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Teenagers are facing a tough summer job market due to economic uncertainty, with rising unemployment rates and fewer available positions, making it difficult for teens like Ugenie Labranche to find work despite their efforts and desire for experience.
Teenagers are expected to make up nearly one in five summer hires this year, with many drawn by sharply higher pay and a desire to get out of the house after long stretches of remote classes and other pandemic-related constraints. The share of 16- to 19-year-olds working or job hunting hit nearly 37% for all of last year, the highest since 2009, Labor Department figures show. Their participation rate peaked at almost 47% last July and that will likely be topped this summer, with the rate so far in 2023 already surpassing last year’s pace. The trend is partly reversing a longstanding decline in teen employment.