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  2. The working class, or proletariat in Marxist terms, includes all employees who are compensated with wage or salary -based contracts. [1] [2] Working class occupations include blue-collar jobs, and most pink-collar jobs.

  3. Mar 21, 2021 · Updated March 21, 2021. Reviewed by Margaret James. What Is the Working Class? "Working class" is a socioeconomic term used to describe persons in a social class marked by jobs that...

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  4. Nov 16, 2023 · What is today’s American working class? Most Americans associate the working class with unionized male occupations such as manufacturing and construction that were dominant in the 1950s and...

  5. Apr 25, 2022 · While there is no universal definition of “working class,” the term commonly refers to workers in the service sector who hold less than a four-year college degree. Historically predominately white and male, the U.S. working class has become increasingly diverse in recent decades.

  6. In this brief, “working class” is defined as individuals in the labor force who do not have bachelors degrees. This includes high school dropouts, high school graduates, people with some college, and associate’s-degree holders. It includes the unemployed, who are counted as still in the labor force as long as they are actively looking for work.

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  7. Economists and pollsters in the United States generally define "working class" adults as those lacking a college degree, [1] rather than by occupation or income. Many members of the working class, as defined by academic models, are often identified in the vernacular as being middle-class, despite there being considerable ambiguity over the term ...

  8. Jun 9, 2016 · Working class becomes majority-minority by 2032. The working class, defined here as people with less than a bachelor’s degree, accounts for about two-thirds of the 18- to 64-year-old labor force in the United States.

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