Everyone is trying to move on - to bigger apartments, to better-paid jobs, to classier districts, often enough out of the territory altogether.
His job was also considered one of the better-paid jobs in the county and many people were envious of him.
"The kids are establishing their careers, they're getting better-paid jobs, getting married."
"For many Cuban blacks the doors to better-paid jobs have been closed."
Due to the low pay offered the likelihood was that anyone with creative talent would be attracted to a better-paid job elsewhere.
White unionization led to the increasing exclusion of Blacks from the better-paid jobs.
Of those who returned with the cessation of war, many left the countryside for better-paid jobs in towns.
White unionists, because they hold most of the better-paid jobs, have got closer to a middle-class wage than blacks.
David is made redundant in Series 2 and Karen arranges for him to take a new, better-paid job.
He has finally secured a new, better-paid job with another company.