| 1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.48 | 
| 2 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 3 | Binghamton, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.21 | 
| 4 | Kingston, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 5 | New York | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 6 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1 | 
| 7 | Rochester, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.86 | 
| 8 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.77 | 
| 9 | Syracuse, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.68 | 
| 10 | Capital/Northern New York Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.54 | 
| 11 | Southwest New York Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.49 | 
| 12 | Central East New York Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.44 | 
| 13 | Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.41 | 
| 14 | Ithaca, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.39 | 
| 15 | Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 16 | Glens Falls, NY Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 17 | Elmira, NY Metro Area | No data available | No data available |