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STEM pathway path — Portland, OR–WA

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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 pathway path. A path has a start, a direction and a destination. The assessment gives the direction, the career pages the destination, and the STEM Farm track the start at zero. A pathway has a start, a direction and a destination. The assessment gives the direction; the career pages give the destination; the STEM Farm track gives the start.

Careers the Portland, OR–WA economy leans on

11 counties across Oregon and Washington; 10 metro. Economies: 1 government and 1 tourism and recreation. Flags: 10 housing stress and 1 a retirement destination.

Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Software Developer+15%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Web Developer+7%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Computer Programmer-6%Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Computer Network Architect+12%Statistician+8%Mathematician+8%Mathematics Professor+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Medical Scientist+9%Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Industrial Engineer+11%Mechanical Engineer+9%Electrical Engineer+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Civil Engineer+5%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Engineer+4%Environmental Scientist+4%Chemical Engineer+3%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%

Counties in this labor market

Clackamas County, ORClark County, WAColumbia County, ORCowlitz County, WAMarion County, ORMultnomah County, ORPolk County, ORSkamania County, WAWahkiakum County, WAWashington County, ORYamhill County, OR

Metros around Portland, OR–WA

Seattle–Tacoma, WA10 countiesBoise City, ID9 countiesSpokane, WA8 countiesEugene, OR3 countiesKennewick–Richland–Pasco, WA6 countiesBend, OR3 countiesYakima, WA2 countiesMedford, OR2 countiesWenatchee, WA2 countiesLewiston, ID–WA8 countiesThe Dalles, OR4 countiesAberdeen, WA3 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "stem pathway path" 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.