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5.1%
Retail Salespersons 360
Area Workforce Trends
Home Health Aides 5.1% Cashiers 310
Paving, Surfacing, & Tamping Equipment
Operators
4.9% Comb Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast Food 250 Projections to 2014
Pipelayers 4.7% Waiters & Waitresses 230
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
4.4% 200
Hand
Hot Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators 3.9% Team Assemblers 120
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators,
3.9% Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 110
Metal
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers 3.9% Child Care Workers 110
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Systems Office Clerks, General 110
3.9%
Softw are
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 110
Eleven of these occupations do not require any formal edu- On a statewide level, four of these occupations have been
cation beyond high school. designated “HOT” for the 2004-2014 projections period.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Six have earned the “HOT” label on a statewide basis for Although these occupations have many projected annual open- Georgia Department of Labor
this period. 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 #9 is expected to grow from The area’s economy is currently growing slightly faster than
Most Job Growth
more than 185,000 jobs in 2004 to more than 225,000 by the Georgia’s overall, with expected job growth of 2.0 percent per
year 2014, which equates to almost 4,000 new jobs added each year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.7 percent for the Retail Salespersons 1,510
year. The area is home to the state’s flagship university, the state. Comb Food Prep & Serv Workers, Incl Fast Food 1,080
University of Georgia. The main industries are higher educa-
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed 950
tion, health services, agriculture, nonmetallic mineral product The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.
manufacturing, wood product manufacturing, and to a lesser Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 940
degree, poultry processing. Fabricated Metal Product Mfg 7.6% Waiters & Waitresses 890
Whlsl Electronic Markets & Agents & Hot General & Operations Managers 810
6.3%
Brokers
Educational Services 6,900 Teacher Assistants 800
Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction 6.1% Hot Registered Nurses 700