Teens from upper-income families are far more likely to work summer jobs than poor teens. What’s going on?

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Teens from upper-income families are far more likely to work summer jobs than poor teens. What’s going on?

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High-income parents are encouraging their teens to get summer jobs to learn practical skills they don’t teach in class

Last Updated: June 26, 2025 at 8:39 p.m. ET
First Published: June 26, 2025 at 11:01 a.m. ET

Twin brothers Alex and Nicolas Alessi and their friend Mason Grant — all 17-year-old rising high-school seniors in the Bay Area — were having a hard time finding jobs leading up to this summer.

“We probably applied to 20 jobs, and we did not get any of them,” Alex said of himself and his brother.

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Venessa Wong

Venessa Wong is a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch based in New York City. She previously covered business, inequality and culture during her tenure at BuzzFeed News, and reported on the food industry for Bloomberg. Venessa is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and Middlebury College. Follow her on Twitter @venessawong.

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