TL;DR

What this career is

Service domain — the lowest-friction way into work. Roles span every sector: store clerk, hospital clerk, clinic receptionist, restaurant waiter, museum tour guide. Most start at Rank 1 with no requirements.

At a glance

Is Service right for your Para?

Beginner friendly

5/5

Earning power

1/5

Time pressure

2/5

Key skills: No skill gate — apply directly.
Story fit: Fits first-job stories and teen saves — no skill gate, quick to start.

Editorial ratings from our own EA playthroughs — not official data.

Getting hired

How to land a Service job

Service is where a Para with no skills or experience starts: many listings are Rank 1 and need 0 Application Points. Which extra skill helps depends on the employer — a restaurant waiter benefits from Cooking, a clinic receptionist from healthcare experience. Charisma and the Jester or Serious Vibes nudge points up.

1
Open the job board. Click your Para, choose Use Phone then Find a job — or use any computer (the Town Hall and Library have public ones) or a Hiring poster around Melino.
2
Check the Application Points. Rank 1 listings need 0 points; every higher rank needs Application Points equal to its rank number — a Rank 12 job needs 12. Points come from leveled skills, sector work experience, the Charisma stat and certain Vibes.
3
Accept and set a schedule. Listings refresh every in-game day, you can hold multiple jobs if shifts don't overlap, and you tweak hours at the bottom of the Occupations tab. Applying internally adds +3 points; a Jester Vibe can roll a random +5.

Rank & pay

The rank ladder, entry to capstone

Pay scales with rank. Figures below are daily salaries cross-checked from the EA job tables — treat them as representative, not guaranteed, since patch 0.1.x can rebalance.

Entry · Rank 1
Store Clerk / Hospital Clerk / Receptionist (Clinic) — Rank 1, about $250/day, no points needed. The classic first job for a fresh Para.
Mid ranks
Waiter (Fancy Restaurant) / Florist / Tour Guide (Museum) — mid service roles tied to a specific venue. Sector experience and the matching skill raise the rank you qualify for.
Senior / capstone
Store Manager — the senior service role that shades into the Management domain. Service is about breadth, not peak pay; jump to a specialised domain for the big salaries.

Skills that feed it

What raises your Application Points

These are the player-leveled skills that count toward this domain's Application Points. Level them, or use a cheat to test a higher-rank listing.

This domain has no single required skill in EA — eligibility leans on work experience, the Charisma stat and Vibes instead.

No single skill gates Service — that's the point. To climb, pick the skill that matches your employer (Cooking for restaurants, healthcare experience for the clinic) and bank sector experience.

Perks & cheats

Upgrade points, perks and the console

Even Service is a rabbit-hole shift in EA. Bank salary and upgrade points, then spend them on perks like better tips or faster customer service.

Career console commands

PRINTALLPOSSIBLEEXTRASFOROCCUPATION — lists every Occupation Perk for the current job.
ENDWORKDAY — resolves the shift, pays salary and grants an upgrade point if performance held.
CLEARSTRIKES — wipes disciplinary strikes before they get the Para fired.

Need the full command list? Open the cheats index for all 100+ Paralives cheats, categorised.

Common mistakes