Fastest Growing Occupations Occupations with the

Most Annual Openings

Georgia
Home Health Aides

Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts 6.2%

6.5%

Retail Salespersons 690

Area Workforce Trends
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications 5.6% Cashiers 530
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems
5.6% Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 490 Projections to 2014
Softw are Combined Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast
Hot Physical Therapist Assistants 460
5.5% Food
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Social Customer Service Representatives 430
Wkrs
Hot Employment, Recruitment, & Placement
5.3%
Waiters & Waitresses 430
WIA Area #4 – Cobb County
5.3%
Specialists Hot General & Operations Managers 400
Personal & Home Care Aides 5.3% Hot Sales Reps, Whlsl & Mfg, Exc Tech & Scientific
330
Products
Hot Physician Assistants 5.2% Office Clerks, General 320
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Medical Assistants 5.2% 290
Cleaners
Hot Database Administrators 5.0% Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 230

Exec Secretaries & Admin Assistants 220

Hot Training & Development Managers 5.0%
Hot Netw ork & Computer Systems Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 220
4.9%
Administrators Construction Laborers 210
Environmental Engineers 4.6%
Team Assemblers 210
Physical Therapist Aides 4.6% Supvrs of Office & Admin Support Workers 210

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
computer technology and seven are in health services.
Nine of them have received the “HOT” label for the projec-
tions period on a statewide basis.
Four of them require no formal education beyond high school.
Most of the job openings in this list will result from the
need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from
new job creation.
The vast majority of these occupations do not require any
formal education beyond high school.
Two of these jobs have been designated “HOT” on a state-
wide basis over the projections decade.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Although these occupations have many projected annual open- Georgia Department of Labor
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 #4 is expected to grow from The area’s economy is expected to be the second fastest grow-
Most Job Growth
more than 333,000 jobs in 2004 to almost 446,000 by the year ing in Georgia, with expected job growth of 2.9 percent per
2014, with more than 11,200 new jobs added each year. This year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.7 percent for the Customer Service Representatives 3,150
area is home to a major aircraft manufacturer, a military base, state.
Retail Salespersons 2,780
two amusement parks, and several colleges and universities.
Key industries are transportation equipment manufacturing, The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below. Hot General & Operations Managers 2,710

amusement and recreation services, health services, higher edu- Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
2,680
Hand
cation, insurance services, and trucking and warehousing. Other Information Services 12.7% Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
2,090
Cleaners
Comb Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast
2,040
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are Museums, Historical Sites, & Similar
8.3% Food
Institutions Hot Sales Reps, Whlsl & Mfg, Exc Tech & Scientrific
listed below. Products
1,910

Internet Publishing & Broadcasting 7.9% Office Clerks, General 1,830

Administrative & Support Services 17,080
Waiters & Waitresses 1,660
Couriers & Messengers 7.5%
Professional, Scientific, & Technical Construction Laborers 1,640
9,080
Services
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 1,610
Transit & Ground Passenger Transport 7.3%
Educational Services 8,620 Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants 1,390
Electri Equipment, Appliance, &
6.6%
Component Mfg Hot Accountants & Auditors 1,290
Specialty Trade Contractors 8,130
Cashiers 1,280
Warehousing & Storage 6.0%
Team Assemblers 1,280
Management of Companies & Enterprises 7,750
Management of Companies &
6.0%
Enterprises
Food Services & Drinking Places 7,550
Administrative & Support Services 5.5%
These 15 occupations – out of more than 700 - are projected
Ambulatory Health Care Services 5,440 to add more than 29,300 jobs over the next 10 years, over 26
Support Activities for Transportation 5.4% percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Self-Employed & Unpd Family Wkrs 4,890
Seven occupations require short-term on-the-job training of
For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, one month or less and two require a college degree.
Whlsl Electron Markets & Agents &
Brokers
2,830 Georgia Workforce Trends or this publication,
call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Three of these occupations made the list of Georgia’s
Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction 2,320
Department of Labor office. “HOT” Careers to 2014 for their fast growth, high wages,
and plentiful job openings.