State directory
Teen labor law by state — all 50 states
Pick a state to see its plain-English teen labor law summary — minimum work age, daily and weekly hour caps for 14, 15, 16, and 17 year olds, whether a state work permit is required, and the top restricted occupations. Every page cites the underlying state code and US DOL Wage & Hour Division reference.
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All 50 states
- Alabamamin age 14 · permit required
- Alaskamin age 14 · permit required
- Arizonamin age 14 · no permit
- Arkansasmin age 14 · no permit
- Californiamin age 12 · permit required
- Coloradomin age 14 · no permit
- Connecticutmin age 14 · permit required
- Delawaremin age 14 · permit required
- Floridamin age 14 · no permit
- Georgiamin age 12 · permit required
- Hawaiimin age 14 · permit required
- Idahomin age 14 · no permit
- Illinoismin age 14 · permit required
- Indianamin age 14 · no permit
- Iowamin age 14 · permit required
- Kansasmin age 14 · no permit
- Kentuckymin age 14 · no permit
- Louisianamin age 14 · permit required
- Mainemin age 14 · permit required
- Marylandmin age 14 · permit required
- Massachusettsmin age 14 · permit required
- Michiganmin age 14 · permit required
- Minnesotamin age 14 · no permit
- Mississippimin age 14 · no permit
- Missourimin age 14 · permit required
- Montanamin age 14 · no permit
- Nebraskamin age 14 · permit required
- Nevadamin age 14 · permit required
- New Hampshiremin age 12 · permit required
- New Jerseymin age 14 · permit required
- New Mexicomin age 14 · permit required
- New Yorkmin age 14 · permit required
- North Carolinamin age 14 · permit required
- North Dakotamin age 14 · permit required
- Ohiomin age 14 · permit required
- Oklahomamin age 14 · no permit
- Oregonmin age 14 · permit required
- Pennsylvaniamin age 14 · permit required
- Rhode Islandmin age 14 · permit required
- South Carolinamin age 14 · no permit
- South Dakotamin age 14 · no permit
- Tennesseemin age 14 · no permit
- Texasmin age 14 · no permit
- Utahmin age 14 · no permit
- Vermontmin age 14 · no permit
- Virginiamin age 14 · permit required
- Washingtonmin age 14 · permit required
- West Virginiamin age 14 · permit required
- Wisconsinmin age 14 · permit required
- Wyomingmin age 14 · no permit
What you'll find on each state page
- Hour caps by age for 14, 15, 16, and 17 year olds — both school-in-session (typical school calendar) and summer / school-out caps.
- Work-permit details — whether one is required, which ages it applies to, who issues it, and how to obtain it (with a direct PDF link where the state publishes one).
- Restricted occupations — the top federal hazardous orders plus any state-specific additions.
- Citations — the exact state code section that governs the rules, plus a link to the state's Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division page.
- Spanish translations available for 50 states — a Spanish link appears at the top of those state pages.