Job families with the most jobs that need no experience
Question 1
Where are you right now?
Why we ask: a laid-off week and a thinking-about-a-move week look nothing alike. No résumé, no account.
Key facts
- #1 Sales, Job family: 1.7%
- #2 Engineering, Job family: 1.2%
- #3 Research, Job family: 1.0%
- 21 job families ranked across all job families
- Data as of November 2026
For comparison: 0.8% across all job families.
- 1Sales Job family1.7%
- 2Engineering Job family1.2%
- 3Research Job family1.0%
- 4Clinical Job family0.8%
- 5Investment Job family0.7%
- 6Finance Job family0.6%
- 7Marketing Job family0.6%
- 8Administration Job family0.4%
- 9Data & Analytics Job family0.4%
- 10Security Job family0.4%
What stands out
- The lead is wide: Sales (1.7%) is well clear of Security at #10 (0.4%).
- Investment reaches #5 on a sample of 4,458 all openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.
- Engineering is the largest market in the top ten, with 84,279 all openings behind its figure.
- Job families with fewer than 1,000 all openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful.
Why this ranking matters
What it shows
Some employers say plainly that no experience is needed, or that they will train people. The share of such openings shows where it is easiest to get started without a track record.
How to use it
If you are starting out or changing fields, apply to postings that say it. The city lists show where they are most common.
The top 25
- 1
Sales Job family
1.7%
- No-experience openings
- 671
- All openings
- 40,368
- Median posted pay
- $131k
Based on 40,368 openings.
- 2
Engineering Job family
1.2%
- No-experience openings
- 1,006
- All openings
- 84,279
- Median posted pay
- $168k
Based on 84,279 openings.
- 3
Research Job family
1.0%
- No-experience openings
- 45
- All openings
- 4,473
- Median posted pay
- $140k
Based on 4,473 openings.
- 4
Clinical Job family
0.8%
- No-experience openings
- 75
- All openings
- 9,571
- Median posted pay
- $157k
Based on 9,571 openings.
- 5
Investment Job family
0.7%
- No-experience openings
- 31
- All openings
- 4,458
- Median posted pay
- $155k
Based on 4,458 openings.
- 6
Finance Job family
0.6%
- No-experience openings
- 206
- All openings
- 31,810
- Median posted pay
- $125k
Based on 31,810 openings.
- 7
Marketing Job family
0.6%
- No-experience openings
- 78
- All openings
- 13,536
- Median posted pay
- $154k
Based on 13,536 openings.
- 8
Administration Job family
0.4%
- No-experience openings
- 23
- All openings
- 5,247
- Median posted pay
- $85k
Based on 5,247 openings.
- 9
Data & Analytics Job family
0.4%
- No-experience openings
- 90
- All openings
- 20,676
- Median posted pay
- $185k
Based on 20,676 openings.
- 10
Security Job family
0.4%
- No-experience openings
- 25
- All openings
- 6,206
- Median posted pay
- $184k
Based on 6,206 openings.
- 11
Operations Job family
0.3%
- No-experience openings
- 147
- All openings
- 44,794
- Median posted pay
- $130k
Based on 44,794 openings.
- 12
Design Job family
0.3%
- No-experience openings
- 16
- All openings
- 5,365
- Median posted pay
- $171k
Based on 5,365 openings.
- 13
Strategy Job family
0.3%
- No-experience openings
- 9
- All openings
- 3,163
- Median posted pay
- $175k
Based on 3,163 openings.
- 14
Human Resources Job family
0.2%
- No-experience openings
- 28
- All openings
- 13,845
- Median posted pay
- $125k
Based on 13,845 openings.
- 15
Customer Success Job family
0.2%
- No-experience openings
- 7
- All openings
- 3,978
- Median posted pay
- $123k
Based on 3,978 openings.
- 16
Programs Job family
0.2%
- No-experience openings
- 10
- All openings
- 6,176
- Median posted pay
- $130k
Based on 6,176 openings.
- 17
Legal Job family
0.2%
- No-experience openings
- 19
- All openings
- 12,458
- Median posted pay
- $142k
Based on 12,458 openings.
- 18
Product Job family
0.1%
- No-experience openings
- 10
- All openings
- 7,148
- Median posted pay
- $200k
Based on 7,148 openings.
- 19
Fundraising & development Job family
0.1%
- No-experience openings
- 1
- All openings
- 1,601
- Median posted pay
- $120k
Based on 1,601 openings.
- 20
Executive Leadership Job family
0.0%
- No-experience openings
- 1
- All openings
- 2,093
- Median posted pay
- $165k
Based on 2,093 openings.
- 21
Academic Job family
0.0%
- No-experience openings
- 0
- All openings
- 1,338
- Median posted pay
- $120k
Based on 1,338 openings.
Full ranking
All 21 job families that qualified, with the figure each is ranked on.
| Rank | Job family | Score | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Job family | 1.7% | 40,368 |
| 2 | Engineering Job family | 1.2% | 84,279 |
| 3 | Research Job family | 1.0% | 4,473 |
| 4 | Clinical Job family | 0.8% | 9,571 |
| 5 | Investment Job family | 0.7% | 4,458 |
| 6 | Finance Job family | 0.6% | 31,810 |
| 7 | Marketing Job family | 0.6% | 13,536 |
| 8 | Administration Job family | 0.4% | 5,247 |
| 9 | Data & Analytics Job family | 0.4% | 20,676 |
| 10 | Security Job family | 0.4% | 6,206 |
| 11 | Operations Job family | 0.3% | 44,794 |
| 12 | Design Job family | 0.3% | 5,365 |
| 13 | Strategy Job family | 0.3% | 3,163 |
| 14 | Human Resources Job family | 0.2% | 13,845 |
| 15 | Customer Success Job family | 0.2% | 3,978 |
| 16 | Programs Job family | 0.2% | 6,176 |
| 17 | Legal Job family | 0.2% | 12,458 |
| 18 | Product Job family | 0.1% | 7,148 |
| 19 | Fundraising & development Job family | 0.1% | 1,601 |
| 20 | Executive Leadership Job family | 0.0% | 2,093 |
| 21 | Academic Job family | 0.0% | 1,338 |
How this ranking works
A job family's score is the share of its open professional roles whose posting says no experience is needed, or welcomes recent graduates or people the employer will train.
The job family is the one assigned from the posting title and text. Only job families with at least 1,000 all openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted.
Sample bar: job families with fewer than 1,000 openings are not ranked.
Sources: NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week. Data as of November 2026.
Our job data covers professional roles on the career sites of employers we track, so figures describe that market, not every job. Spot an error? Tell us.
Questions
- Which job family ranks first: job families with the most jobs that need no experience?
- Sales leads: 1.7% of its professional openings say no experience is needed, against 0.8% across all job families.
- How many job families are ranked?
- 21 job families have at least 1,000 all openings, so the list has 21 entries.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- A job family's score is the share of its open professional roles whose posting says no experience is needed, or welcomes recent graduates or people the employer will train. The job family is the one assigned from the posting title and text. Only job families with at least 1,000 all openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted.
- How often is it updated?
- Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.
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Cite this ranking
NextChapter, “Job families with the most jobs that need no experience,” November 2026 edition. https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/functions-with-the-most-no-experience-jobs
Link to it: <a href="https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/functions-with-the-most-no-experience-jobs">Job families with the most jobs that need no experience (NextChapter, November 2026)</a>
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