California sees decline in white-collar jobs, growth in blue-collar sectors

This Labor Day, experts say California's job market is going through a dramatic shift. They're calling it a "white-collar crack-up." ... Read More

Bay Area workforce consultant says blue-collar jobs seeing a resurgence

Labor Day 2025 comes at a time of great uncertainty in the job market, especially in the high-paying white-collar sector. The threat is coming from artificial intelligence as companies look to be more ... Read More

Blue-collar work is attracting younger generations

Tariffs, trade wars and technology have ushered in an age of uncertainty. Could blue-collar careers be a stable solution? Read More

Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work

There is no shortage of hype around AI coming for jobs, and while the U.S. labor market has begun to sputter, hard evidence of AI-related job losses is scarce. Read More

20 Reasons Blue-Collar Jobs Are Growing

It might seem like the world is shifting entirely toward tech and remote work, but blue-collar jobs are quietly making a strong comeback. Whether it’s construction, manufacturing, transportation, or ... Read More

On Labor Day, a look at the Bay Area's 'competitive' white collar workforce and impact of AI

While the nation's unemployment rate is 4.2%, down slightly from a year ago, California's rate, at 5.5%, is slightly up. The hardest hit: white collar workers. Read More

AI is coming for jobs — just not blue collar ones, yet

Geoffrey Hinton’s message on a recent podcast about artificial intelligence was simple: “Train to be a plumber.” Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist often called “the Godfather of AI,” ... Read More

Fewer new blue-collar jobs hiring in August

Employers added 22,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest jobs report, down from 79,000 in July, most impacting blue-collar industries. Read More