| 1 | Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.35 | 
| 2 | Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.64 | 
| 3 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.99 | 
| 4 | Eastern North Carolina Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.9 | 
| 5 | Jacksonville, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.83 | 
| 6 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 0.81 | 
| 7 | Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 8 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 9 | Fayetteville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.69 | 
| 10 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 11 | Western North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.6 | 
| 12 | Central North Carolina Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.58 | 
| 13 | Asheville, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.5 | 
| 14 | Wilmington, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.45 | 
| 15 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.44 | 
| 16 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.42 | 
| 17 | Greenville, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 18 | Burlington, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 19 | Goldsboro, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 20 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area | No data available | No data available |