Americans like easy wins. When you apply for a job as an out of state candidate, you are not as attractive as a local candidate. So unless you have highly prized skills, you will keep finding that others are "more suited" to the role. That is easier for them, more immediate, no risk that you suddenly announce you have decided not to move.
Frankly you might have to bite the bullet and move to a more suitable area where jobs in your chosen line are more likely to come up. Then you might have to take a lower level job while you wait. People often notice that jobs are easier to get when you have a job already. Again,m HR and recruiters like things easy, so the mindset will be that if someone else hired you, then you can't be too bad.
