blue-collar

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Despite strong demand for certain trades, “Many blue-collar sectors are currently seeing higher unemployment rates than white-collar sectors,” she added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Hiring overall has slowed, and “both white-collar and blue-collar job growth is stagnant … while the so-called ‘pink-collar’ roles in healthcare are continuing to show strong growth.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Other blue-collar roles, such as machinists and assembly workers, meanwhile, will continue to be negatively impacted by broader trends like globalization and outsourcing, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Yet the Economist reported this year that “since late 2022 America has added roughly 3m white-collar jobs—which include management, professional, sales and office roles,” while blue-collar employment has remained flat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

It was blue-collar all the way, located inside a corrugated metal shell; metal shavings covered the floor around the heavy equipment, which filled the shop with a regular hum.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel