white-collar
adjectives
of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
"the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"
antonym
is similar to
appropriate for or engaged in office work
"clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
is similar to
engaged in by members of a profession
"professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
is similar to
of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women
"a pink-collar employee"
see also
having or showing or requiring special skill
"only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"
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