Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #3 and #6 - City of Atlanta and balance of Fulton Co., projections to 2018

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.
Five are found mainly in health services and four are in the computer field.
Two of these occupations require less than one month of on-thejob training.
Ten have received the Hot label on a statewide basis.

Hot Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts Hot Computer Software Engineers, Apps HHoott Registered Nurses
Medical Assistants
Personal & Home Care Aides
HHoott EducationAdministrators, Postsecondary Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed
Hot ManagementAnalysts
Child Care Workers
Hot Prop, Real Estate, & Community Association Managers
Social and Human Service Assistants
Dental Assistants
Hot Medical and Health Services Managers Hot Computer Software Engineers, Sys Software
Hot Database Administrators

3.48% 3.09% 3.07% 2.97% 2.83% 2.65% 2.57% 2.54% 2.40% 2.33% 2.30% 2.24% 2.12% 2.04% 1.99%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
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.
Five require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Five of these occupations are also found on the list of Georgia's
Hot Careers to 2018.

Customer Service Representatives Waiters and Waitresses Retail Salespersons
Hot Management Analysts Hot Registered Nurses
Cashiers Office Clerks, General Laborers & Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Hot Computer Systems Analysts
Executive Secretaries and Admin Assists General and Operations Managers
Hot Accountants and Auditors
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Hot Computer Software Engineers, Applications
Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Exc Tech & Sci Products

1,140 910 810 670 660 580 490 490 480 430 420 310 290 270 270

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

Total Industry Growth

Industry Rate of Growth

Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Total employment in WIA Areas #3 & #6, that is, in Fulton County in its entirety, is expected to grow from more than 774,000 jobs in 2008 to a little more than 846,000 by the year 2018. This equates to more than 7,200 new jobs added each year. The Atlanta Fulton County area is the principal commercial, financial, transportation, and manufacturing center for the southeastern United States. Other key industries are tourism, telecommunications, health services, higher education, and federal and state government employment.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

17,140

Educational Services

12,830

Hospitals

9,350

Food Services and Drinking Places

9,190

Ambulatory Health Care Services

5,230

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Pro, & Sim Org

4,300

Administrative and Support Services

4,230

SocialAssistance 2,430

Managementof Companies and Enterprises 2,220

Telecommunications 1,870

The area's economy is expected to expand slower than in earlier projections, due to over expansion and moderate employment growth. Area job growth is expected to increase 0.9 percent per year, trailing the state (1.2%) and the nation (1.0%).
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Hospitals
Wood Product Manufacturing Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Org
Social Assistance
Educational Services
Other Information Services Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar
Institution Real Estate
Ambulatory Health Care Services Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services

2.87% 2.78% 2.51% 2.47% 2.40% 2.27% 2.16% 2.08% 2.08% 2.01%

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These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 20,000 jobs over the next 10 years, almost 30 percent of all projected job growth in this area.

Five occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month.

One-third of these occupations are in health care or computer services.

Five have received the Hot label on a statewide basis for their
fast growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings during the projections decade.

Hot Computer Systems Analysts Hot Computer Software Engineers,Apps
Executive Secretaries and Admin Assts Waiters and Waitresses Office Clerks, General Retail Salespersons
Hot Accountants and Auditors Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Bookkeeping,Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Medical Assistants
Hot Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts
Child Care Workers Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
Teacher Assistants Real Estate Sales Agents

2,020 1,930 1,860 1,850 1,720 1,680 1,350 1,210 1,070 940 930 920 870 860 830

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