new-collar

[noo-kol-er, nyoo]

adjective

1. pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of new-collar¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

For companies like IBM, which has 5,000 job openings in the U.S., these so-called new-collar workers can help it meet its workforce needs — and do it inexpensively if those workers are far away from urban centers, where the cost of living and prevailing wages are higher.

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There’s a new but promising category in the American labor market: people working in so-called new-collar or middle-skill jobs.

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For companies like IBM, which has 5,000 job openings in the United States, new-collar workers can help it meet its work force needs — and do it inexpensively if those workers are far away from urban centers, where the cost of living and prevailing wages are higher.

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Mr. Bridges represents a new but promising category in the American labor market: people working in so-called new-collar or middle-skill jobs.

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“We need to start matching the skills employers need for new-collar jobs, with the skills being taught to our workers.”

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