Teens across Connecticut and the U.S. are heading back to school with a little more pocket change following a strong-than-usual summer job season, a survey shows.
Employment among 16- to 19-year-olds grew by a total of 1,087,000 from May through July, according to the latest analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs data by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
This summer’s job gains are up 13.2 percent from a year ago, when employment among teens grew by only 960,000, the fewest since 1949, Challenger Gray said.
The peak was the 1,163,000 teen jobs added in 2009 and the 1,154,000 in 2008, it said.
This summer’s job gains were well below pre-recession levels when, from 2004 through 2007, teen employment grew by an average of 1,674,000 jobs between May and July.Â
