French Phrases: Common jobs and professions in French
General types of worker
The following don't describe specific jobs, but more the type of job
carried out by a person:
| un agent | - | an official, officer, agent | | un agent publique | - | a public sector worker | | un cadre | - | an executive | | un chercheur | - | a researcher, research worker | | un "col blanc" | - | a "white collar" worker | | un "col bleu" | - | a "blue collar" worker | | un(e) employé(e) | - | a worker, employee | | un(e) employé(e) de bureau | - | an office worker, "white collar" worker | | un(e) fonctionnaire | - | a state employee, civial servant | | un officier | - | a officer | | un ouvrier | - | a manual worker, workman, "blue collar" worker, labo(u)rer | | un ouvrier d'usine | - | a factory worker | | une ouvrière | - | a female manual worker | | une ouvrière d'usine | - | a female factory worker, "factory girl" | | un travailleur | - | a worker1 |
 Suggest a change / proposez une modification1. The word travailleur doesn't tend to refer to individual
workers, but is used in plural phrases such as les travailleurs étrangers = foreign/immigrant workers. (However, it can refer to the
quality of an individual worker: c'est un bon travailleur = he's a good worker.
Specific job titles
The following pages list specific French job titles belonging to particular
fields of work:
 Artists' job titles in French
Office job titles in French
Officials' job titles in French
Language-related job titles
Scientists' job titles in French
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