Depends what you mean by harder.
I could probably go out and do most labor jobs that I see around town quite easily, I'd be pretty sore after day one but I could get by (I spent a couple years working some pretty intense labor jobs and I'm still relatively young and healthy, in 5-10 years I'm not sure I'd be able to say the same thing). I don't think that many (likely none if you include the need for certifications etc.) of the people I see working labor jobs could step in and do my desk job though. Does that make the desk job harder? I don't know, I don't come home covered in dirt and sweat but my eyes are usually killing me and I'm definitely tired, just in a different way. There are also a lot of desk jobs out there that are an absolute breeze and could be done by anyone and labor jobs that require a lot of training and skill. The range in both is massive.
It's really such an apples to oranges situation that I don't think you can really make a fair comparison.
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