Georgia jobs 2007-2008 : short-term employment projections. Workforce investment area #18, South Georgia

Short-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers,

Incl Fast Food

110

160

Cashiers

30

200

Retail Salespersons

80

150

Waiters & Waitresses

70

110

Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material

Movers, Hand

40

90

Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery,

& Greenhouse

40

80

Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

80

30

Child Care Workers

70

20

Helpers--Production Workers

40

30

Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids

& Housekeeping Cleaners

40

30

Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

0

70

Annual Openings
270 230 230 180
130
120 110 90 70
70 70

Average Wage
6.69 7.55 10.53 6.83
10.66
7.87 7.28 6.89 8.66
8.56 9.78

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Email: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us
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During the years 2007 and 2008, almost 2,200 new jobs will be created annually in the South 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 more than 2,900 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 #18 South Georgia

Turner Tift

Ben Hill Irwin

Cook

Lanier

Brooks

Lowndes Echols

Includes the following counties: Ben Hill, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, and Turner

South 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

0

10

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 10

0

Ed Administrators, Elem & Secondary School 10

0

Ed Administrators, Postsecondary

10

0

Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors 10

0

Farm, Ranch, & Other Agricultural Managers 0

10

Financial Managers

10

0

Instructional Coordinators

10

0

Management Analysts

10

0

Sales Managers

10

0

Annual Openings
50 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Average Wage
35.20 50.57 63,401 71,195 41.55 21.61 N/A 36.77 22.71 25.30 46.84

Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed

40

30

Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special

& Voc Ed

20

20

Middle School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed 20

10

Accountants & Auditors

10

10

Child, Family, & School Social Workers

10

10

Construction Managers

0

10

Industrial Production Managers

10

0

Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed

10

0

Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts

10

0

Special Ed Teachers, Secondary School

10

0

Annual Openings
70
40 30 20 20 10 10 10 10 10

Average Wage
36,234
47,708 45,019 25.07 16.62 25.01
29.14 46,366
19.86 45,568

Associate's Degree or Postsecondary Vocational Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Registered Nurses

30

30

Auto Service Technicians & Mechanics

0

20

Licensed Practical & Licensed Voc Nurses

0

20

Real Estate Sales Agents

10

10

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine

Specialists

0

10

Medical Records & Health Info Technicians 10

0

Annual Openings
60 20 20 20
10 10

Average Wage
27.30 14.59 15.03 13.45
16.03 8.16

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Graders & Sorters, Agricultural Products

100

10

Supvrs of Food Prep & Serving Workers

20

20

Supvrs of Production & Operating Workers 20

20

Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers

10

30

Supvrs of Office & Admin Support Workers 10

20

Supvrs of Construct Trades & Extraction

Workers

10

10

Supvrs of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 10

10

Supvs of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Workers 0

10

Purchasing Agents, Exc Wholesale, Retail,

& Farm Products

10

0

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 10

0

Annual Openings
110 40 40 40 30
20 20 10
10 10

Average Wage
6.58 12.24 19.42 14.23 20.02
22.16 22.75 17.41
22.86 24.07

Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
Cooks, Restaurant Carpenters Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Dental Laboratory Technicians

New

Job

Positions Replacements

20

30

20

10

10

10

10

0

Annual Openings
50 30 20 10

Average Wage
8.57 11.89 15.99 10.32

Electricians

0

Fire Fighters

0

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

0

Machinists

10

Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

0

Water & Liquid Waste Treatment Plant

& System Operators

0

10

10 18.15

10

10 15.78

10

10 17.26

0

10 14.18

10

10 14.81

10

10 13.02

Moderate-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Team Assemblers

50

50

Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Exc Tech

& Scientific Products

30

30

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

40

20

Customer Service Representatives

30

20

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

30

20

Extrude & Draw Machine Setrs, Oprs,

& Tenders, Metal & Plastic

30

10

Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 10

20

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

10

20

Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive 0

30

Dental Assistants

10

10

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers,

& Weighers

10

10

Medical Assistants

10

10

Mix & Blend Machine Setrs, Oprs, & Tndrs 10

10

Sheet Metal Workers

10

10

Structural Metal Fabricators & Fitters

10

10

Annual Openings
100
60 60 50 50
40 30 30 30 20
20 20 20 20 20

Average Wage
12.90
20.35 15.76 11.23 14.03
13.63 12.70 7.32 11.79 13.35
11.65 12.55 12.09 12.92 14.49

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