{"h1":"Best cities for junior jobs in New York","faq":[{"a":"Bronx leads New York for junior jobs: 38% of its professional openings are entry-level or early-career, against 25% across all cities in our data.","q":"Which city ranks first: best cities for junior jobs in new york?"},{"a":"11 cities have at least 100 openings, so the list has 11 entries.","q":"How many cities are ranked?"},{"a":"A city's score is the share of its open professional roles tagged entry-level or early-career, read from the full posting text. Only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted. Internships are left out. A city where one employer posts more than 50% of its openings is not ranked, so a single company cannot decide a city's score.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.","q":"How often is it updated?"}],"lead":"Bronx leads New York for junior jobs: 38% of its professional openings are entry-level or early-career, against 25% across all cities in our data.","minN":100,"rows":[{"n":185,"key":"NY|bronx","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/bronx","name":"Bronx","rank":1,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"71"},{"label":"All openings","value":"185"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"4%"}],"value":0.3837837837837838,"change":null,"employers":["Bronxworks","Albert Einstein College of Medicine","Argus Community"],"valueLabel":"38%"},{"n":103,"key":"NY|queens","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/queens","name":"Queens","rank":2,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"37"},{"label":"All openings","value":"103"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"15%"}],"value":0.3592233009708738,"change":null,"employers":["Samaritan Daytop Village","Skanska USA","NEW York Edge"],"valueLabel":"36%"},{"n":397,"key":"NY|syracuse","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/syracuse","name":"Syracuse","rank":3,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"140"},{"label":"All openings","value":"397"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"15%"}],"value":0.3526448362720403,"change":null,"employers":["Upstate Medical University","Hidden Level","HII Mission Technologies"],"valueLabel":"35%"},{"n":415,"key":"NY|buffalo","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/buffalo","name":"Buffalo","rank":4,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"133"},{"label":"All openings","value":"415"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"21%"}],"value":0.3204819277108434,"change":null,"employers":["Moog Military Aircraft","University at Buffalo","Moog"],"valueLabel":"32%"},{"n":365,"key":"NY|albany","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/albany","name":"Albany","rank":5,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"114"},{"label":"All openings","value":"365"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"22%"}],"value":0.3123287671232877,"change":null,"employers":["KPMG","New York State","Broadview Credit Union"],"valueLabel":"31%"},{"n":152,"key":"NY|melville","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/melville","name":"Melville","rank":6,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"47"},{"label":"All openings","value":"152"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"19%"}],"value":0.3092105263157895,"change":null,"employers":["Estee Lauder Companies","Langan","Leviton"],"valueLabel":"31%"},{"n":516,"key":"NY|rochester","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/rochester","name":"Rochester","rank":7,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"159"},{"label":"All openings","value":"516"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"12%"}],"value":0.3081395348837209,"change":null,"employers":["L3HARRIS Technologies","Harris Health Strategic Fund","Rochester Institute of Technology"],"valueLabel":"31%"},{"n":221,"key":"NY|white plains","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/white-plains","name":"White Plains","rank":8,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"68"},{"label":"All openings","value":"221"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"24%"}],"value":0.3076923076923077,"change":null,"employers":["New York Power Authority","FormativGroup","RWE Clean Energy"],"valueLabel":"31%"},{"n":680,"key":"NY|brooklyn","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/brooklyn","name":"Brooklyn","rank":9,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"184"},{"label":"All openings","value":"680"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"25%"}],"value":0.2705882352941176,"change":null,"employers":["SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University","Williams-Sonoma","Altana AI"],"valueLabel":"27%"},{"n":20410,"key":"NY|new york","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/new-york","name":"New York","rank":10,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"4,927"},{"label":"All openings","value":"20,410"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"34%"}],"value":0.2414012738853503,"change":null,"employers":["Amazon","Publicis Groupe","Morgan Stanley"],"valueLabel":"24%"},{"n":104,"key":"NY|ithaca","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/ithaca","name":"Ithaca","rank":11,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"15"},{"label":"All openings","value":"104"},{"label":"Openings with pay posted","value":"9%"}],"value":0.1442307692307692,"change":null,"employers":["Ithaca College","Cornell University","Tompkins Bank & Trust"],"valueLabel":"14%"}],"slug":"best-cities-for-junior-jobs-in-new-york","unit":"openings","scope":{"id":"new-york","kind":"state","name":"New York"},"title":"Best cities for junior jobs in New York","family":"Entry-level","method":["A city's score is the share of its open professional roles tagged entry-level or early-career, read from the full posting text.","Only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted. Internships are left out.","A city where one employer posts more than 50% of its openings is not ranked, so a single company cannot decide a city's score."],"builtAt":"2026-11-02T22:01:52.820Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"junior","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all cities in our data","valueLabel":"25%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Bronx, NY: 38%","#2 Queens, NY: 36%","#3 Syracuse, NY: 35%","11 cities ranked in New York","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"cities","commentary":["The top ten is tightly packed: Bronx leads on 38%, and #10 New York is at 24%.","Queens reaches #2 on a sample of 103 openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","New York is the largest market in the top ten, with 20,410 openings behind its figure.","Cities with fewer than 100 openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/best-cities-for-junior-jobs-in-new-york"}