better-paid

English

Adjective

better-paid

1. (of a person) That earns a better wage than others.
2. (of work) That provides better pay than other employment.
   • 2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68:

     The growth in car ownership obscured from the public mind (and therefore the political agenda) the consequences for people who did not own cars. They suffered growing deprivation as a result of an inability to access better-paid jobs, as the closure of older industries removed employment.

Related terms

• best-paid
• well-paid

References

• “better-paid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.