The West is led by Texas as usual with a broad level of activity throughout, including Dallas, Houston and especially in the San Antonio and Austin areas. About half the jobs in Texas are open to primary care boards. California and Texas represent 75% of the jobs open in the West. Look for lite opportunity in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles, but nothing in San Diego. Your best bet if you are looking in the Sacramento or Central Valley is CEP America. Phoenix is jumping in Arizona, some via Team Health, and Oklahoma City has opportunity as well.

Both of those states also have about 50% primary care board approval, as do the one or two jobs in Hawaii. New Mexico is primarily southern region opportunity with one or two jobs in the Albuquerque area. Nevada is all about Las Vegas. There are a few jobs in Colorado, primarily eastern and rural, and Utah is pretty quiet as usual. Opportunity runs pretty evenly throughout the Middle Atlantic with strong opportunity in Philadelphia, Richmond and the DC/Baltimore metro areas.

Virginia and Maryland are offering a broad spectrum of jobs around both states and Pennsylvania’s jobs are scattered all over except for lighter opportunity in the west. Look for one or two spots in Delaware, but New Jersey is a better bet, especially in the NYC Metro area. West Virginia has some good opportunity in the smaller cities and the Charleston area. Only 15% of the jobs in this region are open to primary care boards.

The seven states of the Northeast are also primarily closed to primary care boards with only 15% availability. New York is offering jobs in and around the NYC metro area and the central part of the state. Massachusetts and Connecticut have moderate opportunity including a good bit of academic in the Boston area. Rhode Island’s jobs are mostly in Providence, but the positions open in Maine are more rural. New Hampshire’s positions are in the center and southern areas and there are one or two spots in Vermont.

Only 4% of the US jobs will be in the Pacific Northwest, mostly in Washington and Oregon.

Little is looming in Seattle, except for one of two slots with Team Health, but the surprise of the season is the appearance of job openings in Portland. Wyoming is opening up this year as well but only a smattering of rural opportunity exists in Montana and Idaho. Alaska, ah the wilderness … maybe next year! The region has 70% large, national contract group employers, and 62% openings for primary care boards (except for Wyoming, which is only 15%).