Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #9 - NE Georgia, projections to 2012

Fastest Growing Occupations

Correctional Officers & Jailers
Registered Nurses Comb. Food Prep& Serving Wrkrs.,
Incl. Fast Food Sales Managers
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Food Preparation Workers
Receptionists & Information Clerks Supervisors of Construction Trades &
Extraction Workers Electricians
Waiters & Waitresses Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery
Services Nursing Aides, Orderlies, &
Attendants Personal & Home Care Aides Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products
Construction Laborers

3.3% 3.2% 3.0% 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.5% 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 2.3%

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.
Two of the fastest growing occupations are in the healthcare industry.
Thirteen of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cashiers
Retail Salespersons
Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food Elem. School Teachers, Except Special Ed.
Registered Nurses Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material
Movers, Hand General & Operations Managers Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Secondary School Teachers, Exc. Special &
Voc. Ed. Customer Service Representatives
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers
Office Clerks, General
Food Preparation Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids & Hsekeep.
Cleaners Team Assemblers

190 180 150 140 140 110 100 100 90 90 90 90 80 80 80

330 280

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.
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 #9 NE Georgia
This area is made of 12 counties in northeast Georgia in and around the city of Athens. It includes the following counties: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe and Walton.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #9 is expected to grow from almost 177,000 jobs in 2002 to 209,000 by the year 2012, which equates to more than 3,200 new jobs added each year. The area is home to the state's flagship university, the University of Georgia. The main industries are higher education, health services, agriculture, nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, wood product manufacturing, and to a lesser degree, poultry processing.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Educational Services

5,430

Food Services & Drinking Places
Furniture & Related Product Manuf ac turing
Ambulatory Health Care Services

3,320 2,570 2,090

Administrative & Support Services

1,860

Hospitals

1,620

Specialty Trade Contractors
Local Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals
State Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals
Paper Manufacturing

1,330 1,140 1,080 1,060

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is currently growing slightly faster than Georgia's overall, with expected job growth of 1.7 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.6 percent for the state.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Furniture & Related Product Manuf ac turing
Paper Manufacturing
Fabricated Metal Product Manuf ac turing
Social Assistance

10.8% 7.5% 5.4% 4.2%

Ambulatory Health Care Services
Wholesale Electronic Markets & Agents & Brokers
Truck Transportation

4.0% 3.8% 3.4%

Administrative & Support Services
State Government, except Education & Hospitals
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

3.1% 2.9% 2.9%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Retail Salespersons
Registered Nurses
Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food
Cashiers
Waiters & Waitresses
Elem. School Teachers, Except Special Ed.
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
General & Operations Managers
Customer Service Representatives Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. &
Scientific Products Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Secondary School Teachers, Except Special &
Voc. Ed. Construction Laborers
Food Preparation Workers

960 900 820 720 700 660 590 570 530 500 420 390 380 370 360

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to almost 8,900 jobs over the next 10 years, about 28 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and four require a college degree.
Seven of these occupations also appear in the chart of the fastest growing occupations.