Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #9 - NE Georgia, projections to 2016

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 of the fastest growing occupations are computer-related.

Four of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

This geographical area (North East Georgia) has the most (10) occupations in this category that have earned the "HOT" label on a statewide basis for this period.

Telecomm Equipment Installers & Repairers, Except Line Ins
Hot Telecomm Line Installers & Repairers Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm
Analysts Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Techs
Hot Database Administrators Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Apps
Customer Service Reps
Electronics Engineers, Exc Computer
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems Softw are
Home Health Aides
Hot Electrical Pow er-Line Installers & Repairers
Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kdgtn, and Elem School
Hot Computer Systems Analysts Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Middle School Hot Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Spec Ed

11.52% 9.06% 7.26% 5.27% 5.01% 4.82% 4.49% 4.46% 4.45% 4.25% 4.02% 4.01% 3.92% 3.79% 3.59%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
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.
On a statewide level, three of these occupations have been designated "HOT" for the 2006-2016 projections period.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Retail Salespersons
Customer Service Reps
Cashiers Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc
Fast Food
Waiters & Waitresses
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
Hot Registered Nurses
Office Clerks, General Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
Hand
Teacher Assistants First-Line Supervisors/Mgrs of Retail Sales
Workers
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Hot Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed
Child Care Workers

260 220 210 200 180 130 110 100 100 100 90 90 80 70 70

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2016
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 more than 176,000 jobs in 2006 to more than 198,000 by the year 2016, which equates to 2,130 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.

INSERT GRAEPdHucational services
Telecommunications Food services and drinking places Self-employed & unpaid family w krs Administrative and support services
Membership associations and organizations
Local govt, excl ed & hospitals Heavy and civil engineering construction
Ambulatory health care services Hospitals

3,520 3,090 2,610 1,690 1,600 1,430 1,370 1,110 1,000

5,490

Industry Rate of Growth
The area's economy is currently growing slightly slower than Georgia's overall, with expected job growth of 1.1 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.3 percent for the state.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Telecommunications
Performing arts and spectator sports Electronic markets and agents and brokers
Heavy and civil engineering construction
Warehousing and storage Waste management and remediation
services Social assistance
Membership associations and organizations Educational services
Administrative and support services

5.4% 5.1% 5.0% 4.9% 3.8% 3.7% 3.4% 3.3% 2.6%

19.2%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth
These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 9,000 jobs over the next 10 years, 42 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Seven occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and four require a college degree.
Four of these occupations have made the coveted list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2016 for their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings during this series of projections.

Customer Service Representatives Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast
Food
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Retail Salespersons
Teacher Assistants
Hot Registered Nurses
Waiters and Waitresses Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Office Clerks, General
Hot Secondary School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Telecomm Equipment Installers & Repairers, Exc Line Hot Management Analysts Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Child Care Workers

830 790 580 560 560 540 480 340 330 320 310 310 310

1,440 1,270