2. Workers may be skilled or unskilled.
Blue-collar workers are usually paid on an hourly or piecework basis.
They usually engage in hard manual labor, typically manufacturing & construction.
Blue-collar workers may have to do physically exhausting tasks.
They may work outdoors and/or work with heavy machinery or animals.
3. Some of the most common blue-collar jobs include;
Welders, Mechanics, Electricians, and Construction Workers.
There are perceptions that aren't necessarily true, including the fact that blue-collar
workers belong to a lower social class and that white-collar jobs are higher paid.
4. Unlike blue-collar workers, white-collar workers don't have physically taxing jobs.
White-collar workers are known as suit-and-tie workers who work in service
industries and are paid salaries.
Workers in white-collar jobs often receive annual salaries over hourly wages.
The following are examples of white-collar workers:
• An administrative assistant in an office
• A data entry clerk
• The manager of a marketing department
5. Babysitters/nannies
Daycare workers
Nurses/wet nurses
Secretaries/receptionists/information clerk
Beautician/hairstylist/makeup artists
Waitresses
Meter maids
A “PINK-COLLARED” worker refers to one whose job is seen as female-oriented.
They also aren’t forced to do hard manual labor compared to a blue-collared worker.
A man can choose to enter a pink-collared job, but this is often very rare.
Pink-collared worker does not have the skills, training, pay, and prestige expected in a
white-collared job, but they do need certain qualities or basic skills to get a job.