| 1 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 5.68 | 
| 2 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 4.96 | 
| 3 | Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 4.41 | 
| 4 | Laredo, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.75 | 
| 5 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 2.3 | 
| 6 | Tyler, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.77 | 
| 7 | El Paso, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.63 | 
| 8 | Border Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 9 | Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.39 | 
| 10 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 11 | Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.07 | 
| 12 | Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 13 | Abilene, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 14 | Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.92 | 
| 15 | Texas | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 16 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 17 | Lubbock, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.82 | 
| 18 | North Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 19 | Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.79 | 
| 20 | San Angelo, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.78 | 
| 21 | Longview, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.73 | 
| 22 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 23 | Victoria, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 24 | Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 25 | Waco, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 26 | Amarillo, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.54 | 
| 28 | Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.48 | 
| 29 | Midland, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.42 | 
| 30 | Odessa, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.4 | 
| 31 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.37 | 
| 32 | College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.36 | 
| 33 | Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.31 |