Looking for Jobs in Other States

Hi All,

My wife and I are wanting to move to Colorado from Texas, but of course, we have to have jobs there before we can move.  We have money saved, no kids at home to worry about, no house to sell, etc.  We have never lived anywhere else other than close to where we live now in Texas, so this is our first move out of state.

A little about us:
We both have jobs that pay in the $30k range, me in criminal justice (county government) working in an office and her a lower level manager at a large grocery chain (not in CO.).  I have over 2 yrs of college in criminal justice and management and her, no college.  I have been in the criminal justice field for 20 yrs and also have worked as a Realtor for 7.  She owned her own salon business for 13 yrs and has been in the grocery business for about 5, and before that worked in a medical office several years.

I am open to most any kind of office type or retail work and she would prefer to stay in the grocery business.  Both wanting to stay at or near our salaries or higher, of course.

The questions are:

1. Since we are not in jobs that are in demand, or high-paying, what are our chances of actually getting a company or government entity interested in us since we are in another state?  Has anyone else encountered this situation?  I just wonder what our outlook is.

2.  I have applied with a national chain that's home office is 27 miles from us here in Texas, do you think there is a chance they would interview someone here for a position in another state?  I just didn't know how that may work.  The position is in entry-level management (of course they probably already have people in their store that will fill it.)

Any help any of you can provide would be appreciated since all of this is new to us.  Thank you!