| 1 | Alaska | Above average opportunities | 5.7 | 
| 2 | Vermont | Above average opportunities | 4.22 | 
| 3 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 3.79 | 
| 4 | Wyoming | Above average opportunities | 3.33 | 
| 5 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 3.32 | 
| 6 | New Hampshire | Above average opportunities | 2.71 | 
| 7 | West Virginia | Above average opportunities | 2.67 | 
| 8 | South Dakota | Above average opportunities | 2.49 | 
| 9 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 2.37 | 
| 10 | New Mexico | Above average opportunities | 1.93 | 
| 11 | Iowa | Above average opportunities | 1.84 | 
| 12 | Mississippi | Above average opportunities | 1.76 | 
| 13 | Idaho | Above average opportunities | 1.69 | 
| 14 | Oklahoma | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 15 | Arkansas | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 16 | Nebraska | Above average opportunities | 1.55 | 
| 17 | Alabama | Above average opportunities | 1.5 | 
| 18 | Pennsylvania | Above average opportunities | 1.48 | 
| 19 | Kansas | Above average opportunities | 1.48 | 
| 20 | Louisiana | Above average opportunities | 1.44 | 
| 21 | Kentucky | Above average opportunities | 1.37 | 
| 22 | Wisconsin | Average opportunities | 1.26 | 
| 23 | Minnesota | Average opportunities | 1.26 | 
| 24 | Oregon | Average opportunities | 1.26 | 
| 25 | Missouri | Average opportunities | 1.16 | 
| 26 | New Jersey | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 27 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 1.14 | 
| 28 | Connecticut | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 29 | Hawaii | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 30 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 31 | Massachusetts | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 32 | Indiana | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 33 | Ohio | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 34 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.01 | 
| 35 | South Carolina | Average opportunities | 1 | 
| 36 | Delaware | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 37 | Puerto Rico | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 38 | New York | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 39 | Illinois | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 40 | Maryland | Average opportunities | 0.92 | 
| 41 | Washington | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 42 | Tennessee | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 43 | Rhode Island | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 44 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 0.78 | 
| 45 | Colorado | Average opportunities | 0.77 | 
| 46 | Utah | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 47 | Texas | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 48 | Arizona | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 49 | Nevada | Below average opportunities | 0.5 | 
| 50 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.49 | 
| 51 | Florida | Below average opportunities | 0.4 | 
| 52 | District of Columbia | 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 |