Career track

This is the list of career tracks in The Sims series. A career track is a field of work that normally consists of 10 levels. Meanwhile, part-time jobs only reach up to level 3, while daycare profession in The Sims 3: Generations reach up to level 5.

Some career tracks are recurring throughout the series, such as business, although sometimes they may be featured within a content pack. It is common that a career track is named differently between the series even though they share a similar theme such as pro athlete in The Sims, athletic in The Sims 2, professional sports in The Sims 3, and athlete in The Sims 4. It's also noted that at some point in The Sims 3, career track naming theme has shifted into using the occupation's title (e.g. fortune teller) as opposed to using the subject of the field (e.g. fortune telling). This is more apparent in The Sims 4, with career tracks being named athlete, entertainer, and scientist when compared to the previous series.

The Sims Bustin' Out for console careers

 * Counter culture
 * Fashion victim
 * Gangster
 * Jock
 * Mad scientist
 * Movie star
 * Paramilitary

The Sims Bustin' Out for console free play careers

 * Artist
 * Swindler
 * Computer geek
 * Rock star
 * Slacker

The Sims Bustin' Out for handheld careers

 * Mower madness
 * Smoothie slider
 * Powerlifter
 * Bait flinger
 * Jam session
 * Pizza pandemonium
 * Cliff diver X
 * Petri dish

Pet careers
In addition to regular careers, The Sims 2: Pets featured pet career for pets. Pets are required to learn tricks in order to get promoted, and each promotion will unlock extra fur color or collar in Create-a-Pet.

The Sims 2 for console careers

 * Art
 * Athletics
 * Business
 * Crime
 * Fashion
 * Law
 * Medicine
 * Military
 * Politics
 * Science

The Sims 2: Pets for console careers

 * Arts & Crafts.png Arts & crafts
 * Business TS2PC Career Icon.png Business
 * Coaching career.png Coaching
 * Construction TS2PC Career Icon.png Construction
 * Education TS2PC Career Icon.png Education
 * Government TS2PC Career Icon.png Government
 * Law TS2PC Career Icon.png Law
 * Medicine career TS2PC.png Medicine
 * Parks and Recreation TS2PC Career Icon.png Parks and recreation
 * Retail Clothing TS2PC Career Icon.png Retail clothing

Part-time jobs
Part-time jobs have short working hour. They allow Sims to have more free time, but Sims can only reach up to level 3 in addition to having low pay.

Self-employed careers
Sims who are skilled in certain skills may register themselves as self-employed. Self-employed Sims are not tied to work hour, and their job level is progressed by earning money related to their skill, e.g. selling fish as an angler.

The Sims 4
In The Sims 4, every off-world career has two branches, while every active career only has one. Sims also have the option to register as self-employed with the Ministry of Labor, which is completely open-ended with no career levels or branches. Patch 79 added the freelancer career, which allows Sims to work on their own time from home.

Part-time jobs and afterschool activities
Teens can take a part-time job in addition to attending high-school, while older Sims can work up to two part-time jobs. Children and teens can enroll in an afterschool activity in addition to attending school. They function similarly to adult careers, except they are unpaid and only take place on the weekends. Discover University adds two afterschool activities that are only available to university students.

The Sims Online
In this job, Sims go to work at a restaurant (different restaurant at higher levels in their career) and would take NPC's orders, place them in the ticket machine, and bring them their food when it was finished.
 * Restaurant

In this job, Sims would have to operate and maintain machines in a factory to produce robots. Players were paid for every robot made.
 * Robot factory

In this job, Sims would go to the club into the workers door and either work DJ or Dancer. They would be in competition with three other DJ/Dancer teams to get the most NPC guests in their area.
 * Night club

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