You need Javascript enabled for this to workAnalysis Shows California Has Largest, Most Diverse Direct-Care Workforce in Nation
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Summary

A new PHI analysis finds that - with over half a million workers - California is home to the nation's largest direct-care workforce.

Personal care attendants, home health aides, and nursing aides together constitute the second largest occupational group in the state today, second only to teachers from K-12 (including special education), and larger than retail salespersons and all law enforcement/public safety workers.

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