| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.02 | 
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.75 | 
| 3 | California | Average opportunities | 1.1 | 
| 4 | Napa, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.07 | 
| 5 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.05 | 
| 6 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 7 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.02 | 
| 8 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 9 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 10 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.82 | 
| 11 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.79 | 
| 12 | Modesto, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.69 | 
| 13 | Redding, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 14 | Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 15 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 16 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 17 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 18 | Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 19 | Fresno, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.6 | 
| 20 | Vallejo, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.6 | 
| 21 | El Centro, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 22 | Merced, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 23 | Visalia, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.52 | 
| 24 | Salinas, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.52 | 
| 25 | North Coast Region of California Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.51 | 
| 26 | Chico, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.51 | 
| 27 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.46 | 
| 28 | Yuba City, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.46 | 
| 29 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.46 |