Teens can expect 9% higher wages for jobs like lifeguards, camp counselors, waiters, and retail workers even as summer office jobs dwindle

• Employers are looking to teens to fill labor gaps this summer.
• The national average teen wage is expected to be nearly $15 per hour.
• There were 10 million job openings in April, many in sectors ripe for teen employment.

Employers are looking to teens to fill labor gaps this summer — and they are willing to pay well.

Gusto, a payroll and benefits company, predicts teens will make up one in five hires this summer. And many of these teens can command higher wages, even as overall wage growth stalls.