Fastest-growing jobs in Georgia

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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.5% (220 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,020
--- Employment in 2022: 800
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,300

#50. Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.5% (2,820 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 13,070
--- Employment in 2022: 10,250
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $24,170

#49. Educational instruction and library workers, all other
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.7% (1,320 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 6,080
--- Employment in 2022: 4,760
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $59,440

#48. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.8% (1,620 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 7,440
--- Employment in 2022: 5,820
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $39,460

#47. Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.9% (950 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,360
--- Employment in 2022: 3,410
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $44,850

#46. Food batchmakers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.9% (1,360 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 6,240
--- Employment in 2022: 4,880
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $35,110

#45. Tutors
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +29.0% (490 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,180
--- Employment in 2022: 1,690
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $43,180

#44. Pipelayers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +31.3% (1,880 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 7,890
--- Employment in 2022: 6,010
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $48,290

#43. Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +31.5% (800 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,340
--- Employment in 2022: 2,540
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $90,100

#42. Computer programmers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +32.0% (400 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,650
--- Employment in 2022: 1,250
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $103,570

#41. Financial risk specialists
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +32.4% (560 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,290
--- Employment in 2022: 1,730
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $46,280

#40. First-line supervisors of security workers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +33.8% (260 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,030
--- Employment in 2022: 770
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $47,300

#39. Structural metal fabricators and fitters
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +33.8% (490 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,940
--- Employment in 2022: 1,450
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $37,980

#38. Library technicians
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +33.9% (2,280 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 9,010
--- Employment in 2022: 6,730
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $28,240

#37. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +35.6% (680 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,590
--- Employment in 2022: 1,910
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $36,870

#36. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +36.3% (1,780 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 6,680
--- Employment in 2022: 4,900
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $40,040

#35. Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +37.0% (700 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,590
--- Employment in 2022: 1,890
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $37,210

#34. Travel agents
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +39.4% (540 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,910
--- Employment in 2022: 1,370
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $26,800

#33. Personal care and service workers, all other
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +40.3% (2,580 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 8,980
--- Employment in 2022: 6,400
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $61,210

#32. Food service managers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +40.3% (3,090 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 10,750
--- Employment in 2022: 7,660
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $74,510

#31. Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +40.5% (510 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,770
--- Employment in 2022: 1,260
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,080

#30. Manicurists and pedicurists
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +43.9% (870 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,850
--- Employment in 2022: 1,980
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $48,990

#29. Telecommunications line installers and repairers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +44.1% (7,030 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 22,960
--- Employment in 2022: 15,930
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,760

#28. Childcare workers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +44.4% (400 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,300
--- Employment in 2022: 900
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $38,110

#27. Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +44.9% (440 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,420
--- Employment in 2022: 980
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $45,820

#26. Medical equipment repairers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +44.9% (530 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,710
--- Employment in 2022: 1,180
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $64,500

#25. Avionics technicians
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +45.5% (1,780 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 5,690
--- Employment in 2022: 3,910
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $46,230

#24. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +45.7% (320 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,020
--- Employment in 2022: 700
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $67,060

#23. First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +46.7% (500 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,570
--- Employment in 2022: 1,070
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $71,570

#22. Special effects artists and animators
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +48.0% (480 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,480
--- Employment in 2022: 1,000
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $78,840

#21. Technical writers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +48.6% (340 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,040
--- Employment in 2022: 700
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $46,690

#20. Drywall and ceiling tile installers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +49.3% (340 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,030
--- Employment in 2022: 690
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $44,180

#19. Home appliance repairers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +51.5% (1,050 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,090
--- Employment in 2022: 2,040
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $44,600

#18. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +57.6% (380 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,040
--- Employment in 2022: 660
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $31,620

#17. Tour and travel guides
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +60.2% (500 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,330
--- Employment in 2022: 830
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $63,850

#16. Crane and tower operators
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +60.3% (790 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,100
--- Employment in 2022: 1,310
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $63,740

#15. Social science research assistants
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +73.8% (590 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,390
--- Employment in 2022: 800
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $48,360

#14. Surgical assistants
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +78.8% (780 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,770
--- Employment in 2022: 990
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $108,480

#13. Natural sciences managers
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +80.9% (1,480 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,310
--- Employment in 2022: 1,830
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $32,920

#12. Residential advisors
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +87.5% (490 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,050
--- Employment in 2022: 560
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $38,040

#11. Pharmacy aides
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +89.9% (620 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,310
--- Employment in 2022: 690
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $54,480

#10. Occupational health and safety technicians
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +106.4% (830 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,610
--- Employment in 2022: 780
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $46,070

#9. Psychiatric technicians
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +108.7% (750 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,440
--- Employment in 2022: 690
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $29,860

#8. Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +117.1% (1,230 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,280
--- Employment in 2022: 1,050
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,590

#7. Medical transcriptionists
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +128.0% (2,880 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 5,130
--- Employment in 2022: 2,250
--- Median annual salary in 2023: Data unavailable

#6. General internal medicine physicians
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +132.7% (1,460 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,560
--- Employment in 2022: 1,100
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $235,000

#5. Family medicine physicians
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +175.5% (2,510 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,940
--- Employment in 2022: 1,430
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $28,950

#4. Motor vehicle operators, all other
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +229.3% (940 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,350
--- Employment in 2022: 410
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $42,840

#3. New accounts clerks
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +419.0% (880 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,090
--- Employment in 2022: 210
--- Median annual salary in 2023: Data unavailable

#2. Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric
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- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +1,950.0% (1,560 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,640
--- Employment in 2022: 80
--- Median annual salary in 2023: Data unavailable

This story features data reporting and writing by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Athletes and sports competitors
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