NPC Job Salary Guide

List of salaries for each job type - job title pair.

List: Workplace Type - Job Title - Salary

Note 2024-04-26: Added the "Hotel" & "Rooftop Bar" business types at the end of the table.
Note 2024-04-29: Added the "Hardware Store" business type at the end of the table. They have the same salary scheme as Pawn Shops.

Putting the list first for easy reference:

Workplace	Job Title	Salary	Unique Amount
Apartment	Landlord	1000000	Yes
Asian Restaurant	Retail Owner	60000
Asian Restaurant	Head Chef	42900	Yes
Asian Restaurant	Sous Chef	30900	Yes
Asian Restaurant	Bar Staff	24800	Yes
Asian Restaurant	Kitchen Hand	17200	Yes
Asian Restaurant	Janitor	15000
Bar	Retail Owner	60000
Bar	Head Chef	42000	Yes
Bar	Sous Chef	29400	Yes
Bar	Bar Staff	24000
Bar	Kitchen Hand	19100	Yes
Bar	Janitor	15000
Black Market Sync Clinic	Black Market Doctor	100000
Black Market Trader	Black Market Trader	100000
Canteen	Head Chef	20000	Yes
Canteen	Kitchen Hand	15400	Yes
City Hall	Supervisor	25000
Diner	Retail Owner	60000
Diner	Wait Staff	24000
Diner	Janitor	15000
Enforcer Office	Enforcer Captain	100000
Enforcer Office	Enforcer	49000
Fast Food Restaurant	Retail Owner	60000
Fast Food Restaurant	Wait Staff	24000
Gambling Den	Gambling Den Owner	100000
Hospital Ward	Chief Medical Officer	100000
Hospital Ward	Medical Officer	49000
Hospital Ward	Nurse	15000
Industrial Office	Site Manager	200000
Industrial Office	R&D Manager	148700	Yes
Industrial Office	Shipping Manager	126200	Yes
Industrial Office	Safety Officer	113100	Yes
Industrial Plant	Floor Manager	60000
Industrial Plant	Foreman	49100	Yes
Industrial Plant	Engineer	36200	Yes
Industrial Plant	Machinist	26200	Yes
Industrial Plant	Security Guard	17500	Yes
Launderette	Retail Owner	100000
Launderette	Laundry Worker	15000
Launderette	Janitor	15000
Loan Shark	Accountant	200000
Loan Shark	Debt Collector	64000	Yes
Office	Company Director	200000
Office	Office Manager	169700	Yes
Office	Head of HR	167800	Yes
Office	Accountant	125400	Yes
Office	Marketing Executive	109900	Yes
Office	HR Administrator	96200	Yes
Office	QA Technician	37900	Yes
Office	Security Guard	25000
Office	Building Janitor	25000
Office	Receptionist	15000
Pawn Shop	Retail Owner	25000
Pawn Shop	Shopkeeper	16900
Pharmacy	Retail Owner	200000
Pharmacy	Shopkeeper	93300
Supermarket	Retail Owner	200000
Supermarket	Shopkeeper	93300
Sync Clinic	El Gen Clinic Manager	200000
Sync Clinic	El Gen Representative	93300
Weapons Dealer	Weapons Dealer	100000
Hotel	Retail Owner	200000
Hotel	Head Chef	130000	Yes
Hotel	Sous Chef	81200	Yes
Hotel	Porter	60000
Hotel	Bar Staff	60000
Rooftop Bar	Retail Owner	60000
Rooftop Bar	Head Chef	42000
Rooftop Bar	Sous Chef	29400
Rooftop Bar	Bar Staff	24000
Hardware Store	Retail Owner	25000
Hardware Store	Shopkeeper	16900

Introduction

Note: TRAITS are in all-caps, "Values" are in quotation marks.

The 23 NPC traits in Shadows of Doubt have different levels of usefulness.

Their NAME is basically the key piece of information that you're looking for in most cases.

Traits like ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, WORKPLACE etc are useful because they allow you to easily find out a perp's name.

Then, there's stuff like EYES, GENDER that are a lot less useful, considering the voxel graphics and that half of the population is wearing glasses...

How useful is Salary information?

For the longest time, I thought that SALARY was in the latter group. How am I supposed to find this perp if all you've given me is EYES, BLOOD TYPE and SALARY?

Here's the thing: As far as I can tell, SALARY is based off their WORKPLACE and JOB TITLE. For example, a "HR Administrator" working in an "Office" will always earn ¢r 96200.


Now, as "Office" is probably the most common type of workplace, yeah it's a still pain to keep breaking into offices and looking at employee records until you get a hit, but hey, that's the drudgery of detective life for you.

Also, several different jobs have the same salary. If they earn ¢r 100000, they could be either the "Retail Owner" of a "Launderette", or the "Enforcer Captain" at an "Enforcer Office", you're going to have to check.

But hey, if they earn a unique salary amount like ¢r 19100, then Bingpot!, you know they're working as a "Kitchen hand" at a "Bar". Pull up your map, find the bar, and get ready to chuck that Synth Beef in their face.

It's definitely not as good as having their ADDRESS or TELEPHONE NUMBER, but at least it's more useful than BLOOD TYPE or HANDWRITING.

Checking the business type

To find out what sort of workplace is the business classified as, search for the business name and look at the TYPE.

Closing

Hopefully the list is helpful, especially for those pesky side-quests where they give you nothing to go on. This info should be accurate as of 2023-08-18, v34.10.

Changelog:

2024-04-26: Added the "Hotel" & "Rooftop Bar" business types.
2024-04-29: Added the "Hardware Store" business type.

Good luck getting to retirement, detectives!

[nobody's fault but mine]

All the scientists I've seen are making $718,000

[Nonbinary]

in case anyone here is looking for salary tips because of photograpy job, open up the job list and check the details tab. its misleading that the suspect you are given has no name. their full name is literally written under details tab after you have opened the briefcase

[Aranak]

can you add the scientist?

[MYNAMEISMUD]

Thank you! This is a wonderful resource.

[Box]

I've found handwriting to be useful in determining suspects from an address book as someone the victim has written is more likely to have committed the murder than someone their partner has written, and in suspected infidelity side jobs (notes from lovers can be traced to the sender via handwriting)

[Finn Cassidy]

Thank you, went mad with my last case when all I had was bloodtype and salary aswell...had to break into every single offices/shops/bars of my town.

[stun]

amazing guide