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Careers the Dent County economy hires into
Ranked by how closely this county's economy type matches what each family is hired into, then by national growth. Take the assessment to see which of them fit you.
Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Industrial Engineer+11%Mechanical Engineer+9%Medical Scientist+9%Electrical Engineer+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%
The wider labor market
Most STEM jobs a Dent County resident will hold are inside the Fort Leonard Wood–St. Robert–Waynesville, MO zone, not inside the county line. All forty careers in Fort Leonard Wood–St. Robert–Waynesville, MO →
Metros around Fort Leonard Wood–St. Robert–Waynesville, MO
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What moves it
- WIOA-funded training pays for the credential, ages 14 to 24 and adults: find your local office.
- Registered apprenticeship — a wage from day one: apprenticeship.gov.
- FAFSA — free to file, the gate to nearly all aid: studentaid.gov.
- STEM Farm — the track from zero to the career the assessment says fits: the twelve tracks.
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Questions people ask
Which STEM careers fit Dent County, MO?
By local economy: Physician Assistant, Epidemiologist, Industrial Engineer and Mechanical Engineer. By personality: take the assessment — it ranks all forty against your own profile.
Where are the STEM jobs near Dent County?
In the Fort Leonard Wood–St. Robert–Waynesville, MO commuting zone — 5 counties that share one labor market. The metro page lists every county and the metros around it.
Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.