For young adults, the summer months are a time to earn some extra spending money and gain work experience. But across the country, not all summer gigs are created equal: State by state and even town by town, opportunities vary, and paychecks for similar work can be vastly different due to minimum wage laws and cost of living.
WalletHub recently ranked 182 cities across the United States to determine the best and worst cities for summer jobs. For their findings, WalletHub focused on the youth job market, as well as social environment and affordability, creating a total score out of 100. They measured indicators including availability of summer jobs, labor-force participation rate of the population aged 16 to 24, minimum wage and commuter friendliness.
