Summary
There are many ways to playThe Sims 2, but for Sims (and players) driven by a need for wealth, finding the highest-paying career might be the first question that comes to mind. Sims can take jobs inThe Sims 2by checking the newspaper or using a computer. However, jobs pay differently at different levels of the ladder.
These are the best-paying careers inThe Sims 2, once they have reached the peak, assuming that Sims are able to produce the elbow and nose grease to slither their way to the top of the food chain. Building skills and making friends are requirements for advancements in all jobs, and these are no exceptions.
10The Natural Science Career Track
Like Science, But Natural (And Better Paying)
Not only is natural science one of the most lucrative jobs at the top, but its entry position (ratkeeper) is also one of the best-paid jobs. Making a career out ofunderstanding the natural worldbrings in the tenth-most payout of all the most prosperous careers, but it has benefits that make it one of the best in the game.The career object rewards is a murderous plant, theCowplant, that can extend a sim’s lifespan.
Should the natural science sim stay on at the top level (the ecological guru) they will find this extra life a worthy asset as they are only required to work one day a week for a payout of 10,497 simoleons per day. The Body, Logic, Cleaning and Mechanic skills must be mastered to advance in this track, and a university degree is required to even enter this career.
9The Music Career Track
A Symphony Of Ka-Ching! Sounds
Starting out as a musician, true to life, is tough inThe Sims 2, with the low 125 simoleons per day for the entry position of a record store clerk. While it isn’t slacker levels of low, it can be tough to survive. However, at the upper levels, Sims can expect to lead a comfortable life.
The highest-level job, Rock God, still requires Sims to work four days a week, but the status and cash flow that it brings in is worth it at 11,320 simoleons per week. The career reward object is a cool guitar, which is rad for rockstars who are into that kind of thing.
8The Journalism Career Track
A World Where Reporters Are Paid More Than The Mayor
It is hard to imagine that a person whomakes a living covering the newsmakes any serious amount of cash in their endeavors. However, inThe Sims 2, those who manage to break free of the yearbook supervisor entry gig will find the reportage of daily events lucrative.
By the eighth step of the ladder, the investigative journalist makes around the same as a judge from the political career, and as a media magnate, journalism’s top job, the notepad-carrying Sim can expect to take home more than a mayor with 11,750 simoleons per week.
7The Oceanography Career Track
Deep Waters, Deeper Pockets
Starting as a fish chummer might not sound glamorous, but the oceanography career in The Sims 2 is a hidden gem for Sims who lovethe majesty of the sea. With an entry-level wage of 185 bucks per day, it’s a solid start.
However, the real treasure lies at the top, or rather, the bottom. As the hand of Poseidon, Sims will rake in 3,970 simoleons per day, or §11,910 per week, and can float with the satisfaction of swimming in the same waters as a god.
6The Entertainment Career Track
Pulling Out More Than Rabbits
For Sims with a flair for the dramatic, the entertainment career offers a star-studded path to fame and fortune. Starting as a stand-up comic at 172 Sim buckeroos per day, it’s a modest beginning.
Entertainers also have to suffer from having a beat-up ride for the first seven steps. However, the payoff is worth the grind. At the top, as a world-renowned prestidigitator, Sims will conjure §2,730 per day, or §13,650 per week, out of their magician’s hats.
5The Adventurer Career Track
Plundering Tombs And Dangerous Places
It is likely that Sims in the adventure field will be doing this kind of work for the love of it more than the money, although there is plenty of financial reward, even right from the get-go.
The starting pay, 1,200 per week, isn’t too bad, but this bumps up to §12,420 at the top of the career. The career’s object reward, the golden skull, helps bump up Sims' moods while around it, but it cannot be sold for extra cash.
4The Artist Career Track
Painting Pretty Pictures Of Payday
Usually, art that pulls in vast sums of money is the stuff of a deceased artist, but painting is a viable path inThe Sims 2. Starting as a canvas stretcher at §231 per day, the path to artistic mastery is challenging but rewarding.
At the top, as a “visionary,” Sims will earn 4,549 art smackeroons per day, or §13,647 per week. Not just anybody canpick up a brush and paint, however, as Sims will have to go through university before they can even apply for the entry job.
3The Education Career Track
The Most Unrealistic Part Of The Game
In a complete reversal from the real world, in which educators are usually vastly outpaced by businessmen, athletes, and police in terms of pay, the teaching career is the third best in the game. Even the lowest rung, playground monitors, are compensated better than bureaucrats or new military recruits.
This bizarre simulated reality where people can afford housing and grocerieswithout taking on two or three jobsalso provides leading educators with the third-best income, especially at the top. The education minister sim can expect to take home §13,800 per week. Sims will need an A+ in the Charisma, Logic, and Cleaning skills to graduate upwards in this career.
2The Intelligence Career Track
Trading In High-Priced Secrets
The snooping and secret gathering biz isn’t a bad way to make some income, as the entry-level pay for intelligence in the gumshoe job pays well above 1,000 simoleons a week. Intelligence work starts at the ground level and then works up to government work and is ostensibly about keeping the nation safe.
However, even in the idealistic fantasy world ofThe Sims 2,shadowy government spookswhose main preoccupation is state toppling and snowboarding are still the ones with the biggest bank accounts, with the head of the SCIA raking in 15,000 simoleons per week. Only those with high cleaning (body disposal), mechanical (cutting breaks), and logic skills (black market forces) will climb the intelligence ladder quickly.
1The Show Business Career Track
Sim graduates who have recently scored their degree and are looking to rake in both fame and fortune may be interested to know that show business is the way to go. Even the lowest rung, the screen test stand-in brings §420 per day, five days a week. At the other end of that ladder is a job that pays §15k for a mere three days of work a week.
Apparently, the utopian world ofThe Sims 2is obsessed with escapism, celebrity, and movies, having done away with most social ills plaguing the real world, and money-hungry Sims would be wise to take this path, but they should be sure not to apply for the pet “show biz” jobs on the application form.
