| 1 | Laredo, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 4.51 | 
| 2 | Odessa, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.38 | 
| 3 | Midland, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.31 | 
| 4 | El Paso, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.96 | 
| 5 | Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.69 | 
| 6 | Victoria, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.64 | 
| 7 | Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.44 | 
| 8 | Longview, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.36 | 
| 9 | Border Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.34 | 
| 10 | Amarillo, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.32 | 
| 11 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 12 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 13 | Texas | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 14 | North Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.26 | 
| 15 | Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 16 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.21 | 
| 17 | Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.19 | 
| 18 | Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.19 | 
| 19 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 20 | Abilene, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 21 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 22 | Tyler, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 23 | Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.1 | 
| 24 | Lubbock, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.07 | 
| 25 | Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.99 | 
| 26 | Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 27 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 28 | San Angelo, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.95 | 
| 29 | Waco, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.92 | 
| 30 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 31 | Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 32 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 33 | College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.74 |