entry-level
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or filling a low-level job in which an employee may gain experience or skills.
This year's college graduates have a limited choice of entry-level jobs.
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suitable for or affordable by people buying or entering the market for the first time.
These less expensive entry-level homes sell quite well.
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relatively simple in design, limited in capability, and low in cost.
entry-level home computers and word processors.
adjective
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(of a job or worker) at the most elementary level in a career structure
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(of a product) characterized by being at the most appropriate level for use by a beginner
an entry-level camera
Example Sentences
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With entry-level wages around $1.12 an hour at the time, that put the time price—the amount of labor time required to acquire a good or service—at two hours and 23 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Artificial intelligence could reshape entry-level white-collar work, adding fresh uncertainty to India's already fragile school-to-jobs pipeline.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Earlier this month, Apple rolled out its new entry-level iPhone, priced at the same level as its predecessor, and an entry-level MacBook Neo starting at $599, lower than some analysts were expecting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
Some CEOs have even warned that AI could eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Employers will look at that $30,000 figure, which is over twice what they currently pay entry-level workers, and see nothing but bankruptcy ahead.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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