Methamphetamine Lab
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- Net / real hour
- $90,000
- Net / active hour
- $690,000
- Total investment
- $2,636,500
- Payback (real hours)
- 29.3 h
Net per real hour is what the business earns while you do something else. Net per active hour counts only the minutes you must be present โ resupply runs and the sale. The first answers whether to own it; the second answers whether to grind it.
Upgrades
| Upgrades | Cost | Break-even |
|---|---|---|
| $915,000 | 39.4 h | |
| $297,500 | 7.2 h | |
| $514,000 | Never |
Real hours of ownership before this upgrade has paid for itself, computed by re-running the same model with it switched off.
How the figure is derived
- Units per cycle
- 10
- Value per unit
- $47,250
- Resupplies per cycle
- 5
- Gross per cycle
- $472,500
- Supplies per cycle
- $300,000
- Fees per cycle
- $0
- Net per cycle
- $172,500
- Cycle (real minutes)
- 115 min
- Player minutes
- 15 min
- Idle break-even
- โ
Hours registered and idle before the daily fee wipes out one full sale.
Figures used
| Figures used | Price | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock capacity (units) | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Units per resupply | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Cost of one resupply | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Minutes to steal a resupply | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Minutes to make one unit | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Unit value, local buyer | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Unit value, far route | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Sale mission (minutes) | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure | |
| Daily fee | Disputed | first-party compilation; GTA Wiki does not publish this figure |
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4| Location | Price | Total investment | Payback (real hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Senora DesertBlaine County | Not stated | โ | โ |
| Paleto BayBlaine County | Not stated | โ | โ |
| TerminalLos Santos | Not stated | โ | โ |
| El Burro HeightsLos Santos | Not stated | โ | โ |
Price range: $910,000 โ $1,729,000
Caveats
- Wiki price range only ($910,000 to $1,729,000, four locations). All economics are community estimates, marked disputed.
Checked in Agents of Sabotage era (checked 2026-08-26)
About this business
- Locations
- Grand Senora Desert, Paleto Bay, Terminal, El Burro Heights
- Premises
- 4
Prices and story-mode weekly income from GTA Wiki, CC BY-SA. GTA Online income figures are our own compilation and are labelled as such. Not affiliated with Rockstar Games.
Last verified September 14, 2026