The Best Places for 15 Year Olds to Work

Retail

One of the best places for 15-year-olds to work is a retail store. These include small boutiques, large chain stores and grocery stores. Fifteen-year-olds can expect to get positions stocking shelves, working the cash register, working in a back room unloading merchandise, or bagging groceries. These are excellent jobs for teens who like the retail environment and interacting with customers. Baggers especially have the chance to chat with customers while helping transport groceries to their cars.

Entertainment venues are also ideal places for 15-year-olds to work. Movie theaters, baseball parks and amusement parks all have exciting atmospheres and they're approved business types appropriate for 15-year-old teens. These jobs have great perks for teens who like watching games, movies and going on rides, although teens should not expect to be able to do these things on the job. Teens age 15 are likely to get positions taking or selling tickets or selling snacks.

Another place for 15-year-olds to work are restaurants. Jobs are available in ice cream shops, fast-food joints or even upscale eateries. Perks might include free or reduced-price meals. Teens can find jobs in these establishments working the cash register, taking orders at a counter, busing tables, running food to customers, working in the kitchen and sometimes waiting tables. This is a job that has room for growth, with lots of opportunity to start as a dishwasher and work up the ladder.

At age 15, teens are also allowed to work at gas stations and offices. These are among the best for the experience they provide learning about cars or the business world. Other excellent job opportunities for teens at this age can be found in their own neighborhood. They can earn money by tutoring, teaching music, mowing lawns or doing other yard work, babysitting, dog-walking, and other service-oriented chores.