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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	345^	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	*No facilities located in Dent County.	268  *Dent County Residents (1,110 Total Employees)	Lead Mining/Battery Recycling	St. Louis, MO	13	Hiring
2		250	Food Service Distributor	Rosemont, IL	60	Hiring
3		218	Hospital/Healthcare	Salem, MO	1	Hiring
4		204 *	Retail/Wholesale	Bentonville, AR	10,524	Hiring
5	One Primary Care Location in Dent County	139 *Dent County Residents (1,877 Total Employees)	Hospital/Healthcare	Rolla, MO	14	Hiring
6		130^	Manufacturing/Wood Products	Roswell, GA	16	Hiring
7	Salem Wood Products	105 ^	Manufacturing/Wood Products	Lebanon, MO	6 North American Stave Mills	Hiring
Education/ Local Government		87	County Government	Salem, MO	1	Apply in-person 400 N. Main St.
8		75	Fast Food Restaurant	Chicago, IL	13,683 US locations	Hiring
9	Enrichment Services of Dent County Inc.	68^	Individual & Family Services (Adult Day Care)	Salem, MO	1	Apply in-person 1900 MO 19
10	WalMart Distribution Center	63	Warehousing and Trucking	St. James, MO

 

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.