User blog comment:Shnopp.shniederheimer/Tips and Tricks - Joint Tasks/@comment-17124362-20141030082701/@comment-24499545-20141030212624

The costumes shouldn't affect the payouts between characters. And well Maude is a premium character, so her job payout is $420. Homer is non-premium, his job payout is $275. $420 + $275 = $695, which is what my game shows me. I'm not sure why it's higher for you though.