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          Employment Concentration of Firefighters in California

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State Above average opportunities 4.37
          2 North Coast Region of California Balance of State Above average opportunities 2.96
          3 Redding, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 2.55
          4 Chico, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 2.01
          5 Salinas, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.82
          6 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.73
          7 Merced, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.52
          8 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.45
          9 Visalia, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.26
          10 El Centro, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.21
          11 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.08
          12 Vallejo, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.04
          13 Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.04
          14 Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.04
          15 Yuba City, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.96
          16 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.92
          17 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.91
          18 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.89
          19 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.84
          20 California Average opportunities 0.78
          21 Fresno, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.72
          22 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.68
          23 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.65
          24 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.53
          25 Modesto, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.53
          26 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.52
          27 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.49
          28 Napa, CA Metro Area No data available No data available
          29 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State No data available No data available