blue-collar jobs
Factory floor work
Blue-collar jobs involve manual labor, typically in manufacturing, construction, maintenance, or trades.
The term comes from the durable work shirts historically worn in such occupations, as opposed to the white dress shirts of office workers.
Blue-collar work often requires physical skill and may involve machinery, tools, or outdoor conditions: My dad worked blue-collar jobs his whole life.
The phrase carries connotations of honest, working-class labor.
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- welderOne who fuses metals
- factory workerManufacturing floor employee
- shop floorIndustrial production workspace
- carpenterTimber construction tradesperson
dockworker · electrician · mason · bricklayer · trade school · machinist · steelworker · janitor · truck driver · pipefitter · bus driver · wage labor · hard hat · work boots · manual labor · groundskeeper · machine operator · crane operator
- blue collarhard hat, factory work, manual labor, work boots, assembly line
- job listingsjob postings, job openings, job listings, job vacancies, vacancies
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
blue-collar jobsdesk jobs
Seated indoor employment
office work · desk work · clerical work · intellectual labor · remote work