short readsJun 21, 2022 After dropping in 2020, teen summer employment may be poised to continue its slow comeback Last summer, businesses trying to come back from the COVID-19 pandemic hired nearly a million more teens than in the summer of 2020.
short readsJun 7, 2021 During the pandemic, teen summer employment hit its lowest point since the Great Recession Fewer than a third (30.8%) of U.S. teens had a paying job last summer. In 2019, 35.8% of teens worked over the summer.
short readsJun 23, 2015 The fading of the teen summer job The share of teens working summer jobs has dwindled, from well over half as recently as the 1980s to less than a third last year.