Most “unskilled labor” is heavily skill dependant. You wouldn’t want a chef, builder or plumber who didn’t know what they were doing. And for production: machinists, mechanics and foremen make or break profit with their skills.
So what’s a better name for these jobs?
Unskilled jobs are not always lower paying as sales jobs can pay quite well and are often unskilled. I have coworkers who don’t drink alcohol at all who make over $100k/year selling wine because they are good at sales. Car sales can be the same if/when the market isn’t collapsing (horrible job bit it pays).
Agreed