| 1 | Southwest Virginia Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 3.07 | 
| 2 | Southside Virginia Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 2.03 | 
| 3 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.59 | 
| 4 | Northwest Virginia Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.38 | 
| 5 | Northeast Virginia Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.3 | 
| 6 | Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 7 | Lynchburg, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 8 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 9 | Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 10 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 11 | Roanoke, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 12 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 13 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 14 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 15 | Charlottesville, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 16 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.67 |