diff --git a/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm b/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm
index f154b02094..d0a9957a6c 100644
--- a/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm
+++ b/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 			if(CLASS_LOWER)		income = 0.50
 
 	//give them an account in the station database
-	var/money_amount = (rand(15,40) + rand(15,40)) * income * economic_modifier * ECO_MODIFIER //VOREStation Edit - Smoothed peaks, ECO_MODIFIER rather than per-species ones.
+	var/money_amount = (rand(30,40) + rand(30,40)) * income * economic_modifier * ECO_MODIFIER //VOREStation Edit - Smoothed peaks, ECO_MODIFIER rather than per-species ones. //CHOMP edit. Changed random number range from 15~40 to 30~40 so you don't start out so freakishly poor sometimes.
 	var/datum/money_account/M = create_account(H.real_name, money_amount, null)
 	if(H.mind)
 		var/remembered_info = ""