| 1 | Southside Virginia Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.51 | 
| 2 | Southwest Virginia Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.24 | 
| 3 | Northwest Virginia Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 4 | Northeast Virginia Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.86 | 
| 5 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.82 | 
| 6 | Lynchburg, VA Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.79 | 
| 7 | Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 8 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 9 | Virginia | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 10 | Charlottesville, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 11 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 12 | Roanoke, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 13 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.51 | 
| 14 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.5 | 
| 15 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.44 | 
| 16 | Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.43 |