Meaning
A neutral figure dressed in business casual or formal office attire—typically a collared shirt, blazer, or dress pants—representing the generic office professional without specifying gender. The design emphasizes workplace formality with clean lines and professional styling, often depicted with a calm, focused demeanor.
This emoji covers the broad spectrum of desk jobs: managers, administrators, architects, analysts, and anyone in white-collar work environments. People use it when discussing office careers, work stress, business meetings, or the daily grind of corporate life. It's common in professional messaging, LinkedIn-style updates, or jokes about "adulting" and office culture.
Beyond the literal office job meaning, it represents professionalism, business dealings, corporate structure, or "getting down to business." You'll see it in conversations about career goals, workplace drama, or the contrast between office life and remote work. The neutral design makes it inclusive—perfect for contexts where gender doesn't matter or when discussing work roles generically.
This version, approved as part of Unicode Emoji 12.1 in 2019, represents the growing trend toward gender-neutral emoji options. It coexists with gendered versions (man and woman office worker), giving users flexibility in how they represent professional identity. The neutral option reflects modern workplace diversity and inclusive design principles.
Common Uses
- • Discussing office jobs or white-collar careers
- • Talking about business meetings or work deadlines
- • Joking about office culture or 9-to-5 grind
- • Mentioning professional or corporate settings
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Did You Know?
The neutral office worker emoji was one of the first major push toward gender-neutral occupational roles in emoji design, opening the door for more inclusive character representation across professions.
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Platform Shortcodes
:office_worker: :office_worker: :office_worker: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🧑‍💼 |
| HTML (hex) | 🧑‍💼 |
| CSS | \1F9D1\200D\1F4BC |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83D\uDCBC |
| Python | \U0001F9D1\U0000200D\U0001F4BC |
| Java | \uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83D\uDCBC |
| Perl | \x{1F9D1}\x{200D}\x{1F4BC} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F9D1}\x{200D}\x{1F4BC} |
| Punycode | xn--2rwx-6bx-2qws |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%92%BC |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x91 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xBC |
🧑💼 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | অফিস কর্মী |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 白领 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 上班族 |
| Danish | kontoransat |
| Dutch | kantoormedewerker |
| English | office worker |
| English (UK) | office worker |
| Estonian | kontoritöötaja |
| Finnish | toimistotyöntekijä |
| French | employé de bureau (tous genres) |
| German | Büroangestellte(r) |
| Hindi | कार्यालय कार्यकर्ता |
| Hungarian | irodai dolgozó |
| Italian | persona che fa un lavoro d’ufficio |
| Japanese | 会社員 |
| Korean | 회사원 |
| Lithuanian | dirbantysis biure |
| Malay | pekerja pejabat |
| Norwegian | kontorarbeider |
| Polish | pracownik biurowy |
| Portuguese | trabalhador de escritório |
| Russian | офисный работник |
| Spanish | oficinista |
| Spanish (Mexico) | oficinista |
| Swedish | kontorist |
| Thai | พนักงานออฟฟิศ |
| Ukrainian | офісний працівник |
| Vietnamese | nhân viên văn phòng |