NYC entry-level tech positions tumble 49% as AI reshapes job market
A new study shows that entry-level tech job listings in New York City fell by 49% between 2022 and 2025, while other sectors such as business, media and arts also saw sharp declines.
A report by the Center for an Urban Future reveals that entry-level positions in the computer and mathematical sector in New York City dropped 49% between 2022 and 2025, the sharpest decline across all occupational categories. Similar contractions were recorded in office and administrative support roles (down 36%) and in business and financial operations, while arts, design, entertainment, sports and media saw a 34% reduction.
City Comptroller Mark Levine attributed the trend to AI displacing entry-level work, highlighting a ratio of roughly 1.6 new computer-science graduates for every opening. In contrast, healthcare practitioner listings rose 21% and legal postings increased 8%, with modest gains in community services and social sciences. Levine cautioned that the city could lose up to 300,000 jobs and $14 billion in tax revenue if AI adoption proceeds unchecked, and called on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to raise the rainy-day fund to 16% of revenue and reform pensions and infrastructure safeguards.
Why it matters
The steep drop in entry-level tech jobs signals AI's growing impact on employment prospects for recent graduates in a major economic hub.
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