You either belong to a «class» and can't change your class, or classes don't exist, only pay bands for specific jobs. (politics.stackexchange.com)
I didn't know they were drug dealers until afterwards, when they tried to pay the band with cocaine. (bookbrowse.com)
But ministers have decided that the upper end of the main pay band will increase by 2 % and schools can decide whether to award this based on performance. (bbc.co.uk)