What's the youngest age you can be to get a job?

Question

I'm 13, almost 14, and I really want a job so that I can earn money and buy stuff. What's the youngest age (in Calfornia) that you can be to have a job?

Answer 1

16.

Answer 2

Contact California State Employment Commission. Look in your phone book and you will find a local office near you. This is the only way to get the correct answer to "your" problem. you could go online and get an answer,but I have found dealing with people in person works better.Good luck! (at that age, to want a job says a lot about the type of person you are!)

Answer 3

Most state have laws about anyone under 18 & work. Also, many states will require a work permit. You should be able to get all the information you need from your school or employment office.

Here is an example of the typical rules (from California)

Fourteen and fifteen-year-olds may be employed in the following occupations in the food service and retail industries:

• Office and clerical work, including the operation of office machines.
• Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming, and comparative shopping.
• Price marking and tagging by hand or by machine, assembling orders, packing and shelving.
• Bagging and carrying out customers orders.
• Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, or public transportation.
• Cleanup work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers or cutters.
• Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and devices used in the performance of this work, including but not limited to, dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milkshake blenders, and coffee grinders.
• Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking goods when performed in areas physically separate from areas where meat is prepared for sale and outside freezers or meat coolers.


Good Luck!

Answer 4

Each state has different laws. I know in NY its fourteen, but just to be sure go to your guidance consuler at school and ask. That's what I did when I was fourteen. I went to the doctor to get a phyical and a note saying I'm physically able to work, I went to my consuler and got my working permit.

Answer 5

I don't know for sure, but why not start your own business?

Answer 6

You could model. If you could. Or act. If you can.