Workers
Bring commuters to an industry and it makes more.
Every industry employs people, and how much it makes depends on how many turn up. A bus or train full of commuters earns its fares and makes the mine or plant at the other end busier.
| Staff | Output of a mine, farm or well | Output of a plant, per unit delivered |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody | 70% | 80% |
| Half | 110% | 105% |
| Everyone it wants | 150% | 130% |
Where the staff come from
- Walking in: people from towns whose edge is within 8 tiles, more from big and close towns. They fill at most 55% of the jobs.
- Commuters: passengers you deliver to a station whose catchment covers the industry. A stop there takes passengers even with no houses nearby. They pay the usual fare.
- At the end of a shift about a third of the commuters want to go home again from the same stations.
| Industry | Staff it wants a month |
|---|---|
| Coal Mine | 60 |
| Forest | 40 |
| Farm | 50 |
| Oil Wells | 40 |
| Sawmill | 70 |
| Food Plant | 90 |
| Oil Refinery | 100 |
| Iron Ore Mine | 60 |
| Steel Mill | 120 |
| Factory | 110 |
| Oil Rig | 50 |
| Fishing Harbour | 40 |
| Recycling Plant | 60 |
| Electronics Plant | 130 |
| Car Plant | 160 |
| Paper Mill | 90 |
| Printing Works | 80 |
- A well-staffed industry is more likely to grow, and one short of staff to shrink.
- A busy industry (at least 75% of its staff) is noisy: it lowers land values in a town up to 9 tiles away.
- These need no staff: Power Station, Wind Farm Site, Wind Farm.