Specifically, a quarter of people in this age range had leisure and hospitality jobs, the highest percentage among young people in any industry. This category includes hotel and resort clerks, restaurant servers, cooks in sit-down and fast-food restaurants, amusement park attendants, and more.
Another 16.9% of teens and young adults worked as cashiers, customer service representatives, and supervisors and managers in the retail industry.
Racial and ethnic demographics vary among young workers and their industries. Young Black or African American workers had the highest share of employment in leisure and hospitality (28.9% of Black or African American workers ages 16 to 24). Young white workers had the second-highest rate (24.9%).
Young Asian workers had the highest employment rate in education and healthcare services (20.9%). For comparison, 16.8% of Black youths, 13.2% of white youths, and 12.3% of Hispanic youths worked in education and health.
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