{"h1":"Industries where entry-level jobs want AI skills","faq":[{"a":"Technology & Software leads: 20% of its entry-level openings ask for AI skills, against 7% across all industries.","q":"Which industry ranks first: industries where entry-level jobs want ai skills?"},{"a":"17 industries have at least 200 entry-level openings, so the list has 17 entries.","q":"How many industries are ranked?"},{"a":"A industry's score is the share of its entry-level and early-career roles whose posting names at least one AI skill or tool. The industry is the one our crawler assigns to the employer. Only industries with at least 200 entry-level openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. 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Only industries with at least 200 entry-level openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T04:15:57.376Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"pf_entryai","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all industries","valueLabel":"7%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Technology & Software, Industry: 20%","#2 Media & Entertainment, Industry: 10%","#3 Construction & Real Estate, Industry: 8%","17 industries ranked across all industries","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"industries","commentary":["The lead is wide: Technology & Software (20%) is well clear of Energy & Utilities at #10 (4%).","Agriculture & Food Production reaches #4 on a sample of 668 entry-level openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","Technology & Software is the largest market in the top ten, with 16,800 entry-level openings behind its figure.","Industries with fewer than 200 entry-level 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/industries-where-entry-level-jobs-want-ai"}