Surgeons at 1.3%. Physicians at 6–7%. The sector responsible for the health of a 62-million-person community is staffed, at its highest levels, almost entirely without them. The concordance gap, the distance between who needs care and who delivers it, is not a diversity metric. It is a clinical outcome variable.
| Occupation | Latino % · green line = 18.7% workforce benchmark | Gap vs. benchmark | Total employed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgeons | 1.3% | -17.4pp | 73K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Physical therapists | 4.8% | -13.9pp | 338K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Occupational therapists | 5.8% | -12.9pp | 138K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Pharmacists | 6.1% | -12.6pp | 365K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Other physicians | 6.6% | -12.1pp | 929K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Nurse practitioners | 6.8% | -11.9pp | 325K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Veterinarians | 6.8% | -11.9pp | 91K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Dietetic technicians and ophthalmic medical technicians | 6.8% | -11.9pp | 68K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Mental health counselors | 7.2% | -11.5pp | 218K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Medical scientists | 7.3% | -11.4pp | 102K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 7.5% | -11.2pp | 67K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Speech-language pathologists | 8.1% | -10.6pp | 203K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 8.9% | -9.8pp | 136K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Physical therapist assistants and aides | 9.5% | -9.2pp | 130K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Magnetic resonance imaging technologists | 9.6% | -9.1pp | 64K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Registered nurses | 10.0% | -8.7pp | 3,528K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Paramedics | 10.6% | -8.1pp | 117K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 11.0% | -7.7pp | 10,364K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Industrial engineers, including health and safety | 11.0% | -7.7pp | 274K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Massage therapists | 11.7% | -7.0pp | 183K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Healthcare social workers | 11.8% | -6.9pp | 118K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 12.0% | -6.7pp | 63K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Physician assistants | 12.2% | -6.5pp | 153K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Medical secretaries and administrative assistants | 12.3% | -6.4pp | 103K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians and medical appliance technicians | 12.3% | -6.4pp | 75K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Medical records specialists | 12.9% | -5.8pp | 166K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Medical and health services managers | 13.2% | -5.5pp | 905K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Pharmacy technicians | 13.6% | -5.1pp | 373K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 13.7% | -5.0pp | 274K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 13.8% | -4.9pp | 145K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 14.0% | -4.7pp | 139K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Orderlies and psychiatric aides | 14.1% | -4.6pp | 60K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Dentists | 14.8% | -3.9pp | 192K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 15.9% | -2.8pp | 545K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians | 16.2% | -2.5pp | 313K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians | 16.2% | -2.5pp | 83K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Therapists, all other | 16.3% | -2.4pp | 323K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Other engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters | 16.3% | -2.4pp | 385K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Surgical technologists | 16.9% | -1.8pp | 107K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians | 17.1% | -1.6pp | 126K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians | 17.2% | -1.5pp | 79K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 17.5% | -1.2pp | 119K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 17.6% | -1.1pp | 63K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Other healthcare support workers | 17.6% | -1.1pp | 205K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive | 17.8% | -0.9pp | 1,491K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 18.1% | -0.6pp | 147K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Respiratory therapists | 18.5% | -0.2pp | 89K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Emergency medical technicians | 18.9% | +0.2pp | 135K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Personal care and service occupations | 20.6% | +1.9pp | 4,057K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Healthcare support occupations | 21.1% | +2.4pp | 5,830K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Personal care aides | 23.1% | +4.4pp | 1,840K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Medical assistants | 27.4% | +8.7pp | 680K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Home health aides | 28.7% | +10.0pp | 726K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Dental assistants | 29.8% | +11.1pp | 287K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
Benchmark: 18.7% = U.S. Latino share of civilian labor force (BLS CPS 2025 annual average). California benchmark: 40.3% (CA Latino population share, 2020 Census). The green vertical line in each bar marks the 18.7% national workforce benchmark.
Data & Methodology
Occupation data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS) Table 11, 2025 annual average. "Latino" = "Hispanic or Latino" per BLS CPS coding. All figures are annual averages of monthly survey estimates; small occupations (<50,000 workers) have higher margin of error.
Silicon Valley Technology figures sourced from cirlabs / Reveal News EEO-1 analysis of large tech employers, 2016 (most recent public EEO-1 release with race × job category × company detail). Internal job classifications differ from BLS CPS categories.
Gap = Latino % − 18.7% U.S. Latino workforce benchmark (BLS CPS 2025). Negative gap = underrepresented relative to workforce share. All data public domain. Script and source: github.com/turnerll/ligazon.