| 1 | Chico, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.46 | 
| 2 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.14 | 
| 3 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.96 | 
| 4 | Redding, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.69 | 
| 5 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 6 | Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.58 | 
| 7 | Visalia, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.53 | 
| 8 | Modesto, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.49 | 
| 9 | North Coast Region of California Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.41 | 
| 10 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.35 | 
| 11 | California | Above average opportunities | 1.33 | 
| 12 | Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 13 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 14 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 15 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.19 | 
| 16 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 17 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.16 | 
| 18 | Fresno, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.1 | 
| 19 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 20 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 21 | Merced, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.04 | 
| 22 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.95 | 
| 23 | El Centro, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 24 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.92 | 
| 25 | Vallejo, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.86 | 
| 26 | Salinas, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 27 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 28 | Napa, CA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.73 | 
| 29 | Yuba City, CA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.68 |