Unemployment Among Teens Is High
Saturday, June 15th, 2013 -- 9:44 AM
The economy may be rebounding, but teens are having a tough time finding jobs.Now that school is out, summer is the prime time for teens to find a job.
However, new numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show the unemployment rate among teens is more than three times the national unemployment rate.
The Bureau said about 24.5 percent of teens looking for jobs can't find one. The national unemployment rate is 7.6 percent.
Some businesses say they have a number of employees coming back every year so the turnover rate is not very high.
Only about a third of teens ages 16 to 19 are looking for work today. It was about half in the 1990s.
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