GTA 6 Money Methods, Ranked

Based on our current model, Armoured Convoy Intercept ranks highest at a modelled $412,000 an hour, but it carries the highest risk rating and needs a second committed player. Port Container Run is the solo-friendly alternative, modelled at $310,500 an hour. Every figure here is a pre-launch estimate — GTA 6 has not shipped, so nothing on this page has been measured in the actual game.

Rockstar has not published a starting cash balance. Gameplay-reveal footage shows Jason and Lucia as broke, small-time criminals rather than established players, consistent with how earlier mainline GTA games have opened — but that is an inference from history, not a confirmed number.

Not yet, and be skeptical of anyone claiming otherwise before launch. A genuine exploit typically surfaces once real players are running the shipped game against live servers, not before release. See our full glitch-history article for what this franchise's actual track record looks like.

Each method is modelled on comparable payout structures from earlier open-world games, scaled to the setup cost, crew size and risk reported for that method archetype ahead of launch. Every entry carries an Estimated confidence label in our dataset until there is a shipped game to log a real run against.

Unknown — Rockstar has not published a heist structure for GTA 6 specifically. What we can say is how GTA Online's heist payouts and crew cuts have worked historically, which is the best comparison available until GTA 6 ships its own system.

It depends how you value your time and starting capital. Our property hub applies the same modelled-dollars-per-hour approach to real estate and passive-income businesses, including payback period — worth comparing against the active methods ranked here before committing setup capital.