Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #7 - Atlanta Regional, projections to 2014

Fastest Growing Occupations

Home Health Aides
Hot Physical Therapist Assistants Hot Physician Assistants
Cementing & Gluing Machine Operators & Tenders Medical Assistants
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts
Emergency Management Specialists Mental Health & Substance Abuse Social Workers
Physical Therapist Aides Postmasters & Mail Superintendents
Hot Employment, Recruitment, & Placement Specialists
Postal Service Mail Carriers Postal Serv Mail Sorters, Processors, & Processing
Machine Operators Postal Service Clerks

8.3% 7.2% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 6.9% 6.8% 6.8% 6.7% 6.4% 6.3% 6.3% 6.3% 6.3% 6.3%

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.
Four of the five fastest growing occupations are found in the health services industry.
Four of these jobs are with the U.S. Postal Service.
Five have received the "HOT" label on a statewide basis for the projections period.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Retail Salespersons
Cashiers Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast
Food Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
Hand Waiters & Waitresses
Customer Service Representatives
Hot General & Operations Managers Hot Sales Reps, Whlsl & Mfg, Exc Tech & Scientific
Products Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Office Clerks, General Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Stock Clerks & Order Fillers
Hot Registered Nurses
Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers
Food Preparation Workers

1,600 1,280 1,230 1,210 980 930 750 720 710 680 670 540 540 500

2,370

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.
Nine require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Three have been designated "HOT" for this period on a statewide basis.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2014
WIA Area #7 Atlanta Regional
This area consists of the seven counties covered by the Atlanta Regional Commission 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 Industry Growth
Total employment in WIA Area #7 is expected to grow from more than 654,000 jobs in 2004 to more than 955,000 by the year 2014, which equates to almost 30,100 new jobs added each year. 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, insurance services, truck transportation, computer and electronic product manufacturing, and telecommunications.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Administrative & Support Services

43,000

Food Services & Drinking Places

28,150

Educational Services

19,930

Professional, Scientific, & Tech Srvs

17,340

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

14,900

Ambulatory Health Care Services

13,930

Specialty Trade Contractors

12,560

General Merchandise Stores

9,150

Food and Beverage Stores

8,510

Self-Employed & Unpd Family Wrkrs

8,270

Industry Rate of Growth
The area's economy is currently the fastest growing in Georgia, with expected job growth of 3.9 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.7 percent for the state.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Nursing & Residential Care Facilities Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, &
Related Securs, Comm Contracts, & Other Finan
Investments Administrative & Support Services
Postal Service
Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Couriers & Messengers
Publishing Industries
Transit & Ground Passenger Transport

7.7% 7.5% 7.5% 6.4% 6.3% 6.2% 6.0% 5.9% 5.9% 5.8%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Retail Salespersons Customer Service Representatives
Cashiers Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Comb Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast Food
Hot General & Operations Managers
Waiters & Waitresses Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners
Hot Sales Reps, Whlsl & Mfg, Exc Tech & Scientific Products
Office Clerks, General
Hot Registered Nurses
Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
Food Preparation Workers

7,830 7,540 7,470 7,160 6,780 6,130 5,530 5,110 4,970 4,600 4,140 3,650 3,400 3,250

14,890

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected add to nearly 92,500 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 college degree.
Three have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2014 as a result of their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings over this projections decade.