Ages 13 &Younger
babysitting
delivering newspapers
acting or performing

Ages 14 &15
working in an office
grocery store, retail store,
restaurant, movie theater
or amusement park

Age 16 &17
Any job that is not declared hazardous

(Youth under age 18 cannot work in:
mining, logging, meatpacking, roofing,
excavation, or demolition.  They cannot drive
a car or forklift, work with saws, explosives, radioactive
materials or most powerful-driven machines.)

Hours Youth may work:

Under age 16 may work:
5 hours a day/ 18 hours a week
during the school week
8 hours a day/ 40 hours a week
during non-school weeks

All work must be performed 7am-7pm
except between June 1 and Labor Day, when
evening hours are extended to 9pm.

Over age 16 may work:
with no time restrictions on hours worked

Different rules apply to farms, and State laws may have stricter rules.
                                 YouthRules.dol.gov