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Lumber Empire Employee Money Rankings and Upgrade Targets

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A higher employee money multiplier can improve your workforce's bonus automatically. Compare the Index multipliers first, then choose an employee whose bonus beats your current best.

Secret leads the 12-slot Index at ×10 money. Rainbow Logger is a Legendary ×3 target from Employee Crates, while Hacker's ×5 direct offer costs 320 Robux. Compare multipliers rather than rarity: Legendary ×3 beats Admin ×2.5. A new employee improves this bonus only when its multiplier exceeds your best owned employee's.

Acquisition picks for improving your best employee's money multiplier through reward crates or a direct purchase.

Reward-crate target

A money upgrade to pursue through Employee Crates earned from train and rebirth rewards.

Rainbow Logger

Rainbow Logger gives ×3 money and comes from Employee Crates. Aim for it when ×3 exceeds your best owned multiplier; all workers use it automatically when it becomes your best employee.

Properties
Rarity
Legendary
Money multiplier
3 × (When used as your best owned employee)
Obtained from
Employee Crate
Worker activity
Carries logs and processed wood through the factory. (Workers using Rainbow Logger)
Appearance
Colorful clothing with changing colors.
Obtained from
Employee Crate
Automatically used by
Worker (When Rainbow Logger is your best owned employee)

Direct-purchase target

A specific employee purchase for players seeking a higher money multiplier without a random crate selection.

Hacker

Hacker's ×5 money offer costs 320 Robux. Buying it directly avoids the Admin Crate's random selection, where Hacker has a listed 5% chance per opening.

Properties
Money multiplier
5 × (Hacker Employee shop offer)
Obtained from
Admin Crate or direct purchase in the Exclusive Shop
Crate chance
5 % (Per Admin Crate opening)
Direct purchase price
320 Robux (Exclusive Shop offer)
Purchase availability
The direct offer has a stock counter. (Exclusive Shop offer)
Obtained from
Admin Crate (5% listed chance per opening)

Employee Money Multipliers from Highest to Lowest

Secret has the highest money multiplier in the 12-slot employee Index. The full order is:

Rank Index entry Money multiplier
1 Secret ×10
2 Admin — ×5 ×5
3 Admin — ×3.5 ×3.5
4 Legendary — Rainbow Logger ×3
5 Admin — ×2.5 ×2.5
6 Epic ×2.25
7 Rare — ×1.75 ×1.75
8 Rare — ×1.5 ×1.5
9 Uncommon — ×1.35 ×1.35
10 Uncommon — ×1.25 ×1.25
11 Common — ×1.15 ×1.15
12 Common — ×1.1 ×1.1

Open Index to compare your collection against these multipliers. For named employees and their acquisition sources, see the employee catalog.

Acquisition Picks for Your Next Upgrade

  • Reward-crate target: Rainbow Logger. Its ×3 bonus makes it a useful goal while earning Employee Crates through progression, provided your current best is below ×3.
  • Direct-purchase target: Hacker. Its ×5 shop offer is the stronger of these two money bonuses. Choose this route when you want to buy a specific upgrade and your current best is below ×5.

If you already own Rainbow Logger as your best employee, Hacker raises the employee multiplier from ×3 to ×5. If your best is already ×5 or higher, neither target increases this bonus.

  • Rainbow Logger

    Rarity
    Legendary
    Money multiplier
    3 × (When used as your best owned employee)
    Obtained from
    Employee Crate

  • Hacker

    Money multiplier
    5 × (Hacker Employee shop offer)
    Obtained from
    Admin Crate or direct purchase in the Exclusive Shop
    Direct purchase price
    320 Robux (Exclusive Shop offer)
    Purchase availability
    The direct offer has a stock counter. (Exclusive Shop offer)

Compare Against Your Best Owned Employee

All hired workers automatically use your best owned employee. When you collect a better one, you do not need to assign it to each worker individually.

Use the actual multiplier to judge an upgrade. Legendary Rainbow Logger at ×3 is better for money than an Admin entry at ×2.5, even though the rarity labels might suggest a different order. Entries within Common, Uncommon, Rare and Admin also have different multipliers.

Employee selection applies across your hired workforce; hiring more workers and upgrading their abilities are separate choices covered in the worker hiring and upgrades guide.

Choose Reward Crates or a Direct Hacker Purchase

Use train and rebirth rewards for the Employee Crate route. These crates award a random employee, with Rainbow Logger among the possible rewards. This is the route to pursue when you want to work toward that upgrade through gameplay rewards.

For Hacker specifically, favor the direct offer over a random roll. The Exclusive Shop lists Hacker Employee at 320 Robux, with a stock counter on the offer. An Admin Crate instead gives a 5% chance of Hacker per opening. Buying the employee directly avoids that random selection when the offer is available.

See the crate guide for reward sources, opening instructions, Admin Crate pack prices and the full reward odds.