How much AI do entry-level postings ask for?
The question. Does the AI-related share of postings differ by seniority band, and does it differ the same way in a panel built around AI employers and one that was not?
What it found
Entry level is the lowest band in both arms. The gap is far larger among AI-forward employers than in the AI-agnostic panel, but the direction is the same in both, which it was not on the first pass. The confound was never seniority, it was occupation: restricting to postings the classifier assigns to a business discipline removes the retail contamination that made three earlier attempts wrong in three different ways.
The numbers
| Discipline | Sub-corpus | Band | n | AI share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Systems | remote_boards | senior_plus | 40,550 | 59.5% |
| Information Systems | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 34,495 | 47.8% |
| Information Systems | remote_boards | manager | 18,596 | 52.0% |
| Sales | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 13,652 | 45.6% |
| Business Management | remote_boards | manager | 12,287 | 51.6% |
| Marketing | remote_boards | manager | 10,111 | 60.3% |
| Sales | remote_boards | manager | 9,961 | 40.0% |
| Information Systems | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 8,407 | 30.9% |
| Business Management | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 7,880 | 32.3% |
| Business Management | remote_boards | senior_plus | 7,509 | 48.1% |
| Information Systems | ats_panel | senior_plus | 7,445 | 82.9% |
| Information Systems | remote_boards | unknown | 6,576 | 40.1% |
| Information Systems | the_muse | senior_plus | 6,352 | 44.6% |
| Sales | remote_boards | senior_plus | 6,090 | 57.4% |
| Strategic Management | remote_boards | manager | 5,464 | 69.4% |
| Marketing | remote_boards | senior_plus | 4,655 | 62.1% |
| Information Systems | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 4,461 | 60.5% |
| Information Systems | hacker_news | senior_plus | 3,695 | 38.1% |
| Information Systems | ats_panel | manager | 3,396 | 78.9% |
| Information Systems | the_muse | manager | 3,356 | 34.4% |
| Information Systems | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 3,346 | 44.6% |
| Strategic Management | remote_boards | senior_plus | 3,256 | 62.3% |
| Marketing | remote_boards | unknown | 2,749 | 40.3% |
| Information Systems | remote_boards | entry | 2,718 | 42.6% |
| Experience Design and Management | remote_boards | unknown | 2,700 | 46.1% |
| Marketing | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 2,603 | 42.8% |
| Sales | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 2,566 | 35.8% |
| Business Management | the_muse | manager | 2,405 | 30.0% |
| Information Systems | hacker_news | unknown | 2,370 | 46.6% |
| Accounting | remote_boards | unknown | 2,347 | 17.1% |
| Sales | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 2,338 | 76.0% |
| Sales | the_muse | manager | 2,196 | 30.0% |
| Sales | remote_boards | unknown | 2,169 | 27.2% |
| Business Management | ats_panel | manager | 2,156 | 75.4% |
| Human Resource Management | remote_boards | senior_plus | 1,992 | 43.0% |
| Business Management | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 1,955 | 27.9% |
| Experience Design and Management | remote_boards | senior_plus | 1,875 | 65.9% |
| Finance | remote_boards | senior_plus | 1,759 | 42.4% |
| Business Management | the_muse | senior_plus | 1,744 | 38.0% |
| Business Management | remote_boards | unknown | 1,732 | 44.5% |
| Information Systems | the_muse | entry | 1,667 | 44.9% |
| Accounting | remote_boards | senior_plus | 1,623 | 30.1% |
| Marketing | ats_panel | manager | 1,561 | 80.8% |
| Human Resource Management | remote_boards | unknown | 1,561 | 25.4% |
| Business Management | remote_boards | entry | 1,444 | 38.7% |
| Information Systems | the_muse | unknown | 1,312 | 36.7% |
| Human Resource Management | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 1,281 | 26.4% |
| Sales | ats_panel | senior_plus | 1,266 | 87.5% |
| Sales | ats_panel | manager | 1,227 | 74.7% |
| Finance | the_muse | senior_plus | 1,215 | 23.5% |
| Strategic Management | ats_panel | manager | 1,161 | 84.8% |
| Strategic Management | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 1,137 | 50.8% |
| Marketing | remote_boards | entry | 1,118 | 35.9% |
| Finance | remote_boards | unknown | 1,094 | 27.8% |
| Finance | remote_boards | manager | 1,061 | 38.2% |
| Finance | the_muse | unknown | 1,049 | 2.8% |
| Strategic Management | remote_boards | unknown | 1,040 | 53.7% |
| Business Management | the_muse | entry | 1,028 | 25.0% |
| Marketing | the_muse | manager | 967 | 40.5% |
| Marketing | the_muse | senior_plus | 937 | 41.4% |
| Information Systems | ats_panel | unknown | 928 | 50.9% |
| Finance | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 893 | 30.6% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | the_muse | manager | 892 | 6.7% |
| Finance | the_muse | manager | 889 | 12.9% |
| Business Management | ats_panel | senior_plus | 871 | 70.8% |
| Business Management | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 834 | 54.0% |
| Finance | the_muse | entry | 830 | 13.5% |
| Sales | the_muse | senior_plus | 824 | 46.1% |
| Accounting | remote_boards | manager | 818 | 30.3% |
| Strategic Management | the_muse | senior_plus | 790 | 42.2% |
| Sales | remote_boards | entry | 734 | 41.4% |
| Information Systems | ats_panel | entry | 725 | 58.5% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | remote_boards | manager | 678 | 32.3% |
| Marketing | ats_panel | senior_plus | 667 | 79.8% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | remote_boards | senior_plus | 660 | 38.5% |
| Human Resource Management | remote_boards | manager | 656 | 38.7% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 590 | 23.4% |
| Accounting | the_muse | senior_plus | 555 | 32.8% |
| Strategic Management | the_muse | manager | 551 | 42.5% |
| Finance | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 545 | 20.6% |
| Information Systems | hacker_news | manager | 474 | 34.0% |
| Human Resource Management | the_muse | senior_plus | 461 | 26.9% |
| Experience Design and Management | the_muse | senior_plus | 446 | 48.4% |
| Accounting | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 437 | 28.8% |
| Business Management | the_muse | unknown | 420 | 20.0% |
| Strategic Management | ats_panel | senior_plus | 404 | 82.4% |
| Experience Design and Management | ats_panel | senior_plus | 381 | 76.4% |
| Human Resource Management | ats_panel | senior_plus | 379 | 83.1% |
| Marketing | the_muse | entry | 363 | 22.0% |
| Accounting | remote_boards | entry | 363 | 19.6% |
| Strategic Management | remote_boards | entry | 349 | 48.4% |
| Accounting | the_muse | manager | 348 | 34.5% |
| Human Resource Management | remote_boards | entry | 344 | 24.1% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | remote_boards | unknown | 341 | 19.4% |
| Business Management | ats_panel | entry | 340 | 51.5% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | the_muse | entry | 330 | 12.7% |
| Sales | ats_panel | unknown | 316 | 59.5% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 310 | 15.5% |
| Finance | remote_boards | entry | 300 | 27.3% |
| Business Management | ats_panel | unknown | 275 | 53.1% |
| Strategic Management | the_muse | entry | 274 | 28.5% |
| Experience Design and Management | the_muse | unknown | 271 | 43.2% |
| Accounting | the_muse | unknown | 267 | 19.5% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | the_muse | senior_plus | 264 | 16.7% |
| Entrepreneurial Management | remote_boards | senior_plus | 261 | 50.2% |
| Experience Design and Management | remote_boards | ic_unspecified | 255 | 55.3% |
| Entrepreneurial Management | remote_boards | unknown | 255 | 39.6% |
| Marketing | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 252 | 30.2% |
| Human Resource Management | ats_panel | unknown | 245 | 60.4% |
| Entrepreneurial Management | remote_boards | entry | 240 | 55.8% |
| Accounting | the_muse | entry | 232 | 18.1% |
| Business Management | hacker_news | manager | 218 | 36.2% |
| Marketing | hacker_news | manager | 217 | 35.9% |
| Finance | ats_panel | senior_plus | 208 | 73.6% |
| Global Supply Chain Management | the_muse | unknown | 207 | 5.3% |
| Marketing | ats_panel | entry | 200 | 41.5% |
| Experience Design and Management | ats_panel | unknown | 198 | — |
| Strategic Management | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 194 | — |
| Accounting | ats_panel | senior_plus | 193 | — |
| Marketing | ats_panel | unknown | 191 | — |
| Strategic Management | hacker_news | manager | 191 | — |
| Sales | the_muse | entry | 190 | — |
| Marketing | the_muse | unknown | 188 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | ats_panel | unknown | 187 | — |
| Human Resource Management | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 182 | — |
| Information Systems | hacker_news | entry | 178 | — |
| Human Resource Management | the_muse | manager | 174 | — |
| Accounting | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 174 | — |
| Sales | the_muse | unknown | 172 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | remote_boards | entry | 163 | — |
| Human Resource Management | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 141 | — |
| Entrepreneurial Management | hacker_news | unknown | 141 | — |
| Finance | ats_panel | manager | 137 | — |
| Strategic Management | ats_panel | entry | 137 | — |
| Human Resource Management | the_muse | unknown | 135 | — |
| Marketing | hacker_news | unknown | 131 | — |
| Human Resource Management | the_muse | entry | 130 | — |
| Entrepreneurial Management | hacker_news | senior_plus | 123 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | ats_panel | manager | 119 | — |
| Strategic Management | the_muse | unknown | 118 | — |
| Strategic Management | ats_panel | unknown | 117 | — |
| Marketing | hacker_news | senior_plus | 115 | — |
| Accounting | ats_panel | manager | 115 | — |
| Sales | ats_panel | entry | 115 | — |
| Strategic Management | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 110 | — |
| Marketing | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 107 | — |
| Business Management | hacker_news | unknown | 103 | — |
| Human Resource Management | ats_panel | manager | 101 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | remote_boards | entry | 100 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | ats_panel | senior_plus | 100 | — |
| Sales | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 97 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | remote_boards | manager | 90 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | hacker_news | unknown | 88 | — |
| Human Resource Management | ats_panel | entry | 86 | — |
| Sales | hacker_news | senior_plus | 86 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | the_muse | ic_unspecified | 85 | — |
| Finance | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 84 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 84 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | the_muse | manager | 83 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | ats_panel | entry | 83 | — |
| Accounting | ats_panel | unknown | 81 | — |
| Finance | ats_panel | unknown | 72 | — |
| Business Management | hacker_news | senior_plus | 69 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 68 | — |
| Finance | ats_panel | entry | 66 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | hacker_news | senior_plus | 64 | — |
| Business Management | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 63 | — |
| Accounting | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 61 | — |
| Strategic Management | hacker_news | senior_plus | 59 | — |
| Entrepreneurial Management | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 57 | — |
| Marketing | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 53 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | ats_panel | entry | 46 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | hacker_news | unknown | 45 | — |
| Sales | hacker_news | unknown | 44 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | ats_panel | manager | 37 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | hacker_news | manager | 37 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | the_muse | entry | 37 | — |
| Sales | hacker_news | manager | 36 | — |
| Finance | hacker_news | unknown | 34 | — |
| Accounting | ats_panel | entry | 33 | — |
| Global Supply Chain Management | hacker_news | ic_unspecified | 33 | — |
| Business Management | hacker_news | entry | 29 | — |
| Experience Design and Management | ats_panel | ic_unspecified | 22 | — |
| Accounting | hacker_news | unknown | 20 | — |
A blank AI share means the cell is above the visibility floor but below the 200 needed to print a percentage.
How it was computed
Title-based seniority classification validated against a real graduating cohort, pinned to one classifier run, primary discipline labels only, faceted by sub-corpus.
How to read it
Nominal seniority is not attainability: a title being senior does not mean a new graduate cannot hold it. Percentages are suppressed below n = 200 and cells hidden below n = 20. Interns have genuinely shorter postings, so they are folded into the entry band rather than reported alone.
Source view: entry_level_ai_share · published 2026-09-10