| 1 | Southwest New York Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.36 | 
| 2 | Central East New York Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.22 | 
| 3 | Elmira, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 4 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 5 | Rochester, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.95 | 
| 6 | Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 7 | Syracuse, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 8 | Capital/Northern New York Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 9 | Glens Falls, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 10 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 11 | Binghamton, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 12 | Kingston, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 13 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.46 | 
| 14 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.45 | 
| 15 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.43 | 
| 16 | Ithaca, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.42 | 
| 17 | Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area | No data available | No data available |