| 1 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.01 | 
| 2 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.8 | 
| 3 | Wilmington, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 4 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.58 | 
| 5 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 6 | Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 7 | Asheville, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 8 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 9 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 10 | Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.74 | 
| 11 | Burlington, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.62 | 
| 12 | Greenville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 13 | Goldsboro, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 14 | Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.56 | 
| 15 | Fayetteville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.49 | 
| 16 | Central North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.38 | 
| 17 | Western North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.37 | 
| 18 | Eastern North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.36 | 
| 19 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 20 | Jacksonville, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available |