Georgia jobs 2007-2008: short-term employment projections, workforce investment area #11 Middle Georgia [2007]

Moderate-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Sheet Metal Workers

90

50

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

80

20

Team Assemblers

40

50

Exec Secretaries & Admin Assistants

20

20

Operating Engineers & Other Construct

Equipment Operators

20

20

Construction Laborers

20

10

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

10

20

Customer Service Representatives

20

10

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers,

& Weighers

20

10

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

10

20

Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive 0

30

Annual Openings
140 100 90 40
40 30 30 30
30 30 30

Average Wage
18.35 15.81 13.07 15.50
14.67 11.10 7.30 12.41
17.15 14.71 12.68

Short-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food Cashiers Retail Salespersons Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Waiters & Waitresses Office Clerks, General Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Child Care Workers Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Teacher Assistants

New

Job

Positions Replacements

60

190

0

200

40

150

50

80

20

90

40

50

50

30

30

40

0

70

40

20

Annual Openings
250 200 190
130 110 90
80 70 70 60

Average Wage
6.77 7.67 10.20
9.70 6.43 9.78
8.48 7.19 11.03 16,862

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Email: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us
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During the years 2007 and 2008, more than 2,200 new jobs will be created annually in the Middle Georgia Area. In addition to these job openings arising from employment growth, openings will also arise from the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations, retire, die, or leave the labor force permanently for other reasons. This is important because over the next two years job openings resulting from replacement needs will exceed those resulting from growth in many occupations. It is expected that almost 3,100 additional job openings per year will result from the need to replace workers
who leave doing this period.
This brochure lists the jobs expected to be in the highest demand over the next two years in this area. Each table shows the top ten or so jobs expected to have the most annual openings by the level of education and training usually required for employment. Annual openings are split into those resulting from
growth (new positions) and those resulting from replacements.
Area wages from the 2007 Georgia Wage Survey are also shown for each occupation. All wages are hourly, except that annual wages are shown for the few occupations in which the number of hours typi-
cally worked in a year is less than 2,080.
Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis
Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Georgia Jobs 2007-2008
Short-term Employment Projections

See which jobs are expected to be in highest demand over the next two years
Workforce Investment Area #11 Middle Georgia

Putnam

Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

Crawford Peach

Wilkinson Twiggs

Houston

Pulaski

Includes the following counties: Baldwin, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson

Middle Georgia Area's Top Jobs by Most Expected Annual Openings for 2007-2008

More than a Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

General & Operations Managers

20

30

Chief Executives

10

10

Farm, Ranch, & Other Ag Managers

10

10

Ed Administrators, Elem & Secondary School 10

10

Lawyers

10

0

Ed, Vocational, & School Counselors

10

0

Instructional Coordinators

10

0

Ed Administrators, Postsecondary

10

0

Management Analysts

0

10

Annual Openings
50 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10

Average Wage
37.04 58.74 28.72 74,999 39.91 25.22 24.62 32.45 33.17

Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed

50

30

Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special

& Voc Ed

30

30

Middle School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed 20

20

Accountants & Auditors

10

10

Electronics Engineers, Exc Computer

0

20

Logisticians

0

20

Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten,

& Elem School

10

10

Computer Software Engineers, Applications 10

0

Computer Software Engineers, Systems

Software

10

0

Computer Systems Analysts

10

0

Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed

10

0

Mechanical Engineers

0

10

Network & Computer Systems Admins

10

0

Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts

10

0

Special Ed Teachers, Secondary School

10

0

Annual Openings
80
60 40 20 20 20
20 10
10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Average Wage
48,852
48,323 47,886 26.72 34.79 30.79
46,947 34.76
36.32 34.11 48,041 33.29 29.24 34.44 47,065

Associate's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Computer Support Specialists

10

0

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technicians 0

10

Registered Nurses

0

30

Annual Openings
10 10 30

Average Wage
19.97 28.31 26.21

Postsecondary Vocational Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Auto Service Technicians & Mechanics

20

20

Aircraft Mechanics & Service Technicians

0

20

Appraisers & Assessors of Real Estate

20

0

Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Comm

& Indust Equipment

0

20

EMT's & Paramedics

20

0

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 10

10

Licensed Practical & Licensed Voc Nurses

0

20

Avionics Technicians

0

10

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine

Specialists

0

10

Legal Secretaries

10

0

Medical Secretaries

0

10

Annual Openings
40 20 20
20 20 20 20 10
10 10 10

Average Wage
13.82 21.27 16.79
21.78 12.10 11.98 15.83 21.23
21.05 14.31 11.50

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Supervisors of Food Prep & Serving Workers 20

20

Supervisors of Office & Admin Support Workers 20

20

Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 10

20

Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers 20

10

Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

0

30

Supervisors of Construct Trades & Extraction

Workers

10

10

Annual Openings
40 40 30 30 30
20

Average Wage
12.49 19.73 26.80 23.74 14.15
22.28

Supervisors of Transport & Material-Moving

Mach & Vehicle Operators

10

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 10

Detectives & Criminal Investigators

10

Supervisors of Fire Fighting & Prevention

Workers

10

Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service,

& Groundskeeping Workers

10

Supervisors of Police & Detectives

10

Purchasing Agents, Exc Wholesale, Retail,

& Farm Products

0

10

20 22.87

10

20 23.31

0

10 22.39

0

10 22.00

0

10 14.35

0

10 22.37

10

10 29.46

Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Fire Fighters Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Carpenters Cooks, Restaurant Dental Laboratory Technicians Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters Electricians Industrial Machinery Mechanics Machinists Water & Liquid Waste Treatment Plant & System Operators

New

Job

Positions Replacements

80

20

50

10

40

20

20

10

10

20

20

0

10

10

0

10

0

10

0

10

Annual Openings
100 60 60 30 30 20 20 10 10 10

Average Wage
17.50 13.38 15.05 16.34 8.63 17.25 16.79 18.54 17.88 21.27

10

0

10 17.92

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