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Private Employer Ranking	Top Employers	# Employed FTEs	Industry	Headquarters	# of Locations	Job Postings
Education/ Local Government	Salem/Dent County K-12 Schools * 5 Independent School Districts	368	K12 Education	Salem/Dent County	5	Salem R-80 K12 Oak Hill R-I K8 Green Forest R-II K8 Dent-Phelps R-III K8 North Wood R-IV K8
1		350	Food Service Distributor	Rosemont, IL	60	Hiring
2	*No facilities located in Dent County.	275 *Dent County Residents (1,110 Total Employees)	Lead Mining/Battery Recycling	St. Louis, MO	13	Hiring
3		241	Hospital/Healthcare	Salem, MO	1	Hiring
4		195	Retail/Wholesale	Bentonville, AR	10,524	Hiring
5		164	Manufacturing/Wood Products	Roswell, GA	16	Indeed or in-person 673 State Hwy JJ
6	One Primary Care Location in Dent County	133 *Dent County Residents (1,877 Total Employees)	Hospital/Healthcare	Rolla, MO	14	Hiring
Education/ Local Government		86	County Government	Salem, MO	1	Apply in-person 400 N. Main St.
7	Enrichment Services of Dent County Inc.	84	Individual & Family Services (Adult Day Care)	Salem, MO	1	Apply in-person 1900 MO 19
8	Walmart Distribution Center #6069 * No facilities located in Dent County	84 * Dent County Residents (779 Total Employees)	Warehousing & Distribution	Bentonville, AR		Hiring
9		69	Home Healthcare Services	St. Louis, MO	25	Hiring
10		62	Grocery Stores	Salem, MO	31	Hiring
11		62	Fast Food Restaurant	Chicago, IL	13,683 US locations	Hiring
Education/ Local Government		62	City Government	Salem, MO	1	Hiring

 

Click here to view an interactive Industry Concentrations table for Dent County provided by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC).

Note: For the above link - Location Quotient (LQ) is a ratio of the relative distribution of industry employment in a region to that industry’s distribution in a larger economy. An LQ greater than 1 indicates that the industry is more specialized, and employment is more concentrated for that industry in the region, as compared to the United States as a whole. An LQ less than 1 indicates that the industry is less specialized, and employment is less concentrated. An LQ of 2 would mean that the industry’s employment is twice as concentrated in the region, as compared to the United States.