| 1 | Syracuse, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 2 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.16 | 
| 3 | Rochester, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 4 | Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 5 | Kingston, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.05 | 
| 6 | Elmira, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1 | 
| 7 | Binghamton, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 8 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 9 | New York | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 10 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.74 | 
| 11 | Central East New York Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 12 | Capital/Northern New York Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 13 | Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 14 | Glens Falls, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 15 | Southwest New York Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.64 | 
| 16 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 17 | Ithaca, NY Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.55 |