Jobs

The level cap was raised to 99 in December of 2011, and this year's census takes a look at how the change has affected Main Job Distribution and Main Job Level Distribution, along with what percentage of Vana'diel's population has ascended to the highest level possible.

This year's Main Job Distribution graph starts at level six and details how many jobs there are per level, up to 99.

The largest segment of characters has a main job level of 99, which accounts for 20 percent of the total populace. This is likely due to the ease of which characters can accrue experience points in Abyssea and Grounds of Valor. The next largest group is that of level 75 characters, who are probably relics left over from the level 75 cap era. Level-90 and level-95 characters come in at third and fourth respectively, following the same logic as their level-75 counterparts.

Job Levels	Population Distribution	Level Distribution
1-4	50.83%	Level 1-5 53.26%
5	2.43%

Job Levels Population Distribution Level Distribution 6 1.84% Level 6-10 10.43% 7 2.18% 8 1.76% 9 1.27% 10 3.38% 11 1.66% Level 11-20 15.23% 12 1.73% 13 1.41% 14 1.32% 15 2.07% 16 1.25% 17 1.39% 18 1.51% 19 0.88% 20 2.01% 21 1.18% Level 21-30 9.12% 22 0.93% 23 0.80% 24 0.76% 25 1.18% 26 0.73% 27 0.60% 28 0.49% 29 0.39% 30 2.06% 31 0.81% Level 31-40 9.20% 32 0.64% 33 0.55% 34 0.49% 35 0.54% 36 0.49% 37 3.02% 38 0.91% 39 0.46% 40 1.29% 41 0.65% Level 41-50 10.16% 42 0.65% 43 0.46% 44 0.36% 45 0.94% 46 0.43% 47 0.47% 48 0.36% 49 2.89% 50 2.95%

Job Levels Population Distribution Level Distribution 51 0.77% Level 51-60 4.59% 52 0.51% 53 0.41% 54 0.33% 55 0.48% 56 0.34% 57 0.31% 58 0.30% 59 0.25% 60 0.89% 61 0.50% Level 61-70 3.44% 62 0.35% 63 0.30% 64 0.33% 65 0.45% 66 0.26% 67 0.23% 68 0.19% 69 0.44% 70 0.21% 71 0.10% Level 71-80 6.07% 72 0.20% 73 0.18% 74 0.18% 75 3.39% 76 0.62% 77 0.26% 78 0.28% 79 0.20% 80 0.55% 81 0.27% Level 81-90 4.33% 82 0.20% 83 0.18% 84 0.16% 85 0.48% 86 0.26% 87 0.18% 88 0.16% 89 0.16% 90 2.28% 91 0.84% Level 91-99 27.43% 92 0.40% 93 0.33% 94 0.29% 95 2.02% 96 0.78% 97 0.44% 98 0.39% 99 21.94% Total 100% 100%

Next, let's look at the distribution of main jobs.

Most of the higher ranked jobs either retained their positions from last year's census or differed by only a single place. A striking exception was the Blue Mage, which jumped from 17th to 10th, a phenomenon which we attribute to the fact that blue mages not only can adapt to different situations by using various spell configurations, but are useful in many different content areas as well.

Ranking	Job	Percentage	Change from 2011 Census ( ) denotes 2011 ranking
1	Monk	15.65%	→
2	Warrior	13.88%	→
3	White Mage	13.35%	→
4	Black Mage	13.08%	→
5	Red Mage	13.08%	↑（6）
6	Thief	12.89%	↓（5）
7	Ninja	2.40%	→
8	Beastmaster	2.04%	↑（9）
9	Dancer	1.66%	↓（8）
10	Blue Mage	1.51%	↑（17）
11	Paladin	1.50%	↑（13）
12	Samurai	1.30%	↓（11）
13	Summoner	1.30%	↓（10）
14	Dark Knight	1.25%	↓（12）
15	Bard	1.23%	→
16	Dragoon	0.94%	→
17	Ranger	0.88%	↓（14）
18	Scholar	0.83%	→
19	Corsair	0.72%	→
20	Puppetmaster	0.51%	→

Moving on, let's examine main and support job combinations.

We see no change from last year in the two highest ranks, and it would be no exaggeration to say that the white mage/black mage job combination has taken root in Vana'diel. The pairing of beastmaster and dancer, however, climbed all the way to third despite not even being ranked in the 2011 census. This sudden surge in popularity likely stems from both the effectiveness of familiars for small parties and the ability of dancers to heal HP, easily trigger enemy weaknesses, and allow beastmasters use dual wield, thereby dramatically enhancing their capabilities along with their familiars'. Maybe the memory of how effective this job combo was in the overhauled Dynamis remains as fresh in your mind as it is in ours.

Ranking	Job	Support Job	Relative Percentage
1	White Mage	Black Mage	3.75%
2	Black Mage	White Mage	2.28%
3	Beastmaster	Dancer	1.06%
4	Red Mage	Black Mage	1.04%
5	Red Mage	White Mage	1.03%
6	Thief	Dancer	0.97%
7	Monk	Warrior	0.86%
8	Ninja	Dancer	0.73%
9	Black Mage	Red Mage	0.70%
10	Ninja	Warrior	0.69%
11	Thief	Ninja	0.66%
12	Warrior	Monk	0.58%
13	White Mage	Red Mage	0.51%
14	Dancer	Ninja	0.45%
15	Monk	Dancer	0.44%
Others			84.25%

The graph below details the percentage of jobs at level 99. As depicted above in the Main Job/Support Job ranking, beastmaster is the job that has seen the largest increase since last year's census.

* If a single character has leveled multiple jobs to level 99, all of those jobs have been included in the data.