{"h1":"Industries with the most entry-level jobs","faq":[{"a":"Transportation & Logistics leads: 37% of its professional openings are entry-level or early-career, against 27% across all industries.","q":"Which industry ranks first: industries with the most entry-level jobs?"},{"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 tagged entry-level or early-career, 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. 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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_entry","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all industries","valueLabel":"27%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Transportation & Logistics, Industry: 37%","#2 Manufacturing & Industrial, Industry: 33%","#3 Government & Public Sector, Industry: 33%","16 industries ranked across all industries","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"industries","commentary":["The top ten is tightly packed: Transportation & Logistics leads on 37%, and #10 Financial Services & Banking is at 28%.","Agriculture & Food Production reaches #4 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.","Manufacturing & Industrial is the largest market in the top ten, with 42,377 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-most-entry-level-jobs"}