How much does the Teen Fast Food Employee career pay in The Sims 4?

Teen Fast Food Employee career

Teen Fast Food Employee pays §16 an hour at level 1 and up to §20 an hour. The best level pays §400 a week. The promotion cheat is careers.promote Teen_FastFood.

The Fast Food Employee career is a Base game job for Teen Sims in The Sims 4. This track has 3 levels with evening shifts. Your Sim starts at 16 Simoleons per hour as a Table Cleaner and can reach 20 Simoleons per hour.

At level 3, a Food Service Cashier makes 400 Simoleons per week across 20 hours of work. You also earn 0.25 paid days off for each day you work. Sims with the Business Savvy trait get a 10% bonus to their hourly pay at every level.

  • §16Per hour at the first level
  • §20Per hour at the best level
  • §400Per week at the best-paying level
  • Teen jobBase game

Pay and hours at every level

Every level

LevelTitlePer hourSchedulePer week
1Table Cleaner§16
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun, 17:00 for 4 h
§320
2Fry Cook§18
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat, 17:00 for 4 h
§360
3Food Service Cashier§20
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri, 17:00 for 4 h
§400

Pay per week is our math: pay per hour, times the hours, times the work days. Past the top level, each extra promotion adds §10 an hour.

Traits that change the pay and promotions

A trait pay bonus adds a percent of the hourly pay.
TraitPay bonus
Business Savvy+10%

The game also rolls for an early promotion. The base chance is 1%.

Teen Fast Food Employee cheats

Type testingcheats true first. The game accepts the career name below, in any letter case.

  • careers.add_career Teen_FastFood
  • careers.promote Teen_FastFood
  • careers.demote Teen_FastFood
  • careers.remove_career Teen_FastFood

Hours, work days, and pay by level

Every shift in the Fast Food Employee career starts at 17:00 and lasts 4 hours. You work 20 hours per week at every level. That leaves your mornings and afternoons open for other activities.

Your work days change as you move up, freeing up your weekend. Level 1 works Wednesday through Sunday for 320 Simoleons per week. Level 2 works Tuesday through Saturday for 360 Simoleons per week, and level 3 works Monday through Friday.

Pay starts at 16 Simoleons per hour at level 1 and rises to 18 Simoleons at level 2. At level 3, you earn 20 Simoleons per hour, or 400 Simoleons per week. Each day worked gives your Sim 0.25 paid days off.

Single track structure and overmax pay

This Teen job has no branches to choose between. All Sims in the Fast Food Employee career follow the same single track from level 1 to level 3. The top regular pay is 400 Simoleons per week as a Food Service Cashier.

You can still increase your pay after reaching level 3. Each overmax level adds 10 Simoleons per hour to your base rate. If your Sim has the Business Savvy trait, they also get a 10% bonus added to their hourly pay.

Promotions, level loss, and career cheats

When your work performance is close to the promotion line, you have a 1% base chance of an early promotion. If your Sim quits the job, the level they would rejoin at drops by 1 every 2 days.

You can use cheats in Live mode to skip the work grind. Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac. Type testingcheats true first to enable the career commands.

Type careers.promote Teen_FastFood to move up one level right away. You can also use careers.add_career Teen_FastFood to join the job or careers.demote Teen_FastFood to drop a level. To quit with a command, enter careers.remove_career Teen_FastFood.

Questions

How much does the Fast Food Employee career pay in The Sims 4?

Pay starts at 16 Simoleons per hour, or 320 Simoleons per week, at level 1. At level 3, you earn 20 Simoleons per hour, which is 400 Simoleons per week for 20 hours of work.

What is the promotion cheat for the Teen Fast Food Employee career?

Open the cheat console in Live mode, enter testingcheats true, and type careers.promote Teen_FastFood. This moves your Teen Sim up one level in the track.

Does the Fast Food Employee career have branches?

No, this Teen career has only one track with 3 levels. After level 3, you can earn overmax raises of 10 Simoleons per hour per level.

Which trait boosts Fast Food Employee pay?

The Business Savvy trait adds a 10% bonus to your hourly pay. This bonus applies at level 1, level 2, and level 3.

What happens if my Sim quits the Fast Food Employee job?

After your Sim quits, the level they would rejoin at drops by 1 every 2 days. You can also use careers.remove_career Teen_FastFood to leave the job with a cheat.

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