skilled labor

noun

1. labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
2. the workers employed in such labor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skilled labor¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

We are suffering from shortages of skilled labor while women who have those skills are unable to work.

From Time

Secondly, we don’t think of it as skilled labor like construction.

From Vox

Workers receive a skill-based education that often places them directly in well-paying jobs, and employers benefit by recruiting and retaining a skilled labor force.

From MIT Technology Review

What a lost opportunity to employ and train Somalis and build out a skilled labor sector.

From The Daily Beast

Building one of these beauties takes 604 hours of highly skilled labor.

From The Daily Beast

The number of jobs requiring high-skilled labor has declined.

From The Daily Beast

Furnished all the brain power anyway, and skilled labor outranks muscle at any time.

From Project Gutenberg

In his first great mill strike Colonel Harris lost most of his skilled labor and the profits of half a year.

From Project Gutenberg

The proper solution of the skilled labor problem is strictly within the power of the individual Negro.

From Project Gutenberg

The farm laborer finds himself advanced to the ranks of skilled labor.

From Project Gutenberg

Thats what takes the blood out of a man, the everlasting wrench of trying to get skilled labor that is skilled.

From Project Gutenberg