| 1 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.1 | 
| 2 | El Paso, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.07 | 
| 3 | Waco, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.03 | 
| 4 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.98 | 
| 5 | Laredo, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.64 | 
| 6 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.56 | 
| 7 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.39 | 
| 8 | Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 9 | Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 10 | Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 11 | North Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 12 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 13 | San Angelo, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 14 | Border Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 15 | Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.02 | 
| 16 | Abilene, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.01 | 
| 17 | Texas | Average opportunities | 0.96 | 
| 18 | Longview, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 19 | Lubbock, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.9 | 
| 20 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 21 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 22 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.74 | 
| 23 | Amarillo, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 24 | Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.64 | 
| 25 | College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 26 | Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 27 | Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 28 | Midland, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.56 | 
| 29 | Tyler, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.53 | 
| 30 | Victoria, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 31 | Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 32 | Odessa, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 33 | Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available |