white-collar
adjective
white-col·lar
ˈ(h)wīt-ˈkä-lər 
: of, relating to, or constituting the class of salaried employees whose duties do not call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing compare blue-collar
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Meanwhile, white-collar tech jobs could shift to cheaper hubs like India if firms like Apple flee high-cost U.S. production.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
What To Know According to an analysis by the U.S. Career Institute, jobs with face-to-face interactions are far safer than most white-collar jobs from the encroachment of AI.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
But professional and business services, a sprawling sector that includes lawyers, architects and other white-collar workers, added just 3,000 jobs.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Automating Mundane Data Tasks In 2025, many white-collar roles, including data and analytics professionals, will have an AI teammate.
—Artyom Keydunov, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
What To Know According to an analysis by the U.S. Career Institute, jobs with face-to-face interactions are far safer than most white-collar jobs from the encroachment of AI.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
But professional and business services, a sprawling sector that includes lawyers, architects and other white-collar workers, added just 3,000 jobs.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Automating Mundane Data Tasks In 2025, many white-collar roles, including data and analytics professionals, will have an AI teammate.
—Artyom Keydunov, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white-collar
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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