Best Summer Jobs With Salaries

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Many companies hire seasonal employees to fill roles, making it easy for people to find a great summer job. Summer is often a popular time for students, teachers, and other individuals to look for temporary work. In this article, explore some excellent summer job options as well as their average salaries and responsibilities.

What is a summer job?

A summer job is a work position that a person fills temporarily during the summer months. The most common months that someone would hold a summer job are May, June, July, and August, although the exact months can vary depending on the position and company. The most common individuals who look for summer jobs are high school and college students, teachers, and retirees, although anyone can pursue a temporary summer position.

Best summer jobs

Here is a list of some of the best summer jobs, along with their average hourly wages and responsibilities:

Sales Associate

National Average Salary: $11.29 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Sales Associates often work in retail stores and are responsible for greeting customers, helping customers choose products or services, and answering questions.

Host/Hostess

National Average Salary: $11.60 per hour, plus $30 in tips per day

Roles and Responsibilities: Hosts and Hostesses work in restaurants and are responsible for greeting and seating guests. They may also answer phones and take reservations, and to-go food orders.

Server

National Average Salary: $11.62 per hour, plus $100 in tips per day

Roles and Responsibilities: Servers work in restaurants and other food-related jobs and are responsible for taking customer orders, ringing in orders, delivering food to tables, and taking payments from guests.

Lifeguard

National Average Salary: $11.89 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Many people spend their summers at the pool or beach, making Lifeguard positions in high demand during the summer months. Lifeguards oversee pool or beach activity and ensure the safety of guests. Some Lifeguard jobs may require you to hold certifications such as a CPR license.

Front Desk Agent

National Average Salary: $12.19 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Front Desk Agents often work in resorts, hotels, or motels and are responsible for checking customers in and out, providing room keys, taking payments, and answering guest questions.

Parking Attendant

National Average Salary: $12.43 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Parking Attendants help customers park their cars and take payment when required to park in a certain area. They may also valet cars as well as help direct traffic in a parking lot.

Camp Counselor

National Average Salary: $12.52 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Camp Counselors work in summer camps or similar types of camps and are responsible for overseeing campers throughout their stay at the camp. They may organize and monitor activities, maintain records and ensure campers are safe while at the camp.

Customer Service Representative

National Average Salary: $13.22 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Customer Service Representatives typically work in call centers. Their duties include answering phone calls from customers and helping customers with any complaints or inquiries. They may also take orders, process returns, and educate customers on services and products offered.

Receptionist

National Average Salary: $13.46 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Receptionists often work in the lobby or main area of an office and greet customers, answer phones, and tend to mail. They may also perform other administrative office duties as needed.

Landscape Technician

National Average Salary: $14.23 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Landscape Technicians work as part of a landscape team to provide landscape services to individuals and/or organizations. Typical duties for this summer job include lawn mowing, pulling weeds, planting trees and flowers, and other related tasks.

Tour Guide

National Average Salary: $14.41 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: If you live in a city that is popular with tourists, a Tour Guide position is a great summer job to pursue. As a Tour Guide, you will be responsible for taking groups of people on tours around the city or to other locations and providing them with information about the places you visit.

Seasonal Associate

National Average Salary: $14.58 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Seasonal Associates often work on a temporary basis in retail stores. They perform customer-service related tasks such as greeting customers, answering questions, and helping customers choose the best products for their needs. They may also take inventory, ring up guests, and organize merchandise.

Construction Worker

National Average Salary: $15.45 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Construction Workers work at construction sites and perform a variety of tasks that may include loading and unloading construction materials, operating machinery, drilling, and other construction-related duties. Construction Workers must have good physical strength and stamina, as they often spend much of their time working with heavy materials in an outdoor environment.

Administrative Assistant

National Average Salary: $15.56 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Administrative Assistants are responsible for various office tasks, including scheduling meetings, answering and sending emails, assisting visitors, and managing office supplies.

Swim Instructor

National Average Salary: $16.21 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Swim Instructors help people learn how to swim as well as expand their current swimming skills. You can obtain a swim instructor certification through the American Red Cross to be able to legally teach swimming at a public or private pool.

Babysitter/Nanny

National Average Salary: $16.41 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Babysitter and Nanny positions are great summer jobs and provide a flexible schedule. These jobs require individuals to oversee a child or children for a set period of time and ensure their safety. They may feed, bathe and play with the children as well as help them do homework or drive them to play dates, school or appointments.

Pet Sitter

National Average Salary: $19.14 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Pet Sitters offer pet-sitting services when pet owners are away from their homes for an extended period of time. A Pet Sitter may stay at the home of the pet owner and feed, walk and groom the pet in addition to any other requested tasks.

Tutor

National Average Salary: $21.58 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Tutors help students improve their grades and learn new subjects. They typically work just a few hours a week and may work in the home of the tutee, online, or at a library or school.

Freelance Writer

National Average Salary: $22.25 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: If you have experience writing, a position as a Freelance Writer may be a great summer job for you. Freelance Writers write on a temporary basis for companies or individuals and are typically paid per word or by the hour. Common tasks for Freelance Writers include blog posts, articles, marketing content, and other written assignments.

Fitness Instructor

National Average Salary: $23.00 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities: Fitness Instructors often work in gyms or private fitness centers and teach a variety of fitness classes. They ensure the safety of class participants and provide support when needed.

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