| State | Citation | Maximum Hours | Night Hours | Meal/Rest | Permits |
| Alabama
| Code
§25-8 | 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day | None | None |
| Alaska
| Stat.
§23.10.332 | None | None | None | Written consent from parent or guardian |
| Arizona
| Rev. Stat. Ann.
§23-233 | 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day | None | None |
| Arkansas
| Code Ann.
§11-4 | 54-hour week (U-18), 48-hour week (U-16) | No limitation on overnight shifts before non-school day (U-18), No work after 9pm (U-16) | None | Permit required with written consent from parent or guardian (U-16) |
| California
| Lab.
Code
§1391 | 48-hour week (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day, No work after 12:30am before non-school day (U-18) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours, 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours | Permit required |
| Colorado
| Rev. Stat. Ann.
§8-12-104 | 40-hour week (U-16), | No overnight shifts before school day | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours, 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours | None |
| Connecticut | Gen. Stat. §31-12 | None | No overnight shifts but can work late for certain businesses (U-18) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 7.5 hours | None |
| Delaware
| Code
Ann.
tit. 19 §507 | 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 7.5 hours | Employment certificate required |
| Florida
| Stat.
Ann. §450.081 | 30-hour week during school session (U-18) | No overnight shifts before school day | None | None |
| Georgia
| Code
Ann.
§39-2 | 40-hour week during school session (U-16) | Employment certificate required for night work (U-18) | Reasonable unpaid break time for employees to breast feed infants | None |
| Hawaii
| Rev. Stat.
Ann. §390-2 | 40-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Idaho
| Code
§44-1304 | 54-hour week (U-16) | No work after 9pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Illinois
| 820 ILCS 205 | 48-hour week (U-16), 3-hour day during school session | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Indiana
| Code
Ann. §20-33-3 | 30-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | None | Certificate required. Can work later and longer with written permission |
| Iowa
| Code
Ann. §92 | 28-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | Permit required (U-16) |
| Kansas
| Stat.
Ann. §38-602 | 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day (U-16) | None | None |
| Kentucky
| Rev.
Stat.
Ann. §339 | 40-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 11:30 pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Louisiana
| Rev. Stat.
Ann.
§23:214 | 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 10pm (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Maine
| Rev. Stat.
Ann.
tit. 26
§603 | 20-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 6 hours | None |
| Maryland
| Code
Ann. §3-210 | 23-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 8pm (U-16) | ½ hour break period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Massachusetts
| Gen. Laws Ann.
ch. 149
§66
| None | No work after 10pm during school session (U-18), No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 6 hours | Permit required (U-16) |
| Michigan
| Comp.
Laws Ann. §409 | 48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10:30 pm during school session (U-18), | ½ hour break period after no more than 5 hours | Permit required |
| Minnesota
| Stat.
Ann.
§177.254 | 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 9pm (U-16) | Unspecified meal break for shifts more than 8 hours | None |
| Mississippi
| Code
Ann.
§71-1-21 | 44-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Missouri
| Ann.
Stat.
§294.03 | 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Montana | None | None | None | None | None |
| Nebraska
| Rev.
Stat.
§48.310 | 48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Nevada
| Rev.
Stat.
§609 | 48-hour week (U-16) | None | ½ hour meal period during 8 hour shift | Permit required (U-14) |
| New Hampshire
| Rev.
Stat.
§276-A | 30 hours during school week (U-18), 23 hours during school week (U-16) | No work after 9pm (U-16) | ½ hour meal period for more than 5 hours | Certificate required |
| New Jersey
| Stat.
Ann. §34:2 | 40-hour week (U-18) | Various times depending on age, business and season | None | None |
| New Mexico
| Stat.
Ann. §50-6-3 | 44-hour week (U-14) | No work after 9pm (U-14) | None | None |
| New York | Lab.
Law
§143(1) | 28-hour week during school session (U-18), 16-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts, No work after 10pm before school day unless written consent and certificate of satisfactory academic standing (U-18) | 30 minutes for noon day meal for shifts more than 6 hours. | None |
| North Carolina
| Gen.
Stat.
§95-25 | 18 hours during school week (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day, No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | None | Certificate required |
| North Dakota
| Cent.
Code
§34-07-15 | No restrictions on minors over 16. 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period for shifts more than 5 hours | Certificate required (U-16) |
| Ohio
| Rev.
Code
Ann.
§4109 | 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 11pm on school day (U-18), No work after 9pm during school session (U-16) | None | Certificate required during school session |
| Oklahoma
| Stat.
Ann.
tit. 40
§71 | 18 hours during school week (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour rest period for shifts more than 5 hours | Sunday with exemptions |
| Oregon
| Rev.
Stat.
§653. | 44-hour week (U-18) | Special permit required to work night shifts (U-16) | 10 minutes for every 4 hours, meal period within 5 hours | None |
| Pennsylvania
| Cons.
Stat.
Ann.
§46-48 | 28 hours during school week (U-18), 18 hours during school week (U-16) | No overnight shifts, no work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period for shifts more than 5 hours | None |
| Rhode Island
| Gen. Laws
§28-3-11 | 48-hour week (U-18), 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 11:30pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school days (U-16) | None | None |
| South Carolina
| Code
Regs.
§71-3106(b) | 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | None | None |
| South Dakota
| Codified Laws Ann.
§60-12-1 | 20-hour week during school session (U-16) | None | None | None |
| Tennessee
| Code
Ann.
§50-5-104 | 18 hours during school week (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day unless parental consent (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) | 30 minute unpaid meal or rest for every 6 hours | None |
| Texas
| Lab.
Code
Ann.
§51.013 | 48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10pm during school session (U-16) | None | None |
| Utah
| Code
Ann.
§34-23-202 | 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 9:30pm before school day (U-16) | 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours | None |
| Vermont
| Stat.
Ann. Tit. 21
§431 | 48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | None | Certificate required during school session (U-16) |
| Virginia
| Code
Ann.
§40-1-84 | 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | 30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 5 hours | Certificate required (U-16) |
| Washington
(Regulated by Dept. of Labor and Industries) | None | None | None | None | None |
| West Virginia
| Code
§21-6-7 | 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 8pm (U-16) | 30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 5 hours | None |
| Wisconsin
| Stat.
Ann.
§103.68 | Department of Workforce Development can set hours | Department of Workforce Development can set hours | 30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 6 hours | None |
| Wyoming
| Stat.
Ann.
§27-6-110 | 8-hour day (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day (U-16) | None | None |