Georgia jobs 2007-2008 : Short-term employment projections. Workforce investment area #19, Southeast Georgia

During the years 2007 and 2008, more than 1,200 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 1,700 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 #19 Southeast Georgia

Coffee Berrien Atkinson

Bacon

Pierce

Ware

Brantley

Clinch

Charlton

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 2007-2008

More than a Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

General & Operations Managers

0

20

Chief Executives

10

0

Ed Administrators, Elem & Secondary School 10

0

Farm, Ranch, & Other Agricultural Managers 0

10

Sales Managers

10

0

Annual Openings
20 10 10 10 10

Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed

40

20

Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special

& Voc Ed

30

20

Middle School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed 20

10

Industrial Engineers

10

0

Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed

10

0

Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten,

& Elem School

10

0

Annual Openings
60
50 30 10 10
10

Associate's Degree or Postsecondary Vocational Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Registered Nurses

10

20

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine

Specialists

10

10

Electrical & Electronics Installers & Repairers,

Transport Equipment

20

0

Auto Service Technicians & Mechanics

0

10

Licensed Practical & Licensed

Vocational Nurses

0

10

Annual Openings
30
20
20 10
10

Average Wage
30.20 48.28 77,319 31.95 39.69
Average Wage
47,021
52,675 47,898 26.68 52,266
48,474
Average Wage
22.96
14.49
16.74 10.32
14.79

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Supvrs of Production & Operating Workers 30

10

Supvrs of Construction Trades & Extraction

Workers

10

10

Supvrs of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 10

10

Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers

0

20

Graders & Sorters, Agricultural Products

20

0

Supvrs of Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Workers 0

10

Supvrs of Food Prep & Serving Workers

0

10

Supvrs of Office & Admin Support Workers 0

10

Supvrs of Transport & Material-Moving

Machine & Vehicle Operators

10

0

Locomotive Engineers

10

0

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

Average Wage
20.54
18.69 20.90 13.56
9.40 23.52 11.82 16.70
18.80 N/A

Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
Carpenters Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters Chemical Plant & System Operators Cooks, Restaurant Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

New

Job

Positions Replacements

40

10

10

10

10

0

10

0

0

10

0

10

Annual Openings
50 20 10 10 10 10

Average Wage
13.65 11.45 11.76 12.86 7.73 13.48

Moderate-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Team Assemblers

60

40

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

40

20

Fiberglass Laminators & Fabricators

40

10

Drill & Bore Machine Tool Setrs, Ops,

& Tndrs, Metal & Plastic

20

10

Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Exc Tech

& Scientific Products

10

20

Annual Openings
100 60 50
30
30

Average Wage
12.12 13.27 10.18
N/A
19.90

Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 0

Construction Laborers

10

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

10

Customer Service Representatives

10

Cut, Punch, & Press Machine Setrs, Ops,

& Tndrs, Metal & Plastic

10

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers,

& Weighers

10

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

0

Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive 0

20

20

10

20

10

20

10

20

10

20

10

20

20

20

20

20

Short-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Cashiers

0

120

Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers,

Incl Fast Food

10

80

Helpers--Production Workers

50

30

Retail Salespersons

0

70

Child Care Workers

40

20

Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery,

& Greenhouse

10

50

Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

50

10

Teacher Assistants

40

20

Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material

Movers, Hand

0

50

Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

0

40

Office Clerks, General

0

30

Waiters & Waitresses

0

30

Annual Openings
120
90 80 70 60
60 60 60
50 40 30 30

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

Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities

11.49 9.51 7.47 10.18
13.37
14.14 13.98 10.82
Average Wage
7.29
6.78 9.72 9.32 6.47
6.87 7.82 14,514
7.77 9.22 9.71 6.98