For example, those who worked in physically -
demanding blue collar jobs were 55 percent more likely to claim benefits prior to their full retirement age compared to those in all other occupations after controlling for other factors (see figure).
Not exact matches
Elevator installers and repairers hold the top - ranked
blue collar job according to Forbes, and
demand rises with every new high rise hotel, office building, and condo complex in markets like Toronto and Vancouver.
«While tariffs in this case will not create adequate cell or module manufacturing to meet U.S.
demand, or keep foreign - owned Suniva and SolarWorld afloat, they will create a crisis in a part of our economy that has been thriving, which will ultimately cost tens of thousands of hard - working,
blue -
collar Americans their
jobs,» said SEIA President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper.
A combination of the U.S.'s ageing population, and workers spurning physically
demanding blue -
collar jobs in favor of pursuing college degrees has compounded labor shortages.
The region is highly educated, but
blue collar jobs are still plentiful and in high
demand.
As a result, many
blue -
collar jobs are now in
demand.