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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The rapid development of generative AI has gone hand-in-hand with growing anxiety about what the technology might do to the world’s white-collar labor force.
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Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
The figures underscore growing concerns that AI will lead to large-scale labor market disruption, especially for white-collar workers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
In 2025, for example, Dario Amide—the CEO of the AI company Anthropic—told Axios that AI could drive unemployment up 10 to 20 percent in the next one to five years and wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Experts say multinationals and foreign investors still want a share of India's consumption story — but the country's inability to create more white-collar jobs is undermining that narrative.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
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Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
The figures underscore growing concerns that AI will lead to large-scale labor market disruption, especially for white-collar workers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
In 2025, for example, Dario Amide—the CEO of the AI company Anthropic—told Axios that AI could drive unemployment up 10 to 20 percent in the next one to five years and wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Experts say multinationals and foreign investors still want a share of India's consumption story — but the country's inability to create more white-collar jobs is undermining that narrative.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
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