Atlantic County Projected Occupational Demand
Source: www.nj.gov/labor
Data current as of February 2009. Click here to download a copy of the Southern Regional Community Atlantic County Fact Book.
Atlantic County
Occupations with the Most Projected Job Openings, 2006 - 2016
| Annual Average Job Openings | ||||||
| Occupation | Total1 | Growth | Replacements |
2006 |
Skill Level2 |
Outlook |
| Waiters and Waitresses | 370 | 20 | 340 | $22,980 | Low | Stable |
| Cashiers | 250 | 10 | 240 | 19,050 | Low | Stable |
| Retail Salespersons | 190 | 50 | 140 | 24,590 | Low | Growing |
| Gaming Dealers | 160 | 40 | 120 | N/A | Moderate | Growing |
| Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop |
120 | 10 | 110 | 19,520 |
Low | Growing |
| Registered Nurses | 110 | 60 | 50 | 65,900 | High | Growing |
| Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food |
110 | 50 | 60 | 18,270 | Low | Growing |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 110 | 30 | 80 | 19,820 | Low | Growing |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
100 | 30 | 70 | 27,110 | Low | Growing |
| Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education |
90 | 30 | 60 | 56,140 | High | Growing |
| Security Guards | 90 | 20 | 70 | 21,390 | Low | Growing |
| Cooks, Restaurant | 90 | 20 | 70 | 23,440 | Moderate | Growing |
| Bartenders | 80 | 10 | 60 | 25,240 | Low | Growing |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers |
80 | 0 | 80 | 19,290 | Low | Stable |
| Dishwashers | 70 | 0 | 70 | 17,130 | Low | Stable |
| Gaming Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | 70 | 0 | 70 | N/A | Low | Declining |
| Office Clerks, General | 70 | 20 | 40 | 25,540 | Low | Growing |
| Gaming Supervisors | 60 | 0 | 60 | N/A | Moderate | Stable |
| Child Care Workers | 60 | 30 | 40 | 20,770 | Low | Growing |
| First-Line Supervisors/Mangers of Retail Sales Workers |
60 | 10 | 50 | 39,470 | Low | Growing |
1 "Growth" and "Replacements" may not add to "Total" due to rounding.
2 High Skills: Associate's degree or higher; Moderate Skills: Long-term on-the-job training, work experience or post secondary/vocational/technical training; Low Skills: Short-term or moderate-term on-the-job training, including up to 12 months of on-the-job experience and informal training.
3 N/A: data not published due to statistical or quality control reasons.
For Atlantic County, projections to the year 2016 were made for 609 occupations that combined are projected to create 5,460 job openings annually.
The county's top twenty occupations ranked by annual average job openings are projected to account for 2,340 or 42.9 percent of the total job openings each year. (Note: About two thirds (68.3%) or 416 of these occupations are projected to have fewer than 5 openings each year during the projection period.)
A clear majority of these twenty occupations are founded in significant numbers in hotel-casinos, and other restaurant/hospitality/tourism-related industries. Many also require only moderate or short-term on the job training.
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