Fastest Growing Occupations Occupations with the

Most Annual Openings

Georgia
Home Health Aides

Pharmacy Technicians
4.9%

4.7% Cashiers 100

Area Workforce Trends
Retail Salespersons 90
Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts 4.5%
Waiters & Waitresses 70

Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications 4.4% Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food 70 Projections to 2014
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 50
Hot Pharmacists 4.4%
Child Care Workers 40

Hot
WIA Area #13 – East Central GA
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Education 3.3% General & Operations Managers 40

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 40

Child, Family, & School Social Workers 3.2% Team Assemblers 40

Social & Human Service Assistants 3.2% Hot Registered Nurses 30

Food Preparation Workers 30

Hot Training & Development Specialists 3.2% Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 30

Customer Service Representatives 30

Personal & Home Care Aides 3.2%
30
Hot Employment, Recruitment, & Placement Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
3.1% Teacher Assistants 30
Specialists
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Education 30
Printing Machine Operators 2.9%
Office Clerks, General 30

Amusement & Recreation Attendants 2.8% Farmw orkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse 30

Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 30

Hot Registered Nurses 2.7%

Hot Computer Systems Analysts 2.7%

These fast-growing occupations will have better employ-
ment prospects than occupations with slow or declining
employment. Also, conditions will be more favorable for
mobility and advancement.
Five of the fastest growing occupations are associated with
the healthcare industry and three are related to computers.
Most of the annual openings in this list will result from the
need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from
new job creation.
Four of these jobs are directly related to the fabricated metal
product manufacturing industry, a key industry in this area.
This area encompasses 12 counties in east central Georgia near the
city of Augusta. It includes the following counties: Columbia, Glascock,
Twelve require short-term on-the-job training of one month Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Screven, Taliaferro,
or less. Warren, Washington and Wilkes.

Seven have earned the “HOT” label on a statewide basis for On a statewide basis, three have been given the “HOT”
this period. stamp for this period.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Six of these occupations do not require any formal educa- Although these occupations have many projected annual open- Georgia Department of Labor
tion beyond high school. ings, more than half of them pay less than average wages. Michael L. Thurmond
Commissioner
 Total Industry Growth Industry Rate of Growth Occupations with the
Total employment in WIA Area #13 is expected to grow from While the area’s economy is currently not growing as fast as
Most Job Growth
almost 66,000 jobs in 2004 to more than 74,000 by the year Georgia’s overall, it is growing at essentially the same rate as
2014, which equates to almost 900 new jobs added each year. the nation’s economy. Area job growth is expected to be 1.2 Retail Salespersons 330
This area is the nation’s leading producer of kaolin, a type of percent per year, while Georgia’s job growth is expected to be Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl
280
Fast Food
clay used in producing china, paint, paper, and other goods. 1.7 percent per year. Waiters & Waitresses 240
Key industries are health services, educational services, kaolin Hot Registered Nurses 200
mining, agriculture, and state government employment. There The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 200
is also significant employment in wood product manufacturing,
Child Care Workers 200
fabricated metal product manufacturing, and apparel manufac-
Transit & Ground Passenger Transport 7.1%
turing. Customer Service Representatives 200

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 180

Miscellaneous Manufacturing 6.2%
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are Hot General & Operations Managers 170
listed below. Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids &
Support Activities for Transportation 6.2% 150
Housekeeping Cleaners
Food Preparation Workers 140
1,090 Internet Serv Providers, Web Search Portals,
Food Services & Drinking Places 5.1% Teacher Assistants 130
& Data Proc Services
Cashiers 130
Educational Services 950 Paper Manufacturing 4.6%
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Education 120

Home Health Aides 120

General Merchandise Stores 850 General Merchandise Stores 4.5%
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
120
Hand
Administrative & Support Services 830 Health & Personal Care Stores 4.3%

State Government, Excl Education &
Hospitals
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Social Assistance
Local Government, Excl Education &
Hospitals
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 4.1%
820
These 17 occupations – out of more than 700 - are projected
to add more than 2,900 jobs over the next 10 years, over
560 Social Assistance 3.8%
one-third of all projected job growth in this area.
Management of Companies & Enterprises 3.5%
480 Ten occupations require short-term on-the-job training of
one month or less and three require a college degree.
430
For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Two are found in health services, a key industry in this area.
370 Georgia Workforce Trends or this publication,
call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Three have made the list of Georgia’s “HOT” Careers to
370
Department of Labor office. 2014 as a result of their fast job growth, high wages, and
plentiful job openings during this period.