Work experience

Detroit's citywide summer youth employment program offering paid summer jobs to Detroit youth ages 14–24.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Paid City of Tampa summer internships for 16- to 19-year-olds attending any Hillsborough County high school, public or private.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A state summer program in Oklahoma: one week of employment training (BEST) followed by an up-to-four-week community internship (STEP) for youth aged 16–21 with disabilities.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A summer program at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum where teens help interpret and share the history of the Pikes Peak region through education, collections and marketing work.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

The City of Los Angeles youth jobs program that gives young people ages 14–24 a starter job with work-readiness training, financial literacy and career coaching.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

Paid six-week summer jobs for Cuyahoga County students in grades 8–12, run by Youth Opportunities Unlimited in Cleveland since 1982.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A paid summer jobs program for Broward County youth ages 16–18, paying $15 per hour from June to August.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A free summer service-learning program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium where high schoolers build career skills, earn community service hours and support ocean conservation.

• Grades 9–11
• No fee

A two-, four- or six-week paid summer work experience for Charlotte high-school students ages 16–18, with at least 25 hours a week at a minimum of $13 per hour.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A City of Stockton summer jobs program giving about 100 Stockton youth aged 16–19 a five-week paid work experience in city departments.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

A full-time summer internship at Houston's Health Museum where high-school students lead visitors through hands-on, bilingual (English and Spanish) experiments in the DeBakey Cell Lab.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A Boulder County summer jobs program, running since 1996, in which teens ages 14–17 work in teams on trail, conservation and community projects for county departments, towns and cities.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee