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I’m 15 Years Old, What Kind of Job Can I Get?

Myfirstpaycheck.com was created to help young people get jobs. We have job advice for teens, interview tips, a resume builder, etc. but you have to know what jobs younger teens are allowed to do.

As a 13-year-old, 14-year-old, and 15-year-old you can do a lot of things. According to the Government Site YouthRules!

• You can deliver newspapers.
• You can work as a baby-sitter.
• You can work as an actor or performer in motion pictures, television, theater or radio.
• You can work in a business solely owned or operated by your parents.
• You can work on a farm owned or operated by your parents.

When You Turn 14 . . .

You also can work in an:

• office,
• grocery store,
• retail store,
• restaurant,
• movie theater,
• baseball park,
• amusement park, or
• gasoline service station.

You generally may not work in:

• Communications or public utilities jobs,
• Construction or repair jobs,
• Driving a motor vehicle or helping a driver,
• Manufacturing and mining occupations,
• Power-driven machinery or hoisting apparatus other than typical office machines,
• Processing occupations,
• Public messenger jobs,
• Transporting of persons or property,
• Workrooms where products are manufactured, mined or processed, or
• Warehousing and storage.