Short-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
New
Job
Positions Replacements
Cashiers
0
120
Teacher Assistants
100
10
Retail Salespersons
10
70
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids
and Housekeeping Cleaners
40
20
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material
Movers, Hand
0
60
Combined Food Preparation and Serving
Workers, Including Fast Food
10
40
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery,
and Greenhouse
0
50
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
0
50
Bus Drivers, School
30
10
Office Clerks, General
20
20
Waiters and Waitresses
0
40
Annual Openings
120 110 80
60
60
50
50 50 40 40 40
Average Wage
7.12 14,569
8.44
7.61
10.12
6.44
7.60 9.82 6.40 9.00 5.98
During the years 2005 and 2006, almost 1,600 new jobs will be created annually in the Southeast
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 1,500 additional job open-
ings 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 2005 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 typically worked in a year is less than 2,080.
Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis
Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner
georgia jobs 2005 - 2006
Short-term Employment Projections
See which jobs are expected to be in highest demand over the next two years
Workforce Investment Area #19 Southeast Georgia
Berrien
Includes the following counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware
Southeast Georgia Area's Top Jobs by Most Expected Annual Openings for 2005-2006
More than a Bachelor's Degree
Occupation
New
Job
Positions Replacements
Education Administrators, Elementary
and Secondary School
20
0
General and Operations Managers
0
20
Instructional Coordinators
20
0
Chief Executives
0
10
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 10
0
Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors 10
0
Farm, Ranch, and Other Agricultural Managers 0
10
Librarians
10
0
Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary
School
10
0
Annual Openings
20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10
10
Average Wage
60,178 31.09 23.79 61.89 43.18 24.07 16.82 26.91
58,814
Bachelor's Degree
Occupation
New
Job
Positions Replacements
Elementary School Teachers, Except
Special Education
100
10
Secondary School Teachers, Except
Special and Vocational Education
60
10
Middle School Teachers, Except Special
and Vocational Education
50
10
Kindergarten Teachers, Except
Special Education
20
0
Accountants and Auditors
0
10
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 10
0
Computer Systems Analysts
10
0
Employment, Recruitment, and Placement
Specialists
10
0
Insurance Sales Agents
0
10
Network Systems and Data
Communications Analysts
10
0
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 10
0
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 10
0
Special Education Teachers, Preschool,
Kindergarten, and Elementary School
10
0
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 10
0
Annual Openings
110
70
60
20 10 10 10
10 10
10 10 10
10 10
Average Wage
45,164
49,444
37,967
44,357 19.65 15.63 22.47
21.28 29,286
23.27 35,358 39,990
42,100 46,188
Associate's Degree
Occupation
Registered Nurses Computer Support Specialists
New
Job
Positions Replacements
20
20
10
0
Annual Openings
40 10
Average Wage
21.19 19.34
Postsecondary Vocational Training
Occupation
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
New
Job
Annual
Positions Replacements Openings
0
10
10
0
10
10
Average Wage
12.53
13.69
Work Experience in a Related Occupation
Occupation
New
Job
Positions Replacements
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
20
10
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 10
10
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Office and Administrative Support Workers 10
10
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Production and Operating Workers
10
10
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 20
0
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming,
Fishing, and Forestry Workers
0
10
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food
Preparation and Serving Workers
0
10
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers,
Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
10
0
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Retail Sales Workers
0
10
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
10
0
Annual Openings
30
20
20
20 20
10
10
10
10 10
Average Wage
18.73
20.21
16.21
18.98 19.77
13.07
9.12
15.53
12.04 20.02
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities
Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
New
Job
Positions Replacements
Machinists
30
0
Carpenters
0
10
Cooks, Restaurant
0
10
Fire Fighters
0
10
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
0
10
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders
10
0
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
0
10
Annual Openings
30 10 10 10 10
10 10
Average Wage
14.75 15.58 6.54 12.73 15.02
9.22 12.87
Moderate-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
New
Job
Positions Replacements
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer 40
20
Customer Service Representatives
20
20
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
20
10
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical,
and Executive
20
10
Team Assemblers
0
30
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out
Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 20
10
Correctional Officers and Jailers
10
10
Executive Secretaries and Administrative
Assistants
10
10
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 10
10
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and
Manufacturing, Except Technical
and Scientific Products
0
20
Annual Openings
60 40 30
30 30
30 20
20 20
20
Average Wage
12.65 10.97 6.75
9.96 11.15
10.47 10.99
13.64 13.49
16.27
For more information, please contact David Yankey at (404) 232-3875 Fax (404) 232-3888
Email: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us
www.dol.state.ga.us/wp/lmi_publications.htm