Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #8 - West Central GA, projections to 2012

Fastest Growing Occupations

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists Tellers
Retail Salespersons
Receptionists & Information Clerks
Carpenters Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs.,
Incl. Fast Food Registered Nurses
Cashiers
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Food Preparation Workers
Customer Service Representatives
Waiters & Waitresses
Correctional Officers & Jailers

3.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.7%

6.2% 5.5%

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.
One of the fastest growing occupations is associated with the healthcare industry.
Eight require only short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cashiers
Retail Salespersons
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs.,
Incl. Fast Food Registered Nurses
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Child Care Workers
General & Operations Managers
Customer Service Representatives
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Elem. School Teachers, Exc. Special
Ed. Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Team Assemblers
Food Preparation Workers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, &
Cosmetologists Receptionists & Information Clerks
Office Clerks, General

180 150 140 100 100 90 80 80 80 70 70 70 60 60 60 60

380 290

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.
Eleven of these jobs 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.

Georgia Area
Workforce Trends
Projections to 2012
WIA Area #8 West Central GA
This area is made up of 10 counties in west central Georgia in and around the cities of Carrollton, LaGrange and Newnan. It includes the following counties: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and Upson.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #8 is expected to grow from almost 159,000 jobs in 2002 to almost 175,000 by the year 2012, which equates to more than 1,600 new jobs added each year. Key industries include textiles, apparel manufacturing, plastics and rubber products manufacturing, primary metal manufacturing, and transportation equipment manufacturing. The area also has substantial employment in health services and higher education.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

General Merchandise Stores

3,620

Educational Services

1,930

Food Services & Drinking Places

1,820

Personal & Laundry Services

1,530

Truck Transportation

1,520

Social Assistance

1,330

Hospitals

1,000

Ambulatory Health Care Services
Credit Intermediation & Related Activities
Specialty Trade Contractors

980 980 910

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is expected to lag behind both the state's and the nation's economy over the projection period. Area job growth is expected to be 1.0 percent per year, while the state's job growth is expected to be 1.6 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.4 percent per year.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Truck Transportation Personal & Laundry Services General Merchandise Stores
Social Assistance Wood Product Manufacturing Credit Intermediation & Related Activities
Construction of Buildings Ambulatory Health Care Services Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Specialty Trade Contractors

8.2% 7.2% 5.2% 5.0% 4.6% 3.2% 2.5% 2.3% 1.9% 1.8%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Retail Salespersons
Cashiers
Registered Nurses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Hairdressers, Hairstylists, &
Cosmetologists Customer Service Representatives
Waiters & Waitresses General & Operations Managers
Child Care Workers
Receptionists & Information Clerks
Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters
Carpenters
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

530 500 500 420 400 380 350 310 300 280 260 210

1,510 1,270 1,170

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 8,400 jobs over the next 10 years, more than half of all projected job growth in this area.
Six occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require a college degree.
Twelve of these occupations require no formal education beyond high school.