Fastest Growing Jobs in Georgia

National growth leaders filtered through Georgia's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where Georgia already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Georgia employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 50,870 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 49,700 jobs · +15.8%
  3. 3. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 46,350 jobs · +14.9%
  4. 4. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 28,780 jobs · +12.5%
  5. 5. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 21,390 jobs · +14.8%
  6. 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 18,560 jobs · +15.2%
  7. 7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 14,230 jobs · +16.1%
  8. 8. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 12,580 jobs · +16.7%
  9. 9. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 11,130 jobs · +23.2%
  10. 10. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 10,460 jobs · +40.1%
  11. 11. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 9,600 jobs · +16.8%
  12. 12. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 9,260 jobs · +33.5%
  13. 13. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 9,110 jobs · +12.1%
  14. 14. Computer Network Architects · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 7,690 jobs · +11.9%
  15. 15. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 7,500 jobs · +11.9%
  16. 16. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 6,290 jobs · +28.5%
  17. 17. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 5,610 jobs · +20.4%
  18. 18. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 5,560 jobs · +20%
  19. 19. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 5,150 jobs · +12.1%
  20. 20. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 4,860 jobs · +17.3%

Largest Georgia footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

50,870 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

47/50

Georgia employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are Georgia OEWS estimates where published.

In Georgia, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) has no published OEWS employment row while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (50,870 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Software Developers (49,700) and Cooks, Restaurant (46,350).

That mismatch is the useful Georgia read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 47 publish Georgia employment; 25 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 30% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer Georgia seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

Georgia footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published Georgia employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
2 Software Developers +15.8%
3 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
4 Medical Assistants +12.5%
5 Financial Managers +14.8%
6 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
7 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
8 Logisticians +16.7%
9 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
10 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
11 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
12 Data Scientists +33.5%
13 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
14 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
15 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
16 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
17 Physician Assistants +20.4%
18 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
19 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
20 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
21 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
22 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
23 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
24 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
25 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
26 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
27 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
28 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
29 Massage Therapists +15.4%
30 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
31 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
32 Actuaries +21.8%
33 Financial Examiners +18.5%
34 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%
35 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
36 Therapists, All Other +11.5%
37 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
38 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
39 Counselors, All Other +12.6%
40 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%
41 Epidemiologists +16.2%
42 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
43 Community Health Workers +11.3%
44 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
45 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%
46 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
47 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
48 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
49 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
50 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for Georgia if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for Georgia from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.