Yea, i have those also, but i agree, it doesn't seem to fit. I think someone used your pay scale and added in information thinking that it would be the same up until level 8. The whole day trader has got me confused. How/why would they program it so that most levels were different besides one. I think since we both have the same info on the day trader we should think about Just putting in that scale. I personally think it would have been too difficult to program (only one career) that fluctuates at all levels for each player, I think we were misinformed about the other levels Like 3 different ones for novice. I am going to go ahead and get another day trader and see how the pay scale does once more. if it is the same i am going to leave it as i have it in the chart. Hope that's okay. Let me know when you have the cocktail Inventor and telemarketer.

My Poet running right now is 45, 54, 66, 81... so far.

Looks like the usual progression until the last 2 when they go crazy. I'm looking forward to Master (need the money)

Sorry I'm so late getting this posted. I'm afraid it's missing some info too. My baby brother showed up (from out of state) with his girlfriend, to surprise the family. So, needless to say, I've been a bit busy.

Here's the updates I have:

Main Pay Scales / Salary Curves:
(1) 15, (2) 30, (3) 54, (4) 108, (5) 174, (6) 270, (7) 450, (8) 690
(1) 36, (2) 54 (3) 81, (4) 120, (5) 159,(6) 240, (7) 450, (8) 510
(1) 45, (2) 54, (3) 66, (4) 81 (5) 99 (6) 120, (7) 150, (8) 210
(1) 45,(2) 60, (3) 75, (4) 90, (5) 120, (6) 165, (7) 210, (8) 270
(1) 60, (2) 75, (3) 90, (4) 114, (5) 144 (6) 180 (7) 225 (8) 285
(1) 90, (2) 105, (3) 129, (4) 144, (5) 168, (6) 195, (7) 234, (8) 300
(1) 105, (2) 135, (3) 174, (4) 204, (5) 240, (6) 282 (7) 345 (8) 420
(1) 105 (2-7) variable (8) 240-410 [Day Trader]

Exceptions:
(1) 45 (2) 54 (3) 66 (4) 81 (5) 99 (6) 120 (7) 360 (8) 510 [Poet]
(1) 60, (2) 75?, (3) 90?, (4) 114, (5) ?, (6) ?, (7) 225?, (8) 390 [Wood Sculptor]
(1) 42 (2) ? (3) ? (4) 90 (5) 105 (6) 126 (7) 240 (8) 330 [Cocktail Inventor]
(1) 54, (2) 66, (3) 75, (4) 96, (5) 120?, (6) ?, (7) 210, (8) 240 [Telemarketer]

(As usual, I missed a couple of levels:)
Nonfiction Writer (1) 36 (2) ? (3) 57 (4) ? (5) 87 (6) 165 (7) 225 (8) 390

I think I've been abandoned here.

My second Nonfiction Writer:
(1) 36 (2) 45 (3) 57 (4) ? (5) 87 (6) 165 (7) 225 (8) 390
I have two more Day Traders running right now with very interesting results.
(1) 105 (2) 60 (3) 84
(1) 105 (2) 60 (3) 84 (4) ? (5) 120
Hopefully I'll have the masters on these soon, depending on how often they have babies.

Main pay scales to be updated soon. I still need more info on wood sculptor, cocktail inventor and telemarketer, if anyone has those missing levels.

For what it's worth, my Day Trader stuck to the same progression you posted:

(1) 105 (2) 60 (3) 84 (4) 165 (5) 120 (6) 96 (7) 510 (8) 240

I have been keeping track of my peeps salaries progressions almost from the start (five families, two of which are gen. 7, two gen. 6, and one 5), so if there's anything I can do to add to the information here, I'd enjoy being able to help. Today was the first time I ran across this thread, and I'm thrilled to find the info compiled here. Many thanks to those who have taken the time to put this together.

Went back and looked through some more, and found I had a Nonfiction Writer whose salary progression was:

(1) 36 (2) 45 (3) 57 (4) 72 (5) 87 (6) 165 (7) 225 (8) 390

Awesome! Thanks so much for confirming those.
Updates:

Main Pay Scales / Salary Curves:
(1) 15, (2) 30, (3) 54, (4) 108, (5) 174, (6) 270, (7) 450, (8) 690
(1) 36, (2) 54 (3) 81, (4) 120, (5) 159,(6) 240, (7) 450, (8) 510
(1) 45, (2) 54, (3) 66, (4) 81 (5) 99 (6) 120, (7) 150, (8) 210
(1) 45,(2) 60, (3) 75, (4) 90, (5) 120, (6) 165, (7) 210, (8) 270
(1) 60, (2) 75, (3) 90, (4) 114, (5) 144 (6) 180 (7) 225 (8) 285
(1) 90, (2) 105, (3) 129, (4) 144, (5) 168, (6) 195, (7) 234, (8) 300
(1) 105, (2) 135, (3) 174, (4) 204, (5) 240, (6) 282 (7) 345 (8) 420

Exceptions:
(1) 36 (2) 45 (3) 57 (4) 72 (5) 87 (6) 165 (7) 225 (8) 390 [Non-Fiction Writer]
(1) 45 (2) 54 (3) 66 (4) 81 (5) 99 (6) 120 (7) 360 (8) 510 [Poet]
(1) 105 (2) 60 (3) 84 (4) 165 (5) 120 (6) 96 (7) 510 (8) 240 [Day Trader]


Still Need More Data:
(1) 60, (2) 75?, (3) 90?, (4) 114, (5) ?, (6) ?, (7) 225?, (8) 390 [Wood Sculptor]
(1) 42 (2) ? (3) ? (4) 90 (5) 105 (6) 126 (7) 240 (8) 330 [Cocktail Inventor]
(1) 54, (2) 66, (3) 75, (4) 96, (5) 120?, (6) ?, (7) 210, (8) 240 [Telemarketer]

I missed levels 2 and 3 (those seem to go by so fast), but here is the rest of the progression for my Wood Sculptor:

(1) 60 (2) ? (3) ? (4) 114 (5) 144 (6) 180 (7) 225 (8) 390

Hi. Salary info for Wood Sculptor is: (2) 75 (3) 90
Telemarketer: (6) 165

I have been keeping up my peep's salaries since the very begining and have quite a spreadsheet list. I also was curious about the careers, so before I started one family, I went through peep after peep after peep, noting down career and salary level before I finally adopted one and started that family. I have a list of 103 different careers.

Be sure to check out the spreadsheet that Mosaic posted in this thread. It's on page 7.