The amount of teens with summer jobs has dropped since 2000 including the type of work they do.

From the beginning of the 21st century teens would spend their summer vacations lifeguarding, serving ice cream or selling T-shirts. Last year only 35 percent of teens had a job during the summer, and 29.7 percent were Hispanic.

The Pew Research Center has complied data looking at the average employment rate for 16 to 19- year-olds in June, July and August. Findings include that teen employment peaks in July, they have a pattern of rising during good economic times and falling in the bad times. The last peak high was 58 percent in 1978.

Over time, the summer employment rates for younger teens has increased more than the older teens. Researchers have pinpointed several reasons for the decline like fewer low-skill, entry-level jobs, more schools ending in late June and starting back up again before Labor Day and more teens have been doing community service or internships.

Read more at http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/02/the-share-of-teens-with-summer-jobs-has-plunged-since-2000-and-the-type-of-work-they-do-has-shifted/

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