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Each is matched to its standard occupation, and the education shown is what the Bureau of Labor Statistics lists as typical for entering that occupation. Some employers ask for more or less, and about one posting in a hundred has an occupation we could not match, which is left out. The job family is the one assigned from the posting title and text. Only job families with at least 1,000 matched jobs are ranked. Our board is professional roles, so every share is high compared with the whole economy."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T15:06:31.259Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"dg_share","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles, matched to standard occupation (SOC) codes","Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025-35: typical entry-level education and projected employment change by occupation"],"baseline":{"label":"all job families","valueLabel":"87%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Product, Job family: 99%","#2 Fundraising & development, Job family: 99%","#3 Executive Leadership, Job family: 99%","20 job families ranked across all job families","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"job families","commentary":["The top ten is tightly packed: Product leads on 99%, and #10 Programs is at 94%.","Executive Leadership reaches #3 on a sample of 1,034 jobs matched to an occupation, 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 67,558 jobs matched to an occupation behind its figure.","Job families with fewer than 1,000 jobs matched to an occupation 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/job-families-where-the-most-jobs-need-a-four-year-degree"}