Trader

Specialist job

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Trader is a specialist job in Stellaris 4.5.2. For every 100 jobs filled it produces 8 Trade and costs 1 Consumer Goods a month. 35 buildings and districts add it, among them Interstellar Commerce Nexus, Galactic Commerce Hub and Clear Thought Clinic.

Produces: +8Trade
Upkeep: 1Consumer Goods
Per: 100 jobs filled, a month
Sources: 49
ID: trader

What a Trader produces

Per 100 jobs filled, before modifiers. Variants that only some empires or worlds get open with their condition.

Upkeep per 100 jobs: 1Consumer Goods
1Consumer Goods — Deposit: Subterranean Contact Zone
Trader is subterranean
Planet
Deposit: Subterranean Contact Zone
Produces per 100 jobs: +8Trade
+2Trade — Deposit: Subterranean Contact Zone
Trader is subterranean
Planet
Deposit: Subterranean Contact Zone

Where Traders come from

Every building, district and zone whose job modifiers add this job. Zones add their amount for every district they sit on.

Other effects of the job

- +300Amenities
when…
- Trader is subterranean
  - Planet
    - Deposit: Subterranean Contact Zone
- Owner
  - Not: Civic: Oppressive Autocracy
- +200Amenities
when…
- Owner
  - Tradition: Commercial Enterprise
  - Not: Civic: Oppressive Autocracy
- +100Amenities
when…
- colony.orbital defence.starbase?
  - Has starbase building: ring trade hub
- Owner
  - Not: Civic: Oppressive Autocracy
- +100Amenities
when…
- Starbase (if any)
  - Has starbase building: arkship trade hub
- Owner
  - Not: Civic: Oppressive Autocracy

Other names

swappable_data: the same job shows another name for some empires or planets.

Subterranean Liaison
- Trader is subterranean
  - Planet
    - Deposit: Subterranean Contact Zone

Who can work it

Has owner
Not: Is being purged
Not: Is being assimilated
Is sapient

In the game

These proud deal-makers boost the value of everyday commodities, and expedite the movement of goods to where they are most needed or desired.

Trader: questions

What does a Trader produce in Stellaris?

For every 100 jobs filled: produces 8 Trade, upkeep 1 Consumer Goods a month, before modifiers (common/pop_jobs). Some outputs depend on the empire; see the page.

How do I get Traders jobs?

From Interstellar Commerce Nexus, Galactic Commerce Hub, Clear Thought Clinic, Commerce Megaplexes, Commercial Forum, Commercial Zones and 29 more. Zones that add them per district: Commercial Nexus, Threadway, Agrarian Villages, Subterranean Urbanization and 5 more.

Source: common/pop_jobs/02_specialist_jobs.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).