STEM fields — Bloomington, IN

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What the assessment measures

280 items in five modules — what you love to do, how you work, fifteen STEM working traits, thirty real situations, and where you want your work to land — matched against forty careers in eight families. Then a sixth module drafts your mission, vision and values in your own words. Progress saves as you go; it is free and complete today.

STEM fields. Software, data, engineering, health and life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, cybersecurity, and earth science — each field has a trait signature. Read the signature, take the assessment, and see which fields are already yours.

Careers the Bloomington, IN economy leans on

6 counties across Indiana; 2 metro. Economies: 2 government, 1 tourism and recreation and 1 manufacturing. Flags: 2 population loss and 1 housing stress.

Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Software Developer+15%Computer Network Architect+12%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Statistician+8%Web Developer+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Computer Programmer-6%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Mathematician+8%Mathematics Professor+7%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%Biomedical Engineer+6%Civil Engineer+5%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Environmental Engineer+4%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Chemical Engineer+3%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Scientist+4%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%

Counties in this labor market

Greene County, IN Lawrence County, IN Martin County, IN Monroe County, IN Orange County, IN Owen County, IN

Metros around Bloomington, IN

Indianapolis, IN13 counties Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN12 counties Fort Wayne, IN11 counties South Bend, IN–MI8 counties Evansville, IN10 counties Lafayette, IN9 counties Terre Haute, IN8 counties Muncie, IN5 counties Columbus, IN4 counties Greendale–Lawrenceburg–Hidden Valley, IN–OH6 counties Hammond, IN5 counties Greensburg, IN3 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "stem fields" different from a personality type test?

A type test gives you a label. STEM Compass gives you a profile on fifteen working traits and eight kinds of impact, then a directional match against each career — a number you can explain, not a letter code.

Does it cost anything?

No. The full assessment is open at tienesesto.org/stem-assessment, and every result links to a STEM Farm track that starts from zero.

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.