This summer, youth employment reached its highest rate since 1966, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly 55 percent of all individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 had a summer job, according to BLS.

As summertime temperatures have risen, so has the U.S. economy: Consumer demand for goods and services is surging and average wages have risen by about 2.7 percent over the past year.

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