Is there a term describe professions that rely on thinking in a broad sense (researcher, software developer, sales person, marketing, HR, etc…) as opposed to jobs that are mostly physical (bouncer, cleaning person, etc…).
I was going for "intellectual" professions, but I don't really like the term as it is offensive to people who I don't include in this category (it implies they are dumb).
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How about white-collar?
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