What Jobs Can Youth Do?
When You Are 13 Or Younger . . .
You can deliver newspapers.
You can work as a baby-sitter.
You can work as an actor or performer in motion pictures, television, theater or radio.
You can work in a business solely owned or operated by your parents.
You can work on a farm owned or operated by your parents.
However, parents are prohibited from employing their children in manufacturing, mining, or any other occupation declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor.
More information on Exemptions from Child Labor Rules.
When You Turn 14 . . .
You also can work in an:
* office, * grocery store, * retail store, * restaurant, * movie theater, * Baseball park, * amusement park, or * gasoline service station.
You generally may not work in:
* communications or public utilities jobs, * construction or repair jobs, * driving a motor vehicle or helping a driver, * manufacturing and mining occupations, * power-driven machinery or hoisting apparatus other than typical office machines, * processing occupations, * public messenger jobs, * transporting of persons or property, * workrooms where products are manufactured, mined or processed, or * warehousing and storage. Different rules apply to farms, and individual States may have stricter rules.
Chat with our AI personalities
There are lots of fast food places but I know a lot of young teens that work for Bruster's Ice Cream. The Oceanfront is also a good place to look for jobs, especially during the summer at beach shops. Check out Lynnhaven and Pembroke Malls as well as movie theaters.