•In 2014, teen employment in the U.S. increased by 1,297,000 jobs between May and July, down 4.3 percent from 2013 when 1,355,000 teenagers found jobs from May through July.
• Teen employment peaked in July 2014 at 5,553,000.
•As of March 2015, there were 4,491,000 employed 16-to-19-year-olds in the U.S., the highest non-summer level since 2009.
•The unemployment rate among teens was 17 percent in March, down significantly from a recession high of 29 percent in 2010.
•80 percent of 1,000 employers surveyed by hourly wage job search site Snagajob.com expect summer hiring to increase or stay the same as last year.
Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas
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