| 1 | West Central Illinois Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.57 | 
| 2 | Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.51 | 
| 3 | Northwest Illinois Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 4 | Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.33 | 
| 5 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.27 | 
| 6 | Peoria, IL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 7 | Illinois | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 8 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 9 | Springfield, IL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 10 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 11 | East Central Illinois Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 12 | South Illinois Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 13 | Bloomington, IL Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 14 | Rockford, IL Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.64 | 
| 15 | Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 16 | Kankakee, IL Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 17 | Decatur, IL Metro Area | No data available | No data available |