Summary

After the Bell: A Portrait of High School Workers in California, the latest brief released by the UCLA Labor Center as part of its “State of Young Workers in California” research initiative, analyzes the demographics and work conditions of high school students who work using 2017–2021 American Community Survey data. This brief is an extension of the UCLA Labor Center’s report “California’s Future is Clocked In: The Experiences of Young Workers,” which explored the experiences of all California young workers ages 16–24.