{"h1":"Industries with the fewest people-management roles","faq":[{"a":"Aerospace & Defense has the lowest share: 19% of its professional openings are manager, director or executive roles, against 35% across all industries.","q":"Which industry ranks first: industries with the fewest people-management roles?"},{"a":"16 industries have at least 1,000 all openings, so the list has 16 entries.","q":"How many industries are ranked?"},{"a":"A industry's score is the share of its open professional roles at manager level or above (manager, senior manager, director, vice president, head-of or C-suite), read from the full posting text. The industry is the one our crawler assigns to the employer. Only industries 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.","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":"Aerospace & Defense has the lowest share: 19% of its professional openings are manager, director or executive roles, against 35% across all industries.","minN":1000,"rows":[{"n":19939,"bar":1,"key":"industry:aerospace_defense","sub":"Industry","href":"/industries/aerospace-and-defense","name":"Aerospace & Defense","rank":1,"stats":[{"label":"Management openings","value":"3,712"},{"label":"All openings","value":"19,939"},{"label":"Median posted pay","value":"$148k"}],"value":0.1861678118260695,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"19%"},{"n":74197,"bar":0.716892938242624,"key":"industry:technology","sub":"Industry","href":"/industries/technology-and-software","name":"Technology & Software","rank":2,"stats":[{"label":"Management openings","value":"19,268"},{"label":"All openings","value":"74,197"},{"label":"Median posted 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Only industries 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."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T15:06:31.259Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"pf_lowmgmt","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all industries","valueLabel":"35%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Aerospace & Defense, Industry: 19%","#2 Technology & Software, Industry: 26%","#3 Manufacturing & Industrial, Industry: 27%","16 industries ranked across all industries","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"industries","commentary":["The top ten is tightly packed: Aerospace & Defense leads on 19%, and #10 Agriculture & Food Production is at 44%.","Agriculture & Food Production reaches #10 on a sample of 2,173 all 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 74,197 all openings behind its figure.","Industries with fewer than 1,000 all 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-with-the-fewest-people-management-roles"}