Teenagers can expect higher wages at summer jobs and opportunities in sectors that haven't traditionally hired workers their age.
It’s a great summer for working teens. While workers’ pay increases are slowing overall, teen employees are still experiencing higher year-over-year wage growth than their older counterparts.
Women in the 16-to-24 group experienced a higher annual pay increase, at 15%, than their male counterparts, who came in at 13.3%. In high school, Skove worked as a server in a restaurant — an experience she said she now draws on in her current position. “I’m using my customer-service and attention-to-detail skills from being a server, but adding in a new level of professionalism,” she said.
That average wage is around $14.89 this summer, up 9% over last year, according to the Gusto report. Older workers aren’t as lucky: Newly hired employees ages 25 to 54 are seeing a 6% decrease in wages compared with last summer. Opportunities in the personal-services sector — and beyond Teen applicants vying for jobs in the personal-services sector — which includes sports and recreation camps, restaurants, pools and beaches — still can take their pick of jobs, both Pollack and Pardue said.
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