How to say "blue-collar" in Japanese

• ブルーカラーCommon
  nounCovers the usual sense of 'blue-collar (worker)', meaning manual or industrial labor as opposed to white-collar office work. This is the common, natural choice in most contexts.
  なぜ、会社かいしゃによって、ブルーカラーの人ひとのほうが、ホワイトカラーの人ひとより給料きゅうりょうがいいのですか？↗

  Why are, depending on the company, blue-collar workers better paid than white-collar ones?
• 藍衣社員らんいしゃいん
  nounA less common, more literal rendering of 'blue-collar' for a blue-collar employee. Because it is rare, it is seldom the word learners want; ブルーカラー is normally the better option.

Use 「ブルーカラー」 for the ordinary, widely understood term for blue-collar workers; 藍衣社員 is a rarer, more literal alternative for the same idea and is seldom the word you want.

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• ブルーカラーblue-collar (worker)
• 藍衣社員らんいしゃいんblue-collar