Partnership for New York City report finds entry level job postings in the city's most AI exposed fields have fallen up to 40.6% since 2022
Entry-level jobs are vanishing in the fields most exposed to AI, per PFNYC Design, media & writing: -40.6% Customer support: -34.4% Clerical and administrative: -30.5% Business management and operations: -26.8% Finance: -23.4% Social analysis and planning: -12.7% Sales: -10.4%
Context
Fewer entry level openings in white collar fields would make it harder for young workers to start careers, even while unemployment stays low.
This is secondhand: unusual_whales is relaying figures from a Partnership for New York City report without noting that they cover New York City job postings, not jobs nationwide. The report measures declines in postings since ChatGPT's release and links them to AI exposure, which does not by itself prove AI caused them.
Deep dive
On October 16, unusual_whales posted that entry level jobs are vanishing in the fields most exposed to AI, per PFNYC, listing declines of 40.6% in design, media and writing, 34.4% in customer support, 30.5% in clerical and administrative work, 26.8% in business management and operations, 23.4% in finance, 12.7% in social analysis and planning, and 10.4% in sales.
The source is a report from the Partnership for New York City, a business group. Its press release says that since ChatGPT's release in 2022, annual entry level job postings in New York City have declined by those amounts in the top five groups, each of which has more than 50% AI exposure, measured as the share of an occupation's skills susceptible to AI augmentation.
The report also finds that entry level postings mentioning AI skills rose 55% since 2022 even as overall entry level openings fell, and that AI companies leased more than 2.2 million square feet of New York office space in the first half of 2026, more than double their total for all of 2025.
The Partnership says unemployment remains low but entry level hiring in AI exposed industries tells a different story. It urges the city to pair its AI growth strategy with a workforce plan that keeps accessible entry points into white collar careers.
What to expect next
Watch whether national data from the Labor Department and private job boards show similar declines in entry level postings for AI exposed fields outside New York.
Also watch whether New York City adopts the Partnership's recommendation for a workforce strategy, and whether employers expand training programs for graduates as AI skills become a common requirement. Economists will also debate how much of the decline reflects AI rather than the wider hiring slowdown.