| 1 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 2 | Southwest Virginia Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 3 | Northwest Virginia Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 4 | Southside Virginia Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.91 | 
| 5 | Roanoke, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 6 | Lynchburg, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 7 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.86 | 
| 8 | Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 9 | Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 10 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 11 | Northeast Virginia Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.53 | 
| 12 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.5 | 
| 13 | Virginia | Below average opportunities | 0.41 | 
| 14 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.33 | 
| 15 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.25 | 
| 16 | Charlottesville, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.23 |