What is the difference between a blue-collar worker and a white-collar worker? O White-collar workers must wear a shirt and tie to work, but blue-collar workers can dress casually. thing O White-collar workers keep their clothes clean during the course of the workday, and blue-collar workers do not. O Blue-collar workers have defined work clothes or protective attire, while white-collar workers wear white shirts. O Blue-collar workers are unskilled, manual laborers, and white-collar workers are professionals or semiprofessionals.​