| 1 | Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.57 | 
| 2 | Laredo, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.51 | 
| 3 | Victoria, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 4 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.13 | 
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 6 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 7 | Midland, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 8 | Odessa, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.02 | 
| 9 | Tyler, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.01 | 
| 10 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1 | 
| 11 | Texas | Average opportunities | 0.99 | 
| 12 | Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 13 | El Paso, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 14 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.83 | 
| 15 | Longview, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.68 | 
| 16 | Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.66 | 
| 17 | Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 18 | Waco, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 19 | College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.62 | 
| 20 | Border Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.58 | 
| 21 | Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 22 | San Angelo, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.56 | 
| 23 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 24 | Amarillo, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.48 | 
| 25 | North Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.45 | 
| 26 | Abilene, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.41 | 
| 27 | Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.39 | 
| 28 | Lubbock, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.38 | 
| 29 | Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.35 | 
| 30 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.33 | 
| 31 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.33 | 
| 32 | Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 33 | Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available |