Moderate-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

150

30

Team Assemblers

60

80

Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Exc Tech

& Scientific Products

50

50

Construction Laborers

30

30

Customer Service Representatives

20

30

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

10

40

Operating Engineers & Other Construct

Equipment Operators

20

30

Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 0

40

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

10

30

Exec Secretaries & Admin Assistants

10

30

Annual Openings
180 140
100 60 50 50
50 40 40 40

Average Wage
16.19 11.54
27.00 11.65 12.06 16.25
15.47 13.93 8.02 16.76

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

New

Job

Positions Replacements

130

240

40

300

90

210

70

150

130

60

20

120

0

140

100

30

70

30

30

50

30

50

Annual Openings
370 340 300 220 190
140 140 130 100 80
80

Average Wage
6.97 7.74 10.28 6.93 8.71
10.64 10.40 8.22 18,597
9.14
8.45

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, almost 2,700 new jobs will be created annually in the West Central 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 4,400 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 #8 West Central Georgia

Carroll

Heard

Coweta

Spalding Butts

Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Upson

Includes the following counties: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and Upson

West Central 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

30

50

Admin Services Managers

10

10

Ed Administrators, Elem & Secondary School 10

10

Ed Administrators, Preschool & Child

Care Center

10

10

Ed, Vocational, & School Counselors

10

10

Farm, Ranch, & Other Agricultural Managers 10

10

Instructional Coordinators

10

10

Lawyers

10

10

Sales Managers

10

10

Education Administrators, Postsec

10

0

Annual Openings
80 20 20
20 20 20 20 20 20 10

Average Wage
36.24 26.89 79,176
28.04 20.67
N/A 27.60 59.86 47.03 38.80

Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special

& Voc Ed

40

30

Accountants & Auditors

10

20

Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten,

& Elem School

20

10

Child, Family, & School Social Workers

10

10

Construction Managers

10

10

Loan Officers

10

10

Computer Systems Analysts

10

0

Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed

10

0

Network & Computer Systems Administrators 10

0

Network Systems & Data Communications

Analysts

10

0

Special Ed Teachers, Middle School

10

0

Special Ed Teachers, Secondary School

10

0

Training & Development Specialists

10

0

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

Average Wage
50,584 26.28
46,078 19.78 48.40 30.47 31.26
42,216 23.98
30.48 46,691 54,389 20.05

Associate's Degree
Occupation
Registered Nurses Computer Support Specialists Paralegals & Legal Assistants Respiratory Therapists

New

Job

Positions Replacements

40

50

10

10

10

0

0

10

Annual Openings
90 20 10 10

Average Wage
26.11 18.74 15.53 21.48

Postsecondary Vocational Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Autom Service Technicians & Mechanics

0

20

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine

Specialists

10

10

Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational

Nurses

0

20

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 0

10

Medical Secretaries

0

10

Real Estate Sales Agents

0

10

Annual Openings
20
20
20 10 10 10

Average Wage
14.42
21.70
17.14 8.30 12.02 25.49

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Supvrs of Food Prep & Srving Workers

30

30

Supvrs of Retail Sales Workers

10

40

Supvrs of Construct Trades & Extraction

Workers

20

20

Supvrs of Office & Admin Support Workers 0

40

Supvrs of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 0

20

Supvrs of Production & Operating Workers

0

20

Supvrs of Transport & Material-Moving

Machine & Vehicle Operators

10

10

Food Service Managers

10

10

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsec

10

10

Annual Openings
60 50
40 40 20 20
20 20 20

Average Wage
12.71 15.75
27.07 18.72 23.11 22.07
24.06 21.10 22.69

Supvrs of Helpers, Laborers, & Material

Movers, Hand

0

Supvrs of Non-Retail Sales Workers

0

Supvrs of Personal Service Workers

0

Purchasing Agents, Exc Wholesale, Retail,

& Farm Products

0

10

10 19.93

10

10 28.99

10

10 15.94

10

10 22.67

Long-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Cooks, Restaurant

20

40

Carpenters

30

20

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers

20

20

Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters

20

10

Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

0

30

Bakers

10

10

Butchers & Meat Cutters

10

10

Electricians

10

10

Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

10

10

Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers 0

10

Fire Fighters

0

10

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

0

10

Machinists

0

10

Textile Knitting & Weaving Mach Setrs,

Ops, & Tndrs

0

10

Annual Openings
60 50 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10
10

Average Wage
9.10 15.44 15.66 11.88 16.65 11.60 12.02 19.93 14.50 24.98 15.62 17.28 16.44
11.00

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