Moderate-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

160

50

Team Assemblers

80

100

Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Exc Tech

& Scientific Products

100

70

Customer Service Representatives

110

40

Construction Laborers

90

40

Operating Engineers & Other Construct

Equipment Operators

80

50

Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 60

60

Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive 60

60

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

70

40

Exec Secretaries & Admin Assistants

60

40

Annual Openings
210 180
170 150 130
130 120 120 110 100

Average Wage
18.14 12.91
30.55 14.07 12.62
14.13 14.64 11.85 14.55 17.77

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

New

Job

Positions Replacements

120

340

170

280

190

230

120

160

100

180

190

80

50

170

120

90

150

40

120

60

Annual Openings
460
450 420
280 280 270 220 210 190
180

Average Wage
8.03
7.10 11.07
10.55 6.93 8.43 10.31 11.52 8.60
9.80

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

During the years 2007 and 2008, more than 7,100 new jobs will be created annually in the Georgia Mountains 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 5,600 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 #2 Georgia Mountains

Towns Union

Rabun

Habersham

White Lumpkin

Stephens

Dawson Hall
Forsyth

Banks Franklin Hart

Includes the following counties: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White

Georgia Mountains 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

140

70

Chief Executives

20

20

Management Analysts

30

10

Sales Managers

30

10

Admin Services Managers

20

10

Ed Administrators, Elem & Secondary School 20

10

Financial Managers

20

10

Instructional Coordinators

20

10

Lawyers

20

10

Computer & Information Systems Managers 10

10

Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors 10

10

Pharmacists

10

10

Vocational Ed Teachers, Secondary School

10

10

Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Accountants & Auditors

50

20

Construction Managers

30

10

Computer Systems Analysts

20

10

Property, Real Estate, & Community Assoc Mgrs 20

10

Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten,

& Elem School

20

10

Child, Family, & School Social Workers

10

10

Computer Programmers

10

10

Industrial Engineers

10

10

Industrial Production Managers

10

10

Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed

20

0

Loan Officers

10

10

Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists 10

10

Network Systems & Data Comm Analysts

20

0

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 10

10

Annual Openings
210 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20
Annual Openings
70 40 30 30
30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Average Wage
39.68 64.61 40.25 42.38 36.73 75,055 41.94 26.01 55.19 45.11 26.88 49.51 53,933
Average Wage
28.56 37.60 32.61 14.02
46,972 18.53 30.13 35.48 35.52 47,616 33.13 22.84 25.95 49,047

Associate's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Registered Nurses

110

50

Computer Support Specialists

20

10

Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians 10

10

Paralegals & Legal Assistants

20

0

Dental Hygienists

10

0

Funeral Directors

10

0

Medical Records & Health Info Technicians 10

0

Radiologic Technologists & Technicians

10

0

Respiratory Therapists

10

0

Annual Openings
160 30 20 20 10 10 10 10 10

Average Wage
26.08 20.30 14.34 21.15 24.88 29.97 11.85 21.53 21.51

Postsecondary Vocational Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 100

20

Auto Service Technicians & Mechanics

70

30

Licensed Practical & Licensed Voc Nurses

30

20

Real Estate Sales Agents

40

10

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine

Specialists

20

10

Appraisers & Assessors of Real Estate

10

10

Medical Secretaries

10

10

Computer, Auto Teller, & Office Machine

Repairers

10

0

Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Comm

& Indust Equipment

10

0

EMT's & Paramedics

10

0

Legal Secretaries

10

0

Medical Transcriptionists

10

0

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics,

Exc Engines

0

10

Surgical Technologists

10

0

Annual Openings
120 100 50 50
30 20 20
10
10 10 10 10
10 10

Average Wage
10.53 16.26 15.79 18.40
17.92 20.32 13.88
18.36
20.45 13.36 14.85 15.46
14.28 15.22

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Supvrs of Construction Trades

& Extraction Workers

80

30

Supvrs of Office & Admin Support Workers 60

50

Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers

60

50

Supvrs of Food Prep & Serving Workers

40

30

Supvrs of Production & Operating Workers 30

40

Supvrs of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 40

20

Cost Estimators

20

10

Supvrs of Transport & Material-Moving Mach

& Vehicle Operators

20

10

Real Estate Brokers

20

10

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsec

20

10

Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
Carpenters Cooks, Restaurant Electricians Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Industrial Machinery Mechanics Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Automotive Body & Related Repairers Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters Butchers & Meat Cutters Dental Laboratory Technicians Fire Fighters Heating, Air Cond, & Refrig Mechanics & Installers Machinists

New

Job

Positions Replacements

140

50

30

40

40

20

20

40

20

20

30

10

10

30

20

10

20

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

20

0

10

10

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

Annual Openings
110 110 110 70 70 60 30
30 30 30
Annual Openings
190 70 60 60 40 40 40 30 30 20 20 20
20 20

Average Wage
22.22 20.55 16.04 13.35 22.32 24.31 23.86
21.27 22.07 22.40
Average Wage
15.92 10.34 17.41 14.60 18.24 16.77 17.19 20.85 14.07 12.28 17.66 15.20
14.90 11.19