| 1 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.27 | 
| 2 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.03 | 
| 3 | Greenville, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.27 | 
| 4 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 5 | Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.01 | 
| 6 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 7 | Wilmington, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 8 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 9 | Western North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.66 | 
| 10 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 11 | Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.56 | 
| 12 | Fayetteville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.41 | 
| 13 | Central North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.28 | 
| 14 | Asheville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.26 | 
| 15 | Eastern North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.22 | 
| 16 | Jacksonville, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 17 | Burlington, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 18 | Goldsboro, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 19 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 20 | Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available |