Since Lagos Life blew up last week, one question keeps coming up: how do you actually grow your balance in this game? So we did what fan sites hadn't done properly: we read the game's own code and pulled out every career, every level title, and the exact pay per shift. Full table (re-checked against the code once a day):
https://lagoslifegames.com/jobs/
What the code says, in short:
33 careers — 23 in Lagos, 5 in Abuja, 5 in Port Harcourt. Each has 5 levels with their own titles, and each level pays a fixed Game Naira amount per shift.
Examples from the table (listed pay = the top grade rate): - Oil & Gas: Field Technician N20,000 -> Country MD N96,000 - Music: tops out at level 5, "Afrobeats Giant", N99,000 per shift — the highest listed pay in the game - Banking: level 1 Marketer lists N11,600, but you start every new job at grade I, which pays about N10,100
Things most fan sites get wrong:
- It's per shift, not per week. The code pays once per shift worked. Sites quoting "weekly salary" are relabeling the same number.
- Grades matter. The listed pay is grade IV. Grade I pays listed / 1.15, and you climb one grade at a time with a 100%-performance shift.
- Short shifts: finish less than 10% of a shift and it pays nothing; otherwise you're paid your share, never below 25% of the full amount.
- Bonuses: 4 tasks in one shift makes you Employee of the Shift, +15% for that shift. When a governor's Minimum Wage law is active, pay goes up 15%.
- 25 of the 33 careers need no skill to join. The highest starting pay among them is Refining, Operator Trainee, N14,000 per shift in Lagos — but work days and the city matter too, so we won't call any job "the best".
One honest note: all of this is Game Naira. The official terms are clear that it's a fictional unit — it cannot be withdrawn or swapped for real money (§5), and the developer can change salaries at any time (§7). Figures above are code values, not take-home pay (tax comes off; we don't publish the rate).
Full table, all 33 careers, re-checked daily: https://lagoslifegames.com/jobs/
To play the game itself, the official site is lagoslife.app — we're an independent guide, not affiliated with them.
If you're playing: what job are you doing, and does the pay on your screen match the table?
