This section looks at the distribution of jobs and the most popular combinations for main and support jobs.
As has been the case for the past few years, the initial six jobs (warrior, monk, white mage, black mage, red mage, and thief) account for the vast percentage of main job distribution, having increased by 12% since last year to a total of 74%.

≪Main Job Distribution≫

The incredibly popular mage main and support job combination has continued to hold on to the top two spots.

Because more jobs are regarded as frontline jobs, most backline players tended to select the exact same jobs. Also, when choosing a support job, there are more diverse frontline jobs than backline.
If someone thinks, “Hey, I want to help my friends out with restoration and strengthening magic,” the two jobs that come to mind are white mage and bard, but when a character chooses one of the initial jobs, they almost always choose white mage.
On the other hand, if someone thinks, “I want to attack with a weapon and deal lots of damage,” a plethora of jobs comes to mind such as warrior, monk, and thief.

However, there are also the dancer and scholar jobs that were added in Wings of the Goddess. While it goes without saying that either could be chosen as a main job, they both happen to be ideal support jobs. In the next census, the rankings may be drastically different, considering the benefits of the magic-oriented scholar with his technical prowess over both black and white magic and the stratagems' ability to turn battles to one's favor.

[ Main/Support Job Rankings ]

Ranking Main Job Support Job Relative Percentage Change from 2007 Census () denotes 2007 ranking 1 White Mage Black Mage 13.18% → 2 Black Mage White Mage 10.18% → 3 Red Mage White Mage 5.58% ↑（6） 4 Red Mage Black Mage 5.29% ↓（3） 5 Thief Ninja 4.25% ↑（8） 6 Ninja Warrior 3.93% ↓（4） 7 Monk Warrior 3.71% ↓（5） 8 Paladin Warrior 3.20% ↑（9） 9 Warrior Monk 3.19% ↓（7） 10 Warrior Ninja 2.55% → 11 Bard White Mage 2.15% ↑（12） 12 Black Mage Red Mage 2.02% ↓（11） 13 Dancer Ninja 1.76% - 14 Beastmaster White Mage 1.69% → 15 Thief Warrior 1.68% ↓（13）   Others   35.64%

The data in the following pie chart was taken from characters who have acquired one or more of the new extra jobs. The reason for the dancer's 13% lead over the scholar is most likely due to the difference in the difficulty in acquiring the job. It's been about six months since these jobs have become available and, since the price of the items necessary in obtaining these jobs have come down in price and several version updates have been introduced, the percentage of players who have acquired both jobs is gradually increasing.

≪New Extra Job Acquisition≫