Short-term employment projections, 2006-2007

Industries with the Most Expected Annual Job Openings

More than 100 industries were analyzed to identify the twenty expected to have the most annual job openings for 2006-2007. The twenty in the chart below represent more than half of the total annual openings in all industries over the next two years. Newly created positions as well as job replacements are shown for each industry. Many of the occupations listed on the other side of this brochure are found in these industries.

Industry
Food Services and Drinking Places Educational Services Adminstrative and Support Services Professional, Scientific,and Technical Services General Merchandise Stores Specialty Trade Contractors Self-employed and Unpaid Family Workers Ambulatory Health Care Facilities Hospitals Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods Local Government, except Education and Hospitals Religious,Grantmaking,Civic, Professional
& Similar Organizations Social Assistance Food and Beverage Stores Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers Credit Intermediation and Related Activities Truck Transportation Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods Nursing and Residential Care Facilities State Government, except Education and Hospitals

New

Job

Annual

Positions Replacements Openings

9,330 12,390 10,800
7,380 3,830 4,130 1,950 4,150 3,630 3,560 2,770

14,030 7,270 6,030 3,420 3,680 2,700 4,790 2,320 2,700 2,410 3,050

23,360 19,660 16,830 10,800
7,510 6,830 6,740 6,470 6,330 5,970 5,820

2,430 2,920
440 1,360
920 1,790
970 1,380
880

2,000 1,070 3,280 1,780 2,140
870 1,480
970 1,460

4,430 3,990 3,720 3,140 3,060 2,660 2,450 2,350 2,340

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings within the Highest Demand Industries

The top five jobs with the most annual openings within each of the 20 highest demand industries for 2006-2007 are listed below. Several of these jobs are listed in the tables on the inside of this brochure.

Food Services & Drinking Places: combined food prep & serving workers, including fast food; waiters & waitresses; restaurant cooks; food preparation workers; fast food cooks

Educational Services: elementary school teachers, except special ed; teacher assistants; secondary school teachers, except special & voc ed; middle school teachers, except special & voc ed; janitors & cleaners, except maids & housekeeping cleaners

Administrative & Support Services: laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand; security guards; janitors & cleaners, except maids & housekeeping cleaners; landscaping & groundskeeping workers; customer service reps

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services: management analysts; accountants & auditors; customer service reps; lawyers; general & operations managers

General Merchandise Stores: retail salespersons; cashiers; stock clerks & order

fillers; supervisors of retail sales workers; laborers & freight, stock, & material

movers, hand

Continued

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings within the Highest Demand Industries
Continued from previous panel
Specialty Trade Contractors: electricians; plumbers, pipefitters, & steamfitters; construction laborers; operating engineers & other construction equipment operators; supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers
Self-employed & Unpaid Family Workers: child care workers; supervisors of retail sales workers; real estate sales agents; management analysts; construction managers
Ambulatory Health Care Facilities: registered nurses; medical assistants; receptionists & information clerks; dental assistants; licensed practical & licensed vocational nurses
Hospitals: registered nurses; nursing aides, orderlies, & attendants; licensed practical & licensed vocational nurses; respiratory therapists; maids & housekeeping cleaners
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods: sales reps, wholesale & manufacturing, except technical & scientific products; laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand; sales reps, wholesale & manufacturing, technical & scientific products; customer service reps; stock clerks & order fillers
Local Government, except Education & Hospitals: police & sheriff's patrol officers; fire fighters; correctional officers & jailers; water & liquid waste treatment plant & system operators; court, municipal, & license clerks
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, & Similar Organizations: child care workers; general & operations managers; executive secretaries & administrative assistants; fitness trainers & aerobics instructors; recreation workers
Social Assistance: child care workers; preschool teachers, except special ed; personal & home care aides; social & human service assistants; teacher assistants
Food & Beverage Stores: cashiers; stock clerks & order fillers; food preparation workers; combined food preparation & serving workers, including fast food; packers & packagers, hand
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers: retail salespersons; automotive service technicians & mechanics; tire repairers & changers; cleaners of vehicles & equipment; parts salespersons
Credit Intermediation & Related Activities: tellers; loan officers; customer service reps; retail salespersons; new accounts clerks
Truck Transportation: truck drivers, heavy & tractor-trailer; laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand; truck drivers, light or delivery services; dispatchers, except police, fire, & ambulance; bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods: sales reps, wholesale & manufacturing, except technical & scientific products; sales reps, wholesale & manufacturing, technical & scientific products; stock clerks & order fillers; truck drivers, heavy & tractor-trailer; laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities: nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; licensed practical & licensed vocational nurses; home health aides; registered nurses; maids & housekeeping cleaners
State Government, except Education & Hospitals: correctional officers & jailers; child, family, & school social workers; secretaries, except legal, medical, & executive; probation officers & correctional treatment specialists; registered nurses

GeorGia Jobs 2006 - 2007

Short-term Employment Projections
See which jobs are expected
to be in highest demand
over the next two years
Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis
Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Georgia's Top Jobs by Most Expected Annual Openings for 2006-2007

During the years 2006 and 2007, more than 83,000 new jobs will be created annually in Georgia. 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 106,000 additional job openings per year will result from the need to replace workers who leave during this period.

This brochure lists the jobs expected to be in the highest demand over the next two years. Each table shows the top ten jobs expected to have the most annual openings by the job preparation level usually required for employment. Annual openings are split into those resulting from growth (new positions) and those resulting from replacements.

Wages from the 2006 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.

More than a Bachelor's Degree
Occupation
General & Operations Managers Management Analysts Sales Managers Chief Executives Computer & Information Systems Managers Financial Managers Lawyers Instructional Coordinators Administrative Services Managers Education Administrators, Elem
& Secondary School

New Positions
1,760 680 570 390 380 330 290 340 260
260

Job

Annual Average

Replacements Openings Wage

1,320 290 310 340 170 220 190 110 180

3,080 970 880 730 550 550 480 450 440

40.80 40.06 46.78 72.65 47.47 43.25 54.22 23.23 31.84

160

420 74,953

Bachelor's Degree
Occupation

New Positions

Elementary School Teachers,

Except Special Ed

1,590

Secondary School Teachers,

Except Special & Vocational Ed

830

Accountants & Auditors

640

Middle School Teachers,

Except Special & Vocational Ed

610

Computer Systems Analysts

690

Computer Software Engineers, Applications 510

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 480

Network Systems & Data

Communications Analysts

470

Special Ed Teachers, Preschool,

Kindergarten, & Elem School

310

Construction Managers

260

Insurance Sales Agents

140

Job

Annual Average

Replacements Openings Wage

1,000
640 490
470 180 100
90
90
150 190 310

2,590 45,600

1,470 47,791 1,130 25.44

1,080 870 610 570

46,982 34.81 34.60 36.01

560 29.39

460 45,085 450 35.19 450 23.95

Associate's Degree
Occupation

New Positions

Registered Nurses

1,890

Computer Support Specialists

620

Paralegals & Legal Assistants

200

Respiratory Therapists

140

Medical & Clinical Lab Technicians

100

Medical Records & Health Information

Technicians

170

Radiologic Technologists & Technicians 130

Dental Hygienists

170

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technicians 20

Physical Therapist Assistants

70

Veterinary Technologists & Technicians

80

Job

Annual

Replacements Openings

1,110 200 40 100 120

3,000 820 240 240 220

50

220

80

210

30

200

100

120

30

100

20

100

Average Wage
25.20 20.00 21.29 20.66 14.42
13.50 21.14 25.90 23.23 19.17 11.91

Postsecondary Vocational Training
Occupation

New Positions

Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 410

Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational

Nurses

470

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Ed

540

Real Estate Sales Agents

260

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 130

Fitness Trainers & Aerobics Instructors

220

Bus &n Truck Mechanics & Diesel

Engine Specialists

150

Legal Secretaries

180

Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics 190

Appraisers & Assessors of Real Estate

90

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics,

Except Engines

60

Surgical Technologists

110

Job

Annual

Replacements Openings

600 1,010

480

950

110

650

250

510

320

450

150

370

200

350

120

300

70

260

60

150

90

150

40

150

Average Wage
16.18
15.19 11.42 17.74 10.95 13.32
17.10 16.98 13.49 19.23
19.01 15.04

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

New

Occupation

Positions

Supervisors Office and Administrative

Support Workers

580

Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

700

Supervisors of Food Preparation

& Serving Workers

750

Supervisors of Construction Trades

& Extraction Workers

570

Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers,

& Repairers

340

Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers 140

Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 130

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 240

Food Service Managers

180

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

270

Job

Annual

Replacements Openings

1,020 870
680
330
450 450 230 100 150
60

1,600 1,570
1,430
900
790 590 360 340 330 330

Average Wage
20.35 15.82
12.81
23.69
25.24 22.04 32.11 20.87 21.72 16.59

Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation

New Positions

Cooks, Restaurant

760

Electricians

670

Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

400

Carpenters

520

Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

360

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers

200

Fire Fighters

170

Machinists

90

Heating, Air Conditioning, & Refrigeration

Mechanics & Installers

190

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

30

Job

Annual

Replacements Openings

1,030 380 520 370 260 280 250 170

1,790 1,050
920 890 620 480 420 260

60

250

200

230

Average Wage
9.53 18.48 16.62 15.26 17.79 14.05 15.40 16.44
16.95 18.04

Moderate-term on-the-job Training
Occupation

New Positions

Customer Service Representatives

2,010

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 1,590

Sales Reps, Wholesale & Manufacturing,

Except Technical & Scientific Products 1,120

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 810

Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants 640

Construction Laborers

980

Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 390

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive 350

Team Assemblers

60

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

290

Job

Annual

Replacements Openings

1,180 890

3,190 2,480

1,340 740 830 420 960 980
1,150 720

2,460 1,550 1,470 1,400 1,350 1,330 1,210 1,010

Average Wage
13.78 16.95
26.00 15.03 17.47 11.24 13.84 12.26 11.63
7.63

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

New Positions
1,870 2,610

Job

Annual

Replacements Openings

6,740 5,320

8,610 7,930

Average Wage
7.76 10.57

2,730 2,090

4,140 6,870 6.85 3,940 6,030 6.60

950 220 1,170 1,360

3,230 2,890 1,690 1,430

4,180 3,110 2,860 2,790

10.33 10.46 10.85
7.46

1,380 970

1,040 2,420 8.95 1,390 2,360 8.22

For more information about short-term employment trends, 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

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