working-class

Meaning

adjective

1. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers- G.B.Shaw
   “party of the propertyless proletariat”
2. working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
   “working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor”

Synonyms for working-class

• propertyless
• wage-earning
• blue-collar
• lower-class