| 1 | El Centro, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 6.96 | 
| 2 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.99 | 
| 3 | Vallejo, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.96 | 
| 4 | North Coast Region of California Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 2.81 | 
| 5 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.74 | 
| 6 | Napa, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.64 | 
| 7 | Redding, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.28 | 
| 8 | Fresno, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.17 | 
| 9 | Visalia, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.9 | 
| 10 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.76 | 
| 11 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.73 | 
| 12 | Chico, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.62 | 
| 13 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.44 | 
| 14 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 15 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.39 | 
| 16 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.33 | 
| 17 | Merced, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 18 | California | Average opportunities | 1.29 | 
| 19 | Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 20 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.18 | 
| 21 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.18 | 
| 22 | Yuba City, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.1 | 
| 23 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 24 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 25 | Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.9 | 
| 26 | Salinas, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.83 | 
| 27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 28 | Modesto, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 29 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area | No data available | No data available |