| 1 | Alaska | Above average opportunities | 6.02 | 
| 2 | South Dakota | Above average opportunities | 5.33 | 
| 3 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 5.19 | 
| 4 | Wyoming | Above average opportunities | 3.74 | 
| 5 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 3.64 | 
| 6 | New Mexico | Above average opportunities | 2.72 | 
| 7 | Oregon | Above average opportunities | 2.7 | 
| 8 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 2.69 | 
| 9 | Colorado | Above average opportunities | 2.55 | 
| 10 | Mississippi | Above average opportunities | 2.49 | 
| 11 | Vermont | Above average opportunities | 2.35 | 
| 12 | Iowa | Above average opportunities | 2.28 | 
| 13 | Wisconsin | Above average opportunities | 2.09 | 
| 14 | Idaho | Above average opportunities | 2.06 | 
| 15 | Hawaii | Above average opportunities | 2.01 | 
| 16 | Kansas | Above average opportunities | 1.92 | 
| 17 | Washington | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 18 | Minnesota | Above average opportunities | 1.42 | 
| 19 | Pennsylvania | Above average opportunities | 1.41 | 
| 20 | Maryland | Above average opportunities | 1.34 | 
| 21 | New Hampshire | Above average opportunities | 1.33 | 
| 22 | Nebraska | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 23 | Massachusetts | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 24 | West Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 25 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.07 | 
| 26 | Utah | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 27 | Missouri | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 28 | Oklahoma | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 29 | Texas | Average opportunities | 0.9 | 
| 30 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 31 | South Carolina | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 32 | Arkansas | Average opportunities | 0.83 | 
| 33 | Indiana | Average opportunities | 0.82 | 
| 34 | Ohio | Average opportunities | 0.77 | 
| 35 | New Jersey | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 36 | Louisiana | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 37 | Delaware | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 38 | Illinois | Average opportunities | 0.73 | 
| 39 | North Carolina | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 40 | Arizona | Below average opportunities | 0.69 | 
| 41 | Nevada | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 42 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 43 | Kentucky | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 44 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.47 | 
| 45 | Florida | Below average opportunities | 0.44 | 
| 46 | Puerto Rico | Below average opportunities | 0.4 | 
| 47 | Georgia | Below average opportunities | 0.38 | 
| 48 | Tennessee | Below average opportunities | 0.36 | 
| 49 | District of Columbia | Below average opportunities | 0.34 | 
| 50 | Alabama | Below average opportunities | 0.32 | 
| 51 | Connecticut | Below average opportunities | 0.27 | 
| 52 | Rhode Island | No data available | No data available | 
| 53 | American Samoa | No data available | No data available | 
| 54 | Guam | No data available | No data available | 
| 55 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 56 | Virgin Islands | No data available | No data available |