Earning Money

Earning Money in CIT includes civilian jobs, law income, criminal missions, gangster activities, trading, property-based income, crafting, challenges, events, and a few paid community roles.

Overview

The main money categories in CIT are:

civilian jobs
law income
criminal robberies and events
gangster activities
F7 trading
property and crafting value
challenges and events
paid community roles

Some methods pay:

cash directly
resources that can be sold on F7
items that can be used in F9 crafting and then traded

Finding money methods

To see earning methods in game:

press F3
or use /opportunities

The Opportunities panel shows ways to make money on all sides and has a search bar.

Earn limit

The base earn limit is:

$450,000 per hour

After you hit the earn limit, the KB recommends switching to uncapped community events such as:

`FFA`
`Race`
`HnS`
`CDF`
`Carbomb`

Civilian jobs

Civilian jobs are one of the main money systems in CIT.

Job	How it earns money	Notes
Trucker	Deliver cargo long distance between cities.	You can choose rewards such as money, hemp, herbs, explosives, meat, wheat, engine parts, and chemicals.
Bus Driver	Run passenger routes and get paid after every 5th stop.	Pay scales with route length, stop count, level, and VIP.
Train Driver	Transport passengers with `Tram` or `Streak`, or transport resources with `Freight`.	Passenger pay depends on distance and passenger count. Freight runs carry resources such as Oil, Gold, Chemicals, Electronics, Nitrous, Explosives, and Engine Parts.
Taxi Driver	Pick up passengers and deliver them to their destination.	Pay depends on level, total Taxi earnings, trip distance, and clean driving. VIP clients pay extra if delivered quickly.
Pizza Boy	Deliver pizzas to marked houses with a `Pizzaboy` scooter or `Pizza Tug`.	The number of pizzas depends on your level.
Paper Boy	Ride a bicycle and throw newspapers at houses on a timed route.	Successful throws pay you and increase progression.
Delivery Man	Load parcels and deliver them to marked houses.	You are paid after each successful delivery. Fast and correct deliveries can give bonuses.
Pilot	Fly passenger, cargo, utility, and firefighting missions with different aircraft.	Some aircraft pay in cash, and some can pay in cash or resources.
Firefighter	Put out fires, rescue pedestrians, and use the `Fire Truck` side mission.	VIP adds `20%` more money. If you die during the mission, you lose `30%` of that reward.
Paramedic	Heal injured players and revive downed players.	Higher levels improve pay per heal. Police Medics and Criminal Medics can also do the revive side mission.
Mechanic	Repair vehicles, paint vehicles, and do scrapper work.	Repairs and paint give money. Painting another player's vehicle pays `$1,500`. Scrapper work can pay in `Iron` or `Engine Parts`.
Iron Miner	Mine iron and collect it.	Iron can be sold on `F7` or used in `F9` crafting.
Cave Miner	Blast rocks in the cave and collect materials.	Rewards include iron, oil, chemicals, ore, sulfur, and explosives. Take resources to the cave drop-off to get paid.
LS Miner	Mine rocks in East Los Santos.	Rewards include Iron Ore, Explosives Ore, Gold Ore, and Chemicals.
Space Miner	Go to space and extract resources on the moon bridge.	Rewards include oil, gold, chemicals, iron, ore, and other materials. Mining pay scales with the shared mining level system.
Farmer	Plant and harvest crops.	`Sunflowers` pay cash directly. `Herbs`, `Hemp`, `Wheat`, and `Pumpkins` pay as resources that can be sold or used for crafting.
Fisherman	Catch fish from land or from a `Reefer` boat.	Fish can be sold directly. Fish values range from normal fish to `Blue Whale` and `Killer Whale`.
Hunter	Track deer, kill them, and collect meat.	Hunter is paid entirely in meat.
Lumberjack	Cut trees with a chainsaw.	You earn money for every tree you cut.
Waste Manager	Collect garbage with a `Trashmaster`.	Use `/changewmpay` to choose `Electronics`, `Chemicals`, or `Money`.
Electrician	Complete repair and network tasks around San Andreas.	The KB confirms it is a civilian earning job, but the exact task payout is not listed here.
Street Cleaner	Clean roads and parks with a `Sweeper`.	You get paid about `$100` per garbage, or `$120` with VIP. You can also get random `Electronics`, `Chemicals`, or `Iron`.
City Engineer	Complete city tasks such as road construction, house construction, object repair, and utility work.	The job uses task-based progression and payout multipliers from `1.0x` to `3.0x`.
Crane Operator	Move dock containers with crane missions at Easter Basin Harbor.	The KB confirms this as a civilian earning job, but the exact per-mission payout is not listed here.
Butcher	Cut and process meat in San Fierro.	Butcher is paid entirely in meat.
Street Food Seller	Cook meals with wheat and sell food to players using `/sellfood`.	Each sale is worth about `$1,000`. You need `10` wheat per meal, and the wheat cost gets lower as you level up.
Ice Cream Man	Take a `Mr. Whoopee`, drive to a residential zone, and complete customer orders.	Correct orders pay you and increase progression.
News Reporter	Photograph marked players and do the reporter side mission.	Level `0` pays `$1,200` per photo. Each level adds `$240`. Level `10` pays `$3,600` per photo. VIP gets `20%` extra.
Software Developer	Use `/developer` to fix broken or corrupted scripts.	The KB confirms this as a civilian earning job, but the task payout is not listed here. Its Level 10 achievement pays `$100,000`.
Fuel Transporter	Load fuel at refineries and deliver it to marked stations with a `Flatbed`.	You can choose your payment type before loading. `Cash and resources` uses the older mixed reward style.

Civilian resources that can be sold

Many civilian jobs earn resources instead of pure cash. These can usually be sold on F7 or used in F9 crafting.

Resource or item	Common sources
Iron	Iron Miner, Cave Miner, Train Driver, Mechanic scrapper, Street Cleaner, F7
Gold	LS Miner, Cave Miner, Space Miner, Train Driver, F7
Oil	Space Miner, Train Driver, Armed Robberies, Turfing, F7
Chemicals	Cave Miner, LS Miner, Street Cleaner, Waste Manager, Train Driver, F7
Electronics	Waste Manager, Street Cleaner, Train Driver, F7
Explosives	Cave Miner, LS Miner, Trucker, Train Driver, F7
Engine Parts	Trucker, Train Driver, Armed Robberies, Mechanic scrapper, Race winnings, F7
Nitrous	Fuel Transporter, Train Driver, Fisherman, Business Factories, Race winnings, F7
Meat	Butcher, Hunter, F7
Fish	Fisherman
Crops	Farmer
Drugs	Jobs and criminal activities, then F7

Law income

Law players also have money methods.

Method	How it earns money
Arrests	Arrest pay depends on the target's wanted level. Higher wanted level means more money.
APB captures	Cops make money from `APB` captures.
AR and CE participation	Cops make money from joining `ARs` and `CEs`.
Speeding fines	`Traffic Officer` can fine speeding drivers and law income includes speeding fines.
Police jobs	The KB lists `Traffic Officer` and `Bomb Disposal` as police jobs that are part of law income.
Police Medic	`Police Medic` can also do the revive side mission used by medics.

Criminal money methods

Criminals make money mainly from robberies, events, and theft-style activities.

Method	How it earns money	Notes
Pickpocket	Pickpocket a player with `X`.	Listed by the KB as a stealing method.
Parked vehicle robbery	Rob a parked vehicle with `/rob`.	Listed by the KB as a stealing method.
House Robbery	Go near a house icon and press `N` instead of `Z` to enter for the robbery mission.	This is a criminal money method. Houses themselves do not lose assets.
Store Robbery	Aim at the shopkeeper to rob the store.	Robbery speed changes with danger level.
ATM Robbery	Use `/robatm`.	Listed by the KB as a stealing method.
Armed Robbery	Aim at the robbery ped at an active `AR` spot.	Base reward is `$34,500` and `100g` of a random drug except weed. Some `AR` spots pay materials instead of normal cash.
Criminal Events	Join the active `CE` with `/ce`.	Winning gives cash, `RP`, and sometimes drugs. Escaping gives `$15,000`.
Van Heist	Join the van heist when it appears in the `CE` cycle.	Van Heist money depends on how long you escorted the van.

Armed Robbery material payouts

Some `AR` spots pay materials instead of the normal cash reward.

AR spot	Reward
`LSO`	`345 Oil`
`IS`	`863 Iron`
`CPD`	`44 Engine Parts`
`NCC`	`22 Engine Parts` and `9 Jerry Cans`
`NRH`	`173 Weed`
`HJ`	`51 Gold`

Gangster money methods

Gangster income is different from solo criminal income.

Method	How it earns money
Turf payouts	Holding turfs gives passive income. Some turfs pay drugs, oil, iron, or other resources instead of normal cash.
Group rewards	Gangsters mainly make money from group rewards as part of gangster-side play.
Briefcase	Pick up the briefcase and run it on foot to the van blip.
LS Hijack mission	Join gangster side in `LS`, enter the hijack vehicle, and deliver it. Hijack gives cash and `1,000 RP`.
Weed Farm	Harvest `1000` weed with a `Combine Harvester`, then sell the weed through `F7`.

F7 trading

`F7` is one of the strongest money systems in CIT.

What you can sell on F7

The KB confirms that players can sell:

resources
ammo
guns
drugs
weapons
VIP hours
VIP levels
tag colors
house slots
crafted items
many job materials

AI Trader

If you sell at the minimum price:

`AI Trader` can buy the listing automatically after about `10` seconds

This also works for:

`VIP` hours
minimum-price resources and other tradable items

Trading tips

The KB directly recommends:

regular jobs until you hit the earn limit
smart `F7` trading
selling high-demand items like ammo, drugs, and resources

Crafting and profit

`F9` crafting can turn job materials into tradable items.

Important points:

many mined or collected materials can be sold directly on `F7`
they can also be used in `F9` crafting
crafted items can be traded to other players through `F7`

Examples:

`Gold` can be sold or used for items like `Diamond Wedding Ring` and `Satchel`
`Fish` can be used for `Fish Cake` and `Banquet`
`Meat` can be sold or used for `Meat Feast` and `Banquet`
`Kevlar` is used for `Armor (Kevlar)`

Property-based value

Properties can also create value.

Houses

A house can be sold to another player:

press Z at your house
set the asking price
enable house sale

You cannot sell a house back to the server.

House basements

A basement costs:

$10,000,000

A basement lets you grow `Kenaf`:

`35` plants per full basement
each mature plant gives `9` Kenaf
a full harvest gives `315` Kenaf
a full harvest can become `21` Kevlar

Important note:

`Kenaf` cannot be sold or transferred directly

The value comes from:

turning it into `Kevlar`
crafting `Armor (Kevlar)`
trading crafted items through `F7`

Rented factories and heist properties

The KB lists these as part of property-based value:

rented factories
heist properties

The exact payouts are not listed in the KB section used here, but they are confirmed as live property value systems.

Business Factories

`Business Factories` are also an income source because the KB confirms that `Nitrous` can come from:

`Business Factories`

That nitrous can then be sold on `F7`.

Events, challenges, and bonus income

CEM events

After the earn limit, the KB recommends these uncapped reward events:

`FFA`
`Race`
`HnS`
`CDF`
`Carbomb`

Race rewards

Races reward:

money
reputation
winnings that can be taken as `Engine Parts` or `Nitrous`

Top race rewards are:

Place	Reward
1st	Full prize and `12` part-type winnings
2nd	`75%` of the prize and `9` part-type winnings
3rd	`50%` of the prize and `6` part-type winnings
4th	`25%` of the prize and `3` part-type winnings
5th	`25%` of the prize
6th and above	`$4000`

Daily Challenges

Daily Challenges give:

cash
`RP`
sometimes bonus items

They are split into:

`Mafia Wars`
`Criminal`
`Civilian`
`Miscellaneous`

Maths Trivia

Each correct Maths Trivia answer gives:

$5,000

Civilian achievements

Many Level `10` civilian achievements pay cash.

Most give:

$1,000,000

Exceptions listed in the KB include:

Achievement	Reward
`Chief of Staff`	`$0`
`Software Developer`	`$100,000`
`Shiny!`	`$25,000`
`Gem Collector`	`$250,000`

Paid community roles

The KB clearly supports one paid non-job role:

Role	Pay
Translator	`$200` per character, including spaces and punctuation

Beginner money path

For new players, the KB recommends starting with:

`Trucker`
`Farmer`
`Miner`

Rough beginner payouts mentioned in the KB are:

`Trucker` = about $800 to $2,400 per delivery
`Farmer` = about $1,200+ per harvest
`Miner` = about $1,000+ per trip

Income boosters

The KB recommends these ways to improve earnings:

use `VIP` hours
take useful courses
trade smart on `F7`
switch to `CEM` events after the earn limit

Examples from the KB:

`VIP` adds `20%` extra on several civilian jobs
the `Basic Agricultural Skills` course reduces Farmer crop growth time by `5%`
mining jobs and some other jobs scale with level or multipliers

Useful commands

Command	Use
`/opportunities`	Open the money opportunities panel
`/gps`	Find jobs and earning locations
`/arl`	Check Armed Robberies
`/ce`	Check Criminal Events
`/rob`	Rob a parked vehicle
`/robatm`	Start an ATM robbery
`/gangster`	Switch to gangster side
`/changewmpay`	Change Waste Manager payment type
`/sellfood`	Start Street Food Seller work
`/developer`	Open the Software Developer GUI
`/jt`	Get Electrician tasks
`/tasks`	Open City Engineer tasks
`/race`	Open race events

How to Earn Money