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Teens Take Up More Jobs, and More Pay, in Tight Labor Market

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Teenagers are coming to the rescue of business owners struggling to find enough workers in one of the hottest job markets in decades.

Teens are now working in greater numbers than they have since before the 2008-09 financial crisis, when summer and part-time jobs were a more common rite of passage into adulthood, government statistics show. They have become particularly essential in the retail, tourism and hospitality industries, which many adults left behind during the pandemic

Unemployment among 16- to 19-year-old workers was at 10.2% in April, shy of the 68-year low of 9.6% it touched in May last year, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Overall, about a third of U.S. teens in that age group are now working, the federal data show. 

Continue reading at the Wall Street Journal.

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