plaid-collar worker 

1) Used to describe a class of professionals who work in fields associated with information, creativity, social-media, etc. Derived from previous uses of "collar," e.g. blue-collar, white-collar, green-collar.

2) Anyone who works in the hipster economy, e.g. artisanal products, crafts, art related fields, communication, information, and anything having to do with memes.

3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.

4) Liberal arts majors who work in traditionally blue-collar fields.

Ex. 1
Hipster 1: "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2: "Totally kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."

Ex. 2
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea at the new lunch-time yoga studio--man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."

Ex. 3
"So what's Mondragon been doing with that English degree since he graduated from Columbia?"
"Oh, he's in Brooklyn, making chairs out of reclaimed wood. Suuuuuper plaid-collar worker."

plaid-collar worker by Pseudophor January 7, 2013

Green Collar Worker 

The Mexican version of a blue collar worker. These usually classify Mexicans with green cards working in the the USA RAHH. Typically found outside Home depot and on occasion Lowe’s. Offering services such as agriculture, landscaping, carpeting, plumbing, and in some cases construction.

“Ya my dad works as a Green Collar Worker. He does Landscaping for a golf course”

Green Collar Worker by Redacial August 7, 2023

white collar worker 

A Lesser Spotted Mongolian Gravel Maggot.

Kid ask's teacher : what happened to hitler when he died
teacher: he became a white collar worker.

white collar worker by Sp0ck October 16, 2006

blue collar worker 

Someone who inherits a successful business from their parents, receiving several million dollars in salary and bonuses annually.

Blue collar workers often successfully parlay their wealth into political office, usually by virtue of their eloquent and well-reasoned critiques of minimum wage-earning elites.

As a lunch-pail carrying blue collar worker, Mayor Ford found it hard to make ends meet on his skimpy government pay without also retaining his private-sector salary.

blue collar worker by AllSpatulasAllTheTime January 12, 2011

Red Collar Worker 

Someone who works as a social media influencer, due to the red in the YouTube logo.

Charlie Kirk was a red collar worker because he makes online content.

Red Collar Worker by hanballector September 12, 2025

Gray Collar Workers

A Gray Collar Worker is a member of the service class. While a blue collar worker is a proletarian and primarily manual labour worker (such as a factory worker), and a white collar worker is a bourgeoisie class member (a lawyer).

The Gray Collar Working class does not have the riches of the white collar workers, nor the pride, nor unity of a blue collar worker.

The greatest work on Gray Collar Workers is in the film "Fight Club." It describes the lack of self-confidence, feeling of no masculinity, and the feeling of incompetence with near perfection.

Examples of a Gray Collar Worker:
-Security Guard
-Convenience Store Clerk
-Fast Food Worker
-Waiter
You get the point.

Gray Collar Workers by Jack Red February 5, 2005