Getting the Cash
Collar Color
Employment Plans
Post Secondary
100

Regular payment, paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee

What is a wage?

100

This color is associated with manual work or workers, in a particular industry (construction, factory, hands-on jobs).

What is a blue-collar worker?

100

Short and long-term goals and actions that will allow you to meet those goals

What is a career plan?

100

Where you would go after high school to continue education in a certain field of study.

What is college?

200

A fixed regular payment paid on a monthly or biweekly basis

What is a salary?

200

Someone who works a job in an office or other professional environment is considered what type of color collar worker

What is a white-collar worker?

200
Someone who works less than fewer than 35 hours a week

What is a part time worker?

200

Education and skills based on training programs that prepare people for a specific job, trade, or craft.

What is vocational training?

300

An employee earns this before taxes

What is gross pay?

300

If you work in a government job, you are considered this collar color employee.

What is red-collar?

300

What you can take to narrow down your employment options

What are interest surveys?

300

Official paper stating that you have complete a course of study or passed an examination.

What is a certificate?

400

An employee earns this after taxes

What is net pay or take-home pay?

400

This color was used to describe jobs that were held by working women (nurse, teacher, secretary).

What is a pink-collar worker?

400

Short-term work experience offered by companies and other organizations (usually for students)

What is an intership/apprentership?

400

What you get when you graduate high school.

What is a diploma?
500

Money obtained in return for labor or services

What are earnings?

500

This color is used to describe workers that have jobs that required trade, vocational or technical school certificates. 

What is grey?

500

An occupation that you train for and usually keep for a long period of time in a specific field. 

What is a career?

500

Finacial Aid that is available through the U.S. Deptartment of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid

What is FAFSA?