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The best career paths to take

The Sims

In the original game, the military career is a great job to start off with while you search for a better alternative since it has the highest initial salary of any career. The entertainment track will offer up the most money per day by the end, though, made all the better by the fact that you’ll only work for five hours a day.

The Sims 2

Social Sims might want to consider the slacker career track, which doesn’t pay well but it doesn’t tie you down very much. It does mean working nights, mostly, but it’ll give you plenty of free time to enjoy life. If money is your aspiration, then the top of the business career will score you §4,200 per day but you’ll find yourself working hard for it.

The Sims 3

The criminal career track is always tempting to Sims fans, and in The Sims 3 the master thief is the most lucrative on a per-hour-worked basis. You’ll even be able to sneak about and steal while at work. However, while the business track doesn’t pay well on a per-hour basis, the ability to hold a meeting – and earn a lump sum in the process – certainly helps add to the baseline profit.

The Sims 4

Unique to the fourth game, the stylist branch is one of the more profitable jobs you can get, and you won’t have to work too many hours for it, either. However, the City Living expansion pack added social media influencer as a career option and as might be the case for the big influencers in real life, you don’t have to work very much to earn a large amount here.