HiringAgeFast food & restaurants
- 15+Wendy'sMost locations 16+
- 15+KFCMost locations 16+
- 15+Domino'sMost locations 16+
- 15+Pizza HutMost locations 16+
- 15+Little CaesarsMost locations 16+
- 15+Zaxby'sMost locations 16+
- 15+Freddy's Frozen Custard & SteakburgersMost locations 16+
Coffee, ice cream & snacks
Movies, parks & fun
Grocery & convenience
Gyms & community
What 15-year-olds can and can't do
- Hours: under federal law, up to 3 hours on a school day and 18 in a school week; 8 hours a day and 40 a week in summer; only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. (9 p.m. from June 1 to Labor Day). Many states set their own limits.
- Jobs: cashier, bagging, stocking shelves, cleaning, serving food, and limited cooking. No baking, no slicers, no power-driven machines, no driving.
- Work permit: many states require one — check your state below.
Rules by state
- AlabamaPermit needed
- AlaskaPermit needed
- ArizonaNo permit
- ArkansasNo permit
- CaliforniaPermit needed
- ColoradoNo permit
- ConnecticutPermit needed
- DelawarePermit needed
- District of ColumbiaPermit needed
- FloridaNo permit
- GeorgiaPermit needed
- HawaiiPermit needed
- IdahoNo permit
- IllinoisPermit needed
- IndianaNo permit
- IowaNo permit
- KansasNo permit
- KentuckyNo permit
- LouisianaPermit needed
- MainePermit needed
- MarylandPermit needed
- MassachusettsPermit needed
- MichiganPermit needed
- MinnesotaNo permit
- MississippiNo permit
- MissouriPermit needed
- MontanaNo permit
- NebraskaPermit needed
- NevadaNo permit
- New HampshirePermit needed
- New JerseyPermit needed
- New MexicoPermit needed
- New YorkPermit needed
- North CarolinaPermit needed
- North DakotaPermit needed
- OhioPermit needed
- OklahomaPermit needed
- OregonNo permit
- PennsylvaniaPermit needed
- Rhode IslandPermit needed
- South CarolinaNo permit
- South DakotaNo permit
- TennesseeNo permit
- TexasNo permit
- UtahNo permit
- VermontNo permit
- VirginiaPermit needed
- WashingtonPermit needed
- West VirginiaPermit needed
- WisconsinPermit needed
- WyomingNo permit