Well-paid, well-educated and older workers participate at higher levels than lower paid, younger ones.
Whatever the reason, few could really say they know what these well-paid elected representatives actually do.
Legions of clever, well-paid investment analysts and investors failed to see the crisis coming.
Yet some of America's largest companies are looking to fill hundreds of well-paid positions.
However, well-paid Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez and his staff did none of those things.
She believes permanent, well-paid jobs in the health system, are now "a thing of the past".
Will TEP's skeleton staff, however well-paid, be able to cope with its intensely needy pupils?
At the top, there are often cushy, well-paid jobs for the children of the well connected.
Most private-school pupils get good exam results and go on to university and a well-paid career.
But there is a new category: skilled, well-paid workers who fill gaps that locals cannot.
The world's number one home improvement retailer's well-paid chief executive, Robert Nardelli, stunningly resigned on Jan. 3.
It is like limiting the number of basketball shots your most well-paid player is allowed to throw.
Companies that co-operate may be allowed to exclude the salaries of expatriates, who are few but well-paid.
On the other hand, as many (including economist Martin Gaynor) point out, doctors are still relatively well-paid.
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Other media firms with well-paid chief executives also make the list, including Viacom, CBS and Discovery Communications.
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Mr. Gingrich was forced to defend his role as a well-paid adviser to the mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
The World Bank is staffed by a well-paid, highly educated secretariat, the vast majority of whom are non-Americans.
Today, there are fewer well-paid jobs in the city, and the greatest growth has come from Silicon Valley.
The ready availability of well-paid work, albeit hard and dangerous, means that unemployment has almost disappeared (see chart).
Whether this was because hours shorten, wages fall or low-paid jobs displace well-paid jobs, they could not tell.
Rootless but well-paid mercenaries could do the dirty work backed up by state-owned high-tech wizardry in the air.
For those who are not entirely won over, Mr Milosevic keeps at the ready his well-paid, 80, 000-strong police force.
These are well-paid jobs the likes of which we cannot afford to lose.
Would you rather have a well-paid officer protect you or an underpaid one walking your streets with a gun?
So, even though employment prospects are up, getting that well-paid position has taken on an even greater urgency.
My father was the well-paid president of a marketing company, and made extra income from his side consulting business.
Many women were leaving well-paid corporate jobs to become artists, chefs or entrepreneurs.
This seems to reflect the fact that service employers are dispatching more skilled and well-paid work to foreign locations.
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Ask them about bonuses in particular, and they wonder why well-paid bosses need extra for doing their jobs properly.
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Employment is now largely divided into well-paid, highly-skilled jobs and the poorly paid, less-secure jobs of the service sector.
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