White Collar:
- A white-collar worker is a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work.
Blue Collar:
- Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled manufacturing, mining, mechanical, maintenance, technical installation and many other types of physical work.
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| Professional, managerial, or administrative work is considered as White-Collar job Image Credits : llee_wu |
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| Workers unchain girder from delivery truck Image Credits : Washington State Dept of Transportation |
Origin:
A blue collar worker refers to the fact that most manual laborers at the turn of the century wore blue shirts, which could hold a little dirt around the collar without standing out.
This working class stands in contrast to white collar workers, which historically have had the higher-paying, salaried positions to go with their clean and pressed white shirts.
Usage:
- Aussie senator calls for commission on white-collar crimes.
- Very few applicants for blue-collar jobs in SF.
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