I compiled an Excel database with all career tracks and job positions, showing also job description, salary, work days, skills and responsibilities required, etc. Creating this Excel table was more difficult compared with The Sims 1 and 2, because The Sims 3 have careers some with 2 branches (paying hourly), professions (paying weekly) and part-time jobs, in total 49 careers and 482 job positions. Summary of salaries is shown in this table:
| Career | Game | Job levels | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
Normal careers |
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| Art Appraiser – Appraisal | University Life | $30/h | $40/h | $42/h | $60/h | $70/h | $80/h | $175/h | $250/h | $367/h | $600/h |
| Art Appraiser – Acquisition | $80/h | $175/h | $238/h | $360/h | $500/h | ||||||
| Astronomer – Astrophysicist | Into the Future | $23/h | $29/h | $38/h | $54/h | $75/h | $167/h | $250/h | $438/h | $500/h | $1000/h |
| Astronomer – Space Explorer | $167/h | $250/h | $438/h | $500/h | $1000/h | ||||||
| Athletic | base game | $13/h | $25/h | $33/h | $43/h | $77/h | $134/h | $201/h | $241/h | $385/h | $462/h |
| Bot Arena – Arena mechanic | Into the Future | $30/h | $33/h | $38/h | $54/h | $86/h | $167/h | $217/h | $350/h | $400/h | $750/h |
| Bot Arena – Arena official | $167/h | $217/h | $350/h | $400/h | $750/h | ||||||
| Business | base game | $27/h | $35/h | $46/h | $59/h | $76/h | $99/h | $128/h | $239/h | $287/h | $316/h |
| Criminal – Evil | base game | $17/h | $24/h | $32/h | $40/h | $52/h | $63/h | $109/h | $142/h | $240/h | $420/h |
| Criminal – Thief | $96/h | $122/h | $225/h | $525/h | |||||||
| Culinary | base game | $25/h | $32/h | $39/h | $57/h | $87/h | $108/h | $124/h | $150/h | $210/h | $350/h |
| Education | Ambitions | $20/h | $24/h | #29/h | $35/h | $47/h | $54/h | $76/h | $124/h | $169/h | $541/h |
| Film – Acting | Late Night | $21/h | $25/h | $36/h | $52/h | $62/h | $93/h | $126/h | $820/h | $1216/h | $2310/h |
| Film – Directing | $93/h | $610/h | $795/h | $1028/h | $1803/h | ||||||
| Fortune Teller – Mystic | Supernatural | $20/h | $24/h | $30/h | $38/h | $48/h | $63/h | $80/h | $118/h | $207/h | $419/h |
| Fortune Teller – Scam artists | $75/h | $130/h | $249/h | $381/h | $768/h | ||||||
| Game Development – Engineer | University Life | $26/h | $32/h | $39/h | $48/h | $65/h | $101/h | $144/h | $220/h | $393/h | $987/h |
| Game Development – Game Artist | University Life | $48/h | $65/h | $101/h | $144/h | $220/h | $393/h | $987/h | |||
| Journalism | base game | $38/h | $44/h | $50/h | $76/h | $97/h | $126/h | $151/h | $189/h | $236/h | $383/h |
| Law Enforcement – Special agent | base game | $40/h | $47/h | $55/h | $73/h | $94/h | $147/h | $172/h | $202/h | $292/h | $477/h |
| Law Enforcement – Forensic analyst | $143/h | $159/h | $245/h | $285/h | $397/h | ||||||
| Medicine | base game | $22/h | $25/h | $28/h | $33/h | $78/h | $102/h | $192/h | $210/h | $225/h | $480/h |
| Military | base game | $40/h | $44/h | $49/h | $94/h | $108/h | $145/h | $167/h | $192/h | $265/h | $334/h |
| Music – Rock | base game | $21/h | $25/h | $30/h | $48/h | $57/h | $97/h | $126/h | $182/h | $286/h | $?/h |
| Music – Symphonic | $93/h | $111/h | $144/h | $206/h | $361/h | ||||||
| Politics | base game | $24/h | $31/h | $33/h | $45/h | $69/h | $91/h | $130/h | $160/h | $267/h | $423/h |
| Science | base game | $44/h | $53/h | $63/h | $97/h | $117/h | $140/h | $208/h | $224/h | $316/h | $481/h |
| Sports Agent | University Life | $30/h | $38/h | $50/h | $71/h | $110/h | $182/h | $273/h | $350/h | $400/h | $750/h |
Professions |
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| Acrobat | Showtime | $275/w | $340/w | $400/w | $525/w | $650/w | $850/w | $1125/w | $1475/w | $1850/w | $2475/w |
| Architecture | Ambitions | $272/w | $336/w | $400/w | $560/w | $584/w | $800/w | $1120/w | $1440/w | $1520/w | $2480/w |
| Firefighter | Ambitions | $276/w | $340/w | $400/w | $520/w | $640/w | $840/w | $1132/w | $1480/w | $1840/w | $2480/w |
| Ghost Hunter | Ambitions | $280/w | $344/w | $400/w | $520/w | $640/w | $840/w | $1144/w | $1480/w | $1840/w | $4280/w |
| Investigator | Ambitions | $275/w | $340/w | $400/w | $525/w | $650/w | $850/w | $1125/w | $1475/w | $1850/w | $2475/w |
| Lifeguard | Island Paradise | $276/w | $340/w | $400/w | $520/w | $640/w | $840/w | $1132/w | $1480/w | $1840/w | $2480/w |
| Magician | Showtime | $275/w | $340/w | $400/w | $532/w | $640/w | $840/w | $1160/w | $1480/w | $2000/w | $3600/w |
| Singer | Showtime | $275/w | $340/w | $400/w | $532/w | $640/w | $840/w | $1160/w | $1480/w | $2000/w | $3600/w |
| Stylist | Ambitions | $182/w | $240/w | $298/w | $444/w | $458/w | $700/w | $984/w | $1310/w | $1352/w | $2306/w |
Self-employed careers |
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| Daycare | Generations | $100/w | $200/w | $300/w | $400/w | $500/w | |||||
Self-employed skill careers |
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| Alchemist | Supernatural | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Angler | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Band | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Bot Builder | Ambitions | $50/w | $50/w | $60/w | $60/w | $70/w $500 |
$70/w | $80/w $1500 |
$80/w | $100/w $2500 |
$100/w $5000 |
| Gardener | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Horse(wo)man | Pets | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Inventor | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Nectar Maker | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Painter | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Photographer | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Scuba Diver | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Sculptor | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
| Writer | Ambitions | N/A | None | None | None | $500 | None | $1500 | None | $2500 | $5000 |
Part-time jobs |
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| Alien Test Subject | Seasons | $64/h | $84/h | $114/h | |||||||
| Bookstore Clerk | base game | $30/h | $50/h | $80/h | |||||||
| Film | Late Night | $30/h | $50/h | $80/h | |||||||
| Grocery Store Clerk | base game | $30/h | $50/h | $80/h | |||||||
| Mausoleum Clerk | base game | $33/h | $55/h | $88/h | |||||||
| Receptionist | base game | $33/h | $55/h | $88/h | |||||||
| Spa Specialist | base game | $33/h | $55/h | $88/h | |||||||
Excel file with job details
Even if The Sims 3 game is few years old, I did not made also a The Sims 3 career tracks as I made The Sims 2 career tracks in 2012, because of complexity of game: it have normal career tracks, skill career tracks, professions and part-time jobs. Some career tracks have 2 branches in higher levels.
If this was not worse enough, sims.fandom.com/wiki/Career_tracks looks messy (list of jobs is shown in different format from one career to another, some shows salary per hour and others per week – once I created Excel file I realized that this is because the ones with weekly salary are professions rather than careers) and is incomplete (some jobs do not indicate promotion bonus or pension).
Given by the fact that The Sims 1 & 2 career tracks became in 2019 the most visited pages on my The Sims sub-website, I decided to try to make a list of The Sims 3 career tracks… and found time for this task in January 2020. I may make for The Sims 4 afterwards.
It took me about 12 hours to copy-paste data from Sims Wiki into Excel and standardize format (as seen in below video). I am not responsible for any errors in Sims Wiki that I copied in my Excel. I do not have time to go in game and put sims in each job to check for possible errors.
This is really good, exactly what I was looking for.