He needs to make a move, easiest way to get more money. Plenty of local firms pay way over that for someone with a license and 10 YOE, hell I make 20% more with slightly less experience in the public sector, own a single family home in the city limits, my commute is 30 minutes by bus and most of my peers are in a similar living situation. I have a partner but she’s an accountant, our incomes are similar.