Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #7 - Metro Atlanta, projections to 2010

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Retail Salespersons Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Waiters & Waitresses General & Operations Managers Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food Customer Service Representatives Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf ., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Off ice Clerks, General Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
Registered Nurses Security Guards
Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks

780 760 720 710 690 690 670 560 530 490 440 400

1,080

1,420 1,420

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.
One of these jobs is in the healthcare industry.
Eleven 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

-320

-210 -150 -110 -80 -80 -70 -50 -50 -40 -30 -30 -30 -20 -20

Cooks, Fast Food Dishw ashers Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Opers. Postal Service Mail Carriers Loan Interview ers & Clerks Travel Agents Dining Room & Caf e. Attendants & Bartender Helpers Meter Readers, Utilities Railroad Brake, Signal, & Sw itch Operators Farm, Ranch, & Other Agricultural Managers Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers & Repairers Postal Service Clerks Telephone Operators Logging Equipment Operators Railroad Conductors & Yardmasters

The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
Three of these jobs are found mainly in mail service and is the result of competition from private carriers.
One of these jobs is found mainly in the telephone communications industry.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends
Projections to 2010
WIA Area #7 Metro Atlanta
This area consists of the seven counties in metropolitan Atlanta not in separate WIA areas and includes the following counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #7 is expected to reach more than 800,000 jobs by the year 2010, with more than 20,500 new jobs added each year. The area's economy is currently the fastest growing in Georgia, with expected job growth of 3.0 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.8 percent for the state.
Area Highlights
This area is home to the world's busiest airport, the headquarters for a major airline, a major retail distribution center, several regional medical centers, and a state university.
Key industries are air transportation, health services, education services, trucking and warehousing, and electronics equipment manufacturing.
This area witnessed the most population growth by far in Georgia over the period 1990-2000, having seen as increase of almost 460,000 people. This represents over 23 percent of the overall population growth in the state over that same period.
The area was also among the leaders in Georgia in the rate of growth in total personal income, as it witnessed a 133.0 percent increase from 1990 to 2000 compared to a statewide growth rate of 98.2 percent.
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Fastest Growing Occupations

Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications Computer Support Specialists
Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems Softw are Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators Medical Assistants Home Health Aides Computer Systems Analysts Management Analysts Claims Adjusters, Examiners, & Investigators Preschool Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed. Computer & Information Systems Managers Child Care Workers Registered Nurses Accountants & Auditors Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

9.0% 8.4% 8.0% 7.9% 7.9% 7.7% 7.0% 6.9% 6.2% 5.9% 5.6% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4%

Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Customer Service Representatives Retail Salespersons Cashiers
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand General & Operations Managers
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Registered Nurses
Office Clerks, General Computer Support Specialists
Security Guards Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks

6,190 6,080 5,820 5,430 5,320 5,080 3,840 3,840 3,820 3,720 3,610 2,860 2,770 2,640 2,420

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 four fastest growing occupations are associated with computer technology.
Ten are found mainly in health services or are computer-related.
More than half of these occupations have higher than average wages.

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 63,400 jobs over the next 10 years, about 31 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Nine occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require a bachelor's degree.
Three these occupations also appear in the chart of the fastest growing occupations registered nurses, computer support specialists, and applications computer software engineers.

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