Summer Youth Employment Program (NYC Department of Youth & Community Development)

New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program places high schoolers in six weeks of paid work at businesses, nonprofits, and city agencies across the five boroughs. Participants 16 and up earn an hourly wage working about 25 hours a week; 14- and 15-year-olds join paid project-based career exploration instead. You need to live in NYC and be authorized to work in the U.S. Apply online through the SYEP portal when the cycle opens each winter.

Who can apply

FieldsCareer & Technical Education · Business

EligibilityMust be an NYC resident authorized to work in the U.S.

Logistics

Applying

You submitOnline application via the SYEP portal; a work permit is required for ages 14-17.