Best for job output (workforce) in Stellaris 4.5.2
The biggest job output (workforce) bonuses in Stellaris 4.5.2, from every civic, origin, ethic, species trait, ascension perk, tradition and technology in the files: Cultivation Drones (civic, +10%), Gardening Protocols (civic, +10%), Geo-Engineering Inc. (civic, +10%). All jobs' output % and all pops' workforce % in full, plus one stratum's output or workforce % (workers, specialists, rulers) ÷ 3.
Every job output (workforce) bonus, ranked
- 1
Cultivation DronesCivic · Hive Minds · +10% Resources from Jobs
+10% - 1
Gardening ProtocolsCivic · Machine Intelligences · +10% Resources from Jobs+10% - 1
Geo-Engineering Inc.Civic · Megacorporations · +10% Resources from Jobs+10% - 1
PlanetscapersCivic · Regular empires · +10% Resources from Jobs+10% - 5
Efficient ProcessorsTrait · 3 pt · +5% Job Efficiency+5% - 5
The Pursuit of ProfitTradition · Prosperity · +5% Resources from Jobs+5% - 7
Aristocratic EliteCivic · Regular empires · +10% Job Efficiency for Elites+3.3% - 7
Corvée SystemCivic · Regular empires · +10% Worker Pop Resource Output+3.3% - 7
Fanatic AuthoritarianEthic · 2 pt · +10% Job Efficiency for Workers+3.3% - 7
Fanatic EgalitarianEthic · 2 pt · +10% Job Efficiency for Specialists+3.3% - 7
High-Speed ReplacementsTradition · Modularity · +10% Worker Pop Resource Output+3.3% - 7
MeritocracyCivic · Regular empires · +10% Specialist Pop Resource Output+3.3% - 13
Collective Production MethodsTier 3 society tech · +2.5% Resources from Jobs+2.5% - 13
Resource Processing AlgorithmsTier 3 society tech · +2.5% Resources from Jobs+2.5% - 13
Synthetic Thought PatternsTier 3 society tech · +2.5% Resources from Jobs+2.5% - 16
AuthoritarianEthic · 1 pt · +5% Job Efficiency for Workers+1.7% - 16
Domination: adoptionTradition · Domination · +5% Worker Pop Resource Output+1.7% - 16
EgalitarianEthic · 1 pt · +5% Job Efficiency for Specialists+1.7% - 16
Powered ExoskeletonsTier 1 engineering tech · +5% Worker And Simple Drone Cat Bonus Workforce+1.7% - 16
Very StrongTrait · 3 pt · +5% Worker And Simple Drone Cat Bonus Workforce+1.7% - 16
Workplace MotivatorsTradition · Domination · +5% Worker Pop Resource Output+1.7% - 22
Quantum Neuro-LinksTier 3 physics tech · +2.5% Specialist Pop Resource Output+0.8% - 22
StrongTrait · 1 pt · +2.5% Worker And Simple Drone Cat Bonus Workforce+0.8%
How it's counted: All jobs' output % and all pops' workforce % in full, plus one stratum's output or workforce % (workers, specialists, rulers) ÷ 3.
By kind
Job output (workforce): questions
What gives the most job output (workforce) in Stellaris 4.5.2?
By the game's own numbers: Cultivation Drones (civic, +10%); Gardening Protocols (civic, +10%); Geo-Engineering Inc. (civic, +10%). All jobs' output % and all pops' workforce % in full, plus one stratum's output or workforce % (workers, specialists, rulers) ÷ 3.
Are these tier lists?
No. They add up the game's own modifier values for the goal — what each thing gives, not how good it feels to play. Conditional effects and one-off events are not counted.