| 1 | Decatur, AL Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.28 | 
| 2 | Northwest Alabama Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 2.26 | 
| 3 | Southwest Alabama Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.79 | 
| 4 | Northeast Alabama Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.73 | 
| 5 | Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.52 | 
| 6 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.48 | 
| 7 | Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.39 | 
| 8 | Southeast Alabama Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 9 | Alabama | Average opportunities | 1.13 | 
| 10 | Mobile, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 11 | Huntsville, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.1 | 
| 12 | Dothan, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.04 | 
| 13 | Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 14 | Gadsden, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 15 | Montgomery, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 16 | Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 17 | Birmingham, AL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.78 | 
| 18 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.67 |