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

New

Job

Positions Replacements

90

330

150

240

150

200

130

180

40

130

110

60

120

40

30

130

50

90

60

70

60

70

Annual Openings
420 390
350 310
170 170 160 160 140 130 130

Average Wage
7.67 10.66
6.93 6.76
11.16 15,808
8.47 10.02
7.47 8.39 10.51

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 2006 and 2007, more than 4,500 new jobs will be created annually in the Northeast 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 4,900 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 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.
Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis
Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

georgia jobs 2006 - 2007

Short-term Employment Projections
See which jobs are expected to be in highest demand over the next two years
Workforce Investment Area #9 Northeast Georgia
Includes the following counties: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe and Walton

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

More than a Bachelor's Degree
Occupation
General & Operations Managers Sales Managers Chief Executives Ed Administrators, Elementary
and Secondary School Administrative Services Managers Computer & Info Systems Managers Financial Managers Management Analysts Lawyers Medical & Health Services Managers

New

Job

Positions Replacements

90

60

30

20

20

20

20

20

20

10

20

10

20

10

20

10

10

10

10

10

Bachelor's Degree

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Elem School Teachers, Ex Special Education 110

80

Secondary School Teachers, Ex Special &

Vocational Ed

60

50

Middle School Teachers, Ex Special

& Vocational Ed

40

40

Construction Managers

30

20

Special Ed Teachers, Preschool,

Kindergarten, & Elem School

30

20

Accountants & Auditors

20

20

Computer Systems Analysts

30

10

Kindergarten Teachers, Ex Special Education 30

10

Computer Software Engineers, Applications 20

10

Computer Software Engineers, Systems

Software

20

10

Associate's Degree
Occupation
Registered Nurses Computer Support Specialists Dental Hygienists

New

Job

Positions Replacements

80

50

20

10

10

10

Annual Openings
150 50 40
40 30 30 30 30 20 20
Annual Openings
190
110
80 50
50 40 40 40 30
30
Annual Openings
130 30 20

Average Wage
36.30 41.00 61.98
82,498 35.99 44.50 37.60 29.41 39.13 36.13
Average Wage
49,973
46,584
47,192 26.06
46,263 26.95 26.65 47,737 29.73
38.01
Average Wage
25.02 17.97 29.58

Associate's Degree (continued)

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technicians 10

10

Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians 10

10

Medical Records & Health Info Technicians 10

10

Paralegals & Legal Assistants

10

10

Physical Therapist Assistants

10

10

Radiologic Technologists & Technicians

10

10

Respiratory Therapists

10

10

Veterinary Technologists & Technicians

10

10

Annual Openings
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Average Wage
19.89 14.57 13.49 25.64 17.65 21.19 22.15 12.53

Postsecondary Vocational Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

50

20

Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 10

30

Licensed Practical & Licensed

Vocational Nurses

20

20

Preschool Teachers, Ex Special Ed

30

10

Real Estate Sales Agents

30

10

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 10

20

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine

Specialists

10

10

Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics 10

10

Fitness Trainers & Aerobics Instructors

10

10

Legal Secretaries

10

10

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

Average Wage
9.27 14.96
15.95 13.28 15.62 10.99
17.55 13.98 11.62 14.35

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Suprvrs of Food Preparation and Serving

Workers

50

40

Suprvrs of Construction Trades

and Extraction Workers

60

20

Suprvrs of Office and Administrative

Support Workers

40

40

Suprvrs of Retail Sales Workers

30

50

Suprvrs of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 30

20

Annual Openings
90
80
80 80 50

Average Wage
12.06
23.81
19.25 15.29 25.45

Work Experience in a Related Occupation (continued)

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Suprvrs of Production and Operating Workers 10

30

Cost Estimators

20

10

Suprvrs of Housekeeping and Janitorial

Workers

20

10

Food Service Managers

20

10

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

20

10

Long-term on-the-job Training
Occupation
Cooks, Restaurant Carpenters Electricians Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Fire Fighters Heating, Air Cond, & Refrig Mechanics & Installers Industrial Machinery Mechanics Machinists

New

Job

Positions Replacements

60

50

50

30

50

20

30

20

20

30

20

20

10

20

20

10

0

20

10

10

Moderate-term on-the-job Training

Occupation

New

Job

Positions Replacements

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

80

50

Construction Laborers

90

30

Sales Reps, Wholesale & Manufacturing,

Ex Tech & Scientific Products

60

60

Customer Service Representatives

70

40

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

60

40

Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants

40

40

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive 30

50

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

20

50

Operating Engineers & Other Construction

Equipment Operators

40

30

Team Assemblers

0

70

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

Annual Openings
40 30
30 30 30
Annual Openings
110 80 70 50 50 40 30
30 20 20
Annual Openings
130 120
120 110 100 80 80 70
70 70

Average Wage
22.17 21.88
14.46 19.80 22.31
Average Wage
8.95 14.90 23.80 17.46 16.44 15.00 11.66
17.43 18.04 14.97
Average Wage
15.84 11.61
28.51 12.82 15.21 17.41 12.05
7.91
19.34 13.48