| 1 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 8.03 | 
| 2 | Wilmington, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 4.48 | 
| 3 | Greenville, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 4.32 | 
| 4 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.76 | 
| 5 | North Carolina | Above average opportunities | 1.94 | 
| 6 | Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.74 | 
| 7 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 8 | Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 9 | Central North Carolina Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.24 | 
| 10 | Eastern North Carolina Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.96 | 
| 11 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.81 | 
| 12 | Fayetteville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.52 | 
| 13 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.49 | 
| 14 | Western North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.47 | 
| 15 | Jacksonville, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 16 | Burlington, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 17 | Goldsboro, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 18 | Asheville, 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 |