How To Make Money in GTA 5 Online: Time For Fat Paychecks (2024)

Rockstar Games has once again lived up to players’ expectations, giving us yet another game with virtually unlimited possibilities. However, as in reality, all the best parts of GTA life require cash . But don’t worry — we’ve got you covered.

The main idea of this guide is to answer the question of how to make some serious paychecks in GTA Online . After following it, you’ll be sleeping in money instead of sleeping at your mommy’s.

Without further ado, let’s just get straight into it.

Let’s think: What do the most successful businessmen have in common? Well, they have multiple sources of income . And that’s exactly the path we are going to follow to make money in GTA Online.

But we have to start from something, right? Don’t worry — this tutorial will guide you across the road to riches like mommy guides a child across the street. Trust us, you’ll never have to worry about your bills again.

Contact Missions

This is going to be our starting point as we will need some money in our bank account to follow to the next step. Contact missions are offered via the job menu in a story mode by NPCs such as Simeon Yetarian, Gerald, and Martin Madrazo, to name a few. We would like to focus on the best ways to get money from them. Thus, we’ll describe those that give the highest amount of cash per hour.

Simeonomics

The players get this mission from Simeon Yetarian. It is available for up to 4 players. Here’s a short description:

● Go to Los Santos International Airport.

● Steal at least two target cars (Tyrant and Nero Custom) from the Cargo Plane. ● Deliver the cars to Simeon's dealership in Pillbox Hill.

● Try to avoid the wanted level as you’ll have to lose it before you deliver the cars.

Dispatch Missions

There are six dispatch missions, and they are given by Martin Madrazo. You’ll need friends or a random crew to complete these. The task is to assassinate the targets which usually have guards, so it's advisable to utilize the stealth mode.

Flood in the LS River

This mission is given by Gerald and is available for up to four players. During this delivery mission, you’ll have to follow these steps:

● Head to Los Santos Storm Drain.

● Kill all the gangsters at the meeting.

● Take the meth.

● Bring it back to Gerald’s.

Blow Up

Another mission that’s given by Simon. He orders the player to destroy several cars of a rival dealership. While doing the mission, store all the cars in the same place. Then, destroy them to save time and get a better payout. Here’s what you have to do:

● Head to the rival dealership in Davis.

● Destroy the cars.

● Lose the Cops.

● Go back to Simon’s showroom.

VIP Work

Next on our list on how to make money in Grand Theft Auto 5 are VIP missions. They guarantee pretty decent payouts and are available through the SecuroServ in the Interaction Menu. There’s a certain number of VIP missions, yet we want to share the focus on three works.

Headhunter

Headhunter is a great way to earn money in GTA Online . During this mission, the player has to kill four targets within the time limit. They are spread around the city, depending on the location of the player. The targets may be inside a vehicle, so get one as you may be forced to chase them.

Tip : You may use prerequisites such as an armored vehicle and guns allowing you to shoot from the car. Thanks to it, you may go straight for the target, ignoring their bodyguards. Remember to visit the Ammu-Nation and grab some weapons that are usable from the car to shoot from safety.

Sightseer

Another great VIP work to earn some easy GTA online money. The player has to collect 3 packages within the 15-minute time limit. What we recommend is getting

a helicopter before starting the mission in the interaction menu. That’ll allow you to travel between places on the map quicker. You can get one from here:

After collecting each pack, you will have to solve the hacking minigame. They aren’t super challenging. If you stay calm while doing them, you shouldn’t have any difficulties. Wait till the timer shows less than 5 minutes to get the highest available amount of money, which is $25,000.

Hostile Takeover

Armando has just found a good spot for his next business. Unfortunately, it is already occupied by a group of motorcyclists. You will have to get your hands dirty as the task is to clear the place of enemy forces. Before starting Hostile Takeover , make sure to have guns and ammo as it includes some shooting. Go to Vice Point and take down opponents. Once you do that, pick up the nearby bike and chase the escaping gang members. Take them all down with the drive-by.

Heists

If you are not a solo player, a brilliant option to have some fun and cash in GTA online world is doing heists. To start doing heists, you’ll need Rank 12 and a high-end apartment as a hideout. If you do all the heists in order, you’ll get $2,500,000.

We recommend the Ultra Street Apartment due to its price and location. They are considered the best ways to earn loads of cash per hour. The amount of reward depends on the difficulty options you play on. The maximum is obtainable via hard mode. Once you are in the heist planning room, remember to do them in order.

The Fleeca Job

● Setup cost:$11,500

● Profits : $57,500-$143,750

● Required players : 2

The first job is prepared in the form of a tutorial. Lester will provide you with the necessary information. Your task will be to rob a small bank in the suburbs. The

mission requires two players . The two prep missions are very quick, so is the finale itself. If you have some GTA experience, then it shouldn't cause you any major difficulties. Here’s how it looks during the finale:

● Player 1 — you have to get rid of four cameras and scare people by aiming at them and shooting nearby.

● Player 2 — go to the back of the building and drill the safety deposit box. Make sure not to overheat the drill.

● Once that is done, get into Kuruma quickly and escape through the highway. While running, you will encounter three blockades. A few kilometers away on the bridge, a Cargobob with a mounted magnet will take you and the car.

Prison Break

● Setup cost:$40,000

● Required players : 4

● Reward:$200,000-$500,000

The second on the list is the Prison Break. The mission requires four players. In the finale of the heist, the team should be well-synchronized, so a voice communicator would be a great idea. What's more, you will need a skilled pilot as his task will be to land safely while being chased by the police units.

Humane Labs

● Setup cost: $40,000

● Required players: 4

● Profits: $270,000-$675,000

The third task is the Humane Labs heist. The Humane Labs facility is a well-guarded poison facility storing chemical warfare. These are the objectives of your team’s task. You need tactics, a well-coordinated team of friends, and a fairly large amount of ammunition. This task may be difficult to complete with a random crew. You will need good communication to smoothly go through the five prep missions.

Series A: Funding

● Setup cost : $40.400

● Required players: 4

● Reward : $202,000-$505,000

During this task, players have to steal cocaine from the yacht. You divide into two teams — one on a pontoon, the other on a helicopter. If it's possible, get a pilot that knows what he's doing as landing on a ship requires lots of precision . The pontoon team should cut out the enemies on the lower deck. The people from the helicopter should clear the upper deck. The preparation and the heist are mostly based on shooting, so equip yourself with bulletproof vests, snacks, and lots of ammo.

Pacific Standard Job

● Setup cost : $100,000

● Required players : 4

● Reward:$500,000-$1,250,000

This work is yet another robbery that requires controlling the hostages and cracking the vault. There are 3 roles to play in the heist: 2 shooters, a sapper, and a hacker. Collect cash and gradually eliminate the guards. Next, go outside and get rid of police cars in front of the building. Then, just head to the spot marked on the map on the motorbikes.

Doomsday Heist

On December 7, 2017, Rockstar Games surprised fans with a new update to the GTA Online world, expanding the content with a new heist. During Doomsday Heist, players have to stop the apocalypse threatening San Andreas from a hitherto unknown threat. Dealing with this epic task will require, among others, a visit to the depths of Mount Chiliad and a hike to the bottom of the ocean. The update also introduces other novelties such as the Mammoth Thruster jetpack, the Imponte Deluxo flying car, and several other vehicles, planes, and submarines, as well as new versions of various weapons.

Buy a Vehicle Warehouse

Selling vehicles is one of the most profitable ways to make money in GTA Online. Thus, it couldn’t be omitted in our Grand Theft Auto money guide . To start the work, you will need a CEO office that costs $1,000,000. If you don’t have that amount yet, do heists or VIP works until you collect the required money.

The CEO office that we recommend is Maze West. Once you buy the office, sit in front of your computer and click on ‘vehicle cargo’. The cheapest warehouse, La Mesa , costs $1,500,000. Don’t worry, it will pay back quickly. The vehicle

warehouse lets you steal or import cars from around the map and then sell them for profit.

To get the mission, go to your vehicle cargo on your laptop and select Source Vehicle. Then, head to the marked spot and take the car to your warehouse. On your way, avoid damaging the car.

Tip : it’s super important not to drop below 20 and exceed 32 vehicles in your warehouse. Every source mission will give you a top range one if you store 10 standard range and 10 mid-range vehicles without duplicates. By selling top-range vehicles, you will get $80,000 profit per each sell mission. Keep in mind that there are 20-minute cooldown timers between sell missions. Meanwhile, you can do some filler jobs.

Buy a Bunker

Owning a hideout like this is one of the easiest and most passive businesses in the game. It is accessible for solo players and doesn’t require much effort. Our recommendation would be to not buy the cheapest one as they are far away. Players should pick the one close to the city, for example, Chumash Bunker (it requires $1,600,000 input).

To buy it, go to the website of Maze Bank Foreclosures. While having a bunker, you make money from a passive income. This means you can focus on other things while the bunker will provide funds in the background bit by bit.

As you get the bunker, here are the steps to follow:

● Step 1 — use your laptop and assign all your stuff to manufacturing. ● Step 2 — get supplies. There are two methods of getting them. You can steal supplies or buy them. We recommend buying supplies as it saves time that can be spent on other things that we’ve described previously.

● Step 3 — Sell your stock when it gets to 210k for Los Santos. ● Step 4 — Watch out during the delivery as there’s always a chance that someone may try to ruin your business.

Become a Motorcycle Club President

Go to the Foreclosures website again. Once on the site, buy a motorcycle club that is closest to your other businesses. The five motorcycle businesses are:

● Document Forgery,

● Weed Farm,

● Counterfeit Cash Factory,

● Meth Lab,

● Cocaine Lockup.

The motorcycle clubs are mostly passive. Thus, you’ll get another source of income letting you do other things while earning tons of cash in the background. During the business, your job will be to resupply the supplies bar. Your staff will convert supplies into stock.

Again, you can purchase or steal supplies. It costs $75,000 to fully resupply . However, you should only buy supplies if you have the staff and equipment upgrades. Otherwise, you’ll lose money. You should sell your stock to Los Santos as it gives the most income when selling in your local region.

Buy a Nightclub

The idea of buying a nightclub isn’t about the club whatsoever. It’s what is below it. Once you buy a nightclub, you gain access to an underground warehouse. It will let you earn even more cash from your existing businesses.

The investment you will have to make is around $1,700,000 for the club itself and a few more millions for the necessary upgrades . However, you can count on a huge income per hour once everything is set up.

The nightclubs in GTA 5 help you make money in two ways:

● Tickets — the higher the popularity meter of your nightclubs is, the more the ticket prices increase.

● Underground Warehouse — this should be your focus point. Go to your laptop and select Warehouse Management. Then, you will see five technicians on the screen. The more technicians you have, the more you earn. You can have up to 5 technicians. Each of them should be assigned to a different business that you already own at this stage.

Then, just buy an Equipment Upgrade ($1,300,000) and you will never have to worry about this cash machine again. It’s because you won’t have to bring any resources at any time.

Other Ideas

The path introduced above is the one that you should focus on in the game. However, if you are bored of some of the game activities, you may take a look at these money-making methods.

Special Cargo Missions

If you are the host of a CEO office, you can go to the SecuroServ and buy Special Cargo Warehouses . It’s a good idea to make cash for solo players. It’s simple and provides a better amount of cash per hour than Air Freight Cargo. What’s more, the purchases of hideouts are cheaper than a hangar.

There are three types of crate warehouses. The difference between them is in the number of crates they allow to hold at once.

● Small — 16 crates,

● Medium — 42 crates,

● Large — 111 crates.

The whole idea behind this making money method is simple. You act like you want to purchase the product. Then, you go to the specified spot, steal it, and sell the goods for more money.

Time Trial Missions

Time Trials is another option. They are just short races in which the task is to beat a par time to win money and reputation. The Time Trials change every seven days . Thus, players can participate in one of 32 Time Trials every week. What’s more, they are also often included in the money events, giving rewards bonus.

Premium Races

Participating in premium races is a method for driving masters. Players can use vehicles only from their garage. Additionally, races for individual vehicle categories

are held on a given day. To participate in the race, there are certain prerequisites. Firstly, the player must own a special category vehicle. Secondly, it’s required to cover the entry fee of $20,000 . The premium race consists of up to 7 players. The winner receives a cash prize of $100,000 , so this method makes sense only for true wheel masters. Perhaps it’s rather a form of entertainment as it doesn’t bring plenty of cash per hour. According to the news, due to the recent update, the second and third spot holders also get some paper goods. Still, these aren’t notable amounts.

Following these tips in GTA 5 will turn making millions into something you do on a daily basis. What’s more, they will bring a lot of fun for you and your friends. Of course, the process may take some time and effort. Nevertheless, the methods to earn money included in this guide are the quickest ways to build a true financial empire. Now it’s high time to buy mentioned properties and add some zeroes to your game bank balance.

Remember : all the activities and events mentioned in this and other guides bring profit at the moment of writing. Thus, keep an eye on the news that Rockstar Games share on their website. Other updates including bonus possibilities may have been implemented.