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They indicate that locally, as in most other areas, there have been many adjustments in the employment situation since 1960.
Of the 1,778 men and women who were employed locally at that time, 330 were in white collar jobs, the figures show. The rest were in blue collar or service occupations or were employed on farms.
Most noticeable, in Rappahannock County, has been the substantial increase since then in the proportion of white collar jobs. The rise, in the 10-year period, is estimated at 16.7 percent.
This was in line with the growing demand for clerical, management, professional, technical and sales personnel. These white collar occupations have created opportunities for a large majority of the newcomers in the local labor force.
Classified as blue collar in the government’s reports are machinists, craftsmen, construction workers, factory operatives, transportation workers and the like.
In Rappahannock County, due to the adjustments that have taken place, it is estimated that white collar workers now constitute approximately 22 percent of the local labor force.
The finding is that the pay scale of the average unionized blue collar worker has been rising much faster lately than that of the white collar worker.
As a result, the big difference in spending potential and living standards that once distinguished the two has become less evident. Blue collar workers, however, are more susceptible to layoffs than white collar.
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