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          Employment Concentration of Physician Assistants in California

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 Chico, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.59
          2 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.14
          3 Modesto, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.03
          4 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.02
          5 Vallejo, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.01
          6 Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.99
          7 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.95
          8 Redding, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.92
          9 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 0.9
          10 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.87
          11 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.86
          12 Yuba City, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.82
          13 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.76
          14 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.74
          15 California Average opportunities 0.72
          16 Fresno, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.72
          17 Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.69
          18 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State Below average opportunities 0.68
          19 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.67
          20 Salinas, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.65
          21 Merced, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.64
          22 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.63
          23 North Coast Region of California Balance of State Below average opportunities 0.62
          24 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.6
          25 El Centro, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.59
          26 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.57
          27 Napa, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.56
          28 Visalia, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.53
          29 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.49