Last updated: October 10, 2026

Metro areas with the most entry-level openings

Name: Metro areas with the most entry-level openings, October 2026
Creator: Second Summit
Published: 2026-10-10
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Corpus Christi, TX ranks highest at 23%; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is lowest at 6.2% (99 metro areas, October 2026).

Postings whose titles mark them as entry level, intern or junior roles.

#	Metro area	Share of postings that are entry level	Postings
1	Corpus Christi, TX	23%	161
2	Port St. Lucie, FL	22.5%	120
3	Baton Rouge, LA	22.4%	183
4	Manchester-Nashua, NH	21.6%	153
5	Jackson, MS	20.7%	121
6	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	20.2%	129
7	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	20.1%	159
8	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	19.9%	256
9	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	19.9%	156
10	Savannah, GA	19.7%	142
11	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	19%	216
12	Oklahoma City, OK	18.7%	530
13	Akron, OH	18.2%	143
14	Boise City, ID	18%	111
15	Lubbock, TX	18%	100
16	Pittsburgh, PA	17.9%	1,128
17	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	17.4%	1,137
18	Jacksonville, FL	17.2%	575
19	Cleveland, OH	16.9%	858
20	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	16.9%	326
21	Springfield, MO	16.9%	166
22	Knoxville, TN	16.6%	223
23	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	16.5%	2,312
24	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	16.4%	434
25	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	16.3%	227
26	Syracuse, NY	16.1%	372
27	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	15.8%	958
28	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	15.7%	1,297
29	Stockton-Lodi, CA	15.5%	110
30	Omaha, NE-IA	15.4%	629
31	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	15.1%	815
32	Fort Wayne, IN	14.7%	177
33	Birmingham, AL	14.6%	308
34	College Station-Bryan, TX	14.5%	117
35	Wichita, KS	14.3%	175
36	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	14.2%	212
37	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	14.2%	183
38	St. Louis, MO-IL	14%	1,401
39	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	14%	837
40	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	13.9%	5,058
41	Green Bay, WI	13.8%	130
42	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	13.6%	2,032
43	Rochester, NY	13.6%	294
44	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	13.4%	725
45	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	13.3%	143
46	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	13.2%	3,771
47	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	13.2%	796
48	Colorado Springs, CO	13.2%	410
49	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	13.1%	2,480
50	Albuquerque, NM	13.1%	397
51	Amarillo, TX	13.1%	122
52	Peoria, IL	13%	131
53	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	12.8%	993
54	El Paso, TX	12.8%	156
55	Kansas City, MO-KS	12.7%	1,228
56	Toledo, OH	12.7%	245
57	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	12.7%	197
58	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	12.6%	5,962
59	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	12.6%	572
60	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	12.5%	1,291
61	Tucson, AZ	12.5%	256
62	Winston-Salem, NC	12.5%	112
63	Portland-South Portland, ME	12.3%	163
64	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	12.2%	238
65	Ogden, UT	12%	108
66	Asheville, NC	11.9%	101
67	Tulsa, OK	11.8%	400
68	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	11.6%	2,893
69	Columbus, OH	11.6%	1,389
70	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	11.6%	259
71	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	11.5%	2,652
72	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	11.4%	1,003
73	Greensboro-High Point, NC	11.4%	202
74	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	11.3%	2,988
75	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	11.3%	610
76	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	11.1%	5,914
77	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	11%	1,882
78	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	10.9%	1,937
79	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	10.9%	808
80	Raleigh-Cary, NC	10.6%	856
81	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	10.5%	133
82	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	10.4%	1,452
83	Reno, NV	10.4%	347
84	Chattanooga, TN-GA	9.9%	142
85	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	9.6%	686
86	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	9.5%	12,642
87	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	9.4%	10,784
88	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	9.1%	3,705
89	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	8.9%	326
90	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	8.8%	260
91	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	8.5%	3,856
92	Madison, WI	8.5%	340
93	Boulder, CO	7.9%	302
94	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	7.8%	103
95	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	7.6%	340
96	Ann Arbor, MI	7.5%	241
97	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	7.2%	4,540
98	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	6.2%	17,941
99	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	6.2%	5,981

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