerks, General Security Guards Police & Sheriff's Patrol Off icers
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Accountants & Auditors
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators
Retail Salespersons Computer Systems Analysts
Management Analysts

3,830 3,440 3,350 3,070 3,010 2,940 2,740 2,680 2,540 2,340 2,230 2,190 2,140

5,580

6,880

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.
The top five fastest growing occupations are associated with computer technology.
Nine are found mainly in health services or are computerrelated.
More than half of these occupations have higher than average wages.

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add about 49,000 jobs over the next 10 years, about 32 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Six occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and six require a bachelor's degree.
Four of these occupations also appear in the chart of the fastest growing occupations applications computer software engineers, police and sheriff's patrol officers, computer systems analysts, and management analysts.

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