The fastest growing jobs in Tyrrell County in the next five years will be (1) laundry and dry cleaning workers, (2) cashiers, (3) heating, air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics and installers, (4) pressers of textiles, garments and related materials, and (5) correctional officers and jailers, Economic Modeling Specialists International (Emsi) predicts.

Emsi, a CareerBuilder company, provides labor market data to educational institutions, workforce planners, workforce development boards, economic development organizations, chambers, and utilities.

The number of laundry and dry cleaning workers is expected to rise from 43 in 2015 to 58 by 2020. The median hourly earnings for that group in 2014 was $8.16.

Cashiers is expected to grow from 63 to 71, and the 2014 median earnings there was $8.37.

The number of HVAC and refrigeration mechanics and installers is predicted to grow from 10 to 15, and 2014 earnings were $17.03 an hour.

Openings for pressers is expected to increase from 14 to 19, and the wage there was $8.20 in 2014.

Correctional officers and jailers is expected to climb from 50 to 54, and the median hourly earnings for that category in 2014 was $12.65.

The five occupations that showed the highest median hourly earnings in 2014 and growth by 2020 are (1) general and operations managers at $36.57, growth of two; (2) electricians at $17.85, growth of three; (3) elementary school teachers (except special education) at $17.49, growth of four; (4) plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters at $14.97, growth of 2; and (5) first-line supervisors of retail sales workers at $14.29, growth of three.

Emsi’s 2015 survey did not included Tyrrell House, the assisted living facility set to open this spring with an estimated 45 employees earning wages averaging $13.73 hourly.

And Stilletto Boats’ manufacturing, sales and educational facility on Columbia’s waterfront was not included because it too is not yet in operation.

Meanwhile, the state demographer estimates that Tyrrell County’s population will continue to decline over the next five years.