Jobs+ (Occupation Expansion)
Missing more career variety in Paralives?
Jobs+ massively expands the game’s career system with brand new professions, branching career ladders, custom career icons and skill-based progression.
From courtrooms and city halls to theaters, veterinary clinics and emergency services, your Paras can now build meaningful careers across a wide range of industries.
- 70+ custom careers
- Multiple new career categories
- Branching progression paths
- Skill-based role progression
- Custom career icons
- Custom career perks
- Balanced salaries and progression
- Multiple companies per career field for improved realism
- Designed specifically for Paralives Early Access
Build your legal reputation through the justice system.
- Court Clerk
- Bailiff
- Court Reporter
- Public Defender
- Prosecutor
- Judge
- Chief Judge
- Legal Intern
- File Clerk
- Legal Assistant
- Paralegal
- Associate Attorney
- Senior Attorney
- Partner
Work your way through local government and public administration.
- Administrative Assistant
- Community Outreach Worker
- Policy Analyst
- City Inspector
- Department Director
- Deputy Mayor
- Mayor
Start as an extra and rise to stardom.
- Background Extra
- Commercial Actor
- Soap Actor
- TV Actor
- Film Actor
- Lead Actor
- A-List Star
- Ensemble Performer
- Stage Performer
- Musical Lead
Care for pets, shelters and veterinary patients.
- Dog Walker
- Kennel Assistant
- Pet Groomer
- Animal Shelter Worker
- Veterinary Assistant
- Veterinary Technician
- Veterinarian
- Clinic Director
Protect the community through law enforcement, firefighting and emergency medical response.
- Police Cadet
- Patrol Officer
- Senior Patrol Officer
- Patrol Sergeant
- Traffic Officer
- Senior Traffic Officer
- Traffic Sergeant
- Detective
- Detective Sergeant
- Detective Lieutenant
- SWAT Officer
- SWAT Team Leader
- SWAT Commander
- Lieutenant
- Captain
- Chief of Police
- Firefighter Recruit
- Firefighter
- Senior Firefighter
- Fire Lieutenant
- Rescue Technician
- Hazmat Specialist
- Hazmat Lieutenant
- Fire Inspector
- Fire Investigator
- Fire Marshal
- Fire Captain
- Battalion Chief
- Deputy Fire Chief
- Fire Chief
- EMT Trainee
- EMT
- Advanced EMT
- Paramedic
- Senior Paramedic
- Field Training Officer
- EMS Supervisor
- EMS Captain
- EMS Chief
Jobs+ now includes custom career perks tied to specific career fields.
As your Paras progress through their careers, they may unlock unique professional advantages that improve their earning potential and help define their career specialisation.
- Law — High Profile Cases
- Court — Judicial Reputation
- Government — Political Connections
- Entertainment — Agent Representation
- Animal Care — Trusted Veterinarian
- Emergency Services — Hazard Pay
- Emergency Services — Incident Command Bonus
- Emergency Services — Rapid Response Premium
These perks currently provide salary bonuses tied to their respective professions, with more advanced perk systems planned for future updates.
Many careers make use of existing Paralives skills, including:
- Technology
- Exercising
- Biology
- Science
- Surgery
- Programming
- Repair
- Music
- Dancing
Higher-level careers become easier to access as your Paras develop relevant skills.
- Compatible with Paralives Early Access v1.0
- Uses existing game schedules and systems
- No known conflicts with base game careers
Paralives is currently in Early Access and game updates may occasionally affect custom careers or workplace behaviour.
Jobs+ will continue receiving updates, improvements and additional career paths over time.
Updates are typically released every 1–2 weeks, with smaller fixes, balance changes and content additions often arriving sooner.
- Education & Academia
- Architecture & Planning
- Skilled Trades
- Politics Expansion
- Wildlife & Conservation
- Acting & Media Expansion
- Hospital & Healthcare Careers
If Jobs+ is not appearing in your game, please try the following:
- Ensure Jobs+ is enabled in the Mods menu.
- Fully restart Paralives after subscribing to the mod.
- Allow Steam time to complete the Workshop download.
- Try unsubscribing and re-subscribing to force a fresh download.
- Temporarily disable other career or gameplay mods to rule out conflicts.
- Verify your Paralives game files through Steam.
- Ensure you are running the latest version of Paralives Early Access.
If you are still experiencing issues, please leave a comment including:
- Whether Jobs+ appears in the Mods menu.
- Whether new careers appear in-game.
- Any error messages shown.
- A list of other installed mods.
The current public Workshop version has been tested on both existing saves and new saves.
Thank you to everyone who has downloaded, tested and suggested ideas for Jobs+ so far.
Your feedback has directly shaped this update and future career paths are already in development.
