World of Warcraft Profession Statistics

Discover the most popular WoW primary professions and compare profession choices across all supported regions.

Retail data set

868,988

Profiles analyzed (last 90 days)

783,983

Profiles with a primary profession

Primary professions found

Most popular primary professions — GLOBAL

Percentage of successfully analyzed character profiles. A character can have two primary professions, so percentages do not add up to 100%.

Alchemy30.6% (266,344)

Enchanting27.9% (242,108)

Herbalism24.2% (210,482)

Mining22.5% (195,096)

Engineering14.7% (127,961)

Tailoring12.8% (110,939)

Skinning10.2% (88,331)

Blacksmithing9.5% (82,571)

Leatherworking7.9% (68,302)

Jewelcrafting7.7% (66,802)

Inscription4.3% (37,301)

Most popular profession pairs — GLOBAL

Share of checked profiles using each combination of two primary professions.

Alchemy + Herbalism

10.0%

87,286 characters

Herbalism + Mining

8.7%

75,299 characters

Alchemy + Enchanting

8.0%

69,624 characters

Tailoring + Enchanting

7.0%

60,763 characters

Leatherworking + Skinning

4.8%

41,495 characters

Blacksmithing + Mining

4.7%

40,673 characters

Alchemy + Engineering

3.8%

33,254 characters

Mining + Jewelcrafting

2.7%

23,894 characters

Mining + Engineering

2.7%

23,823 characters

Engineering + Enchanting

2.7%

23,097 characters

Herbalism + Enchanting

1.9%

16,344 characters

Alchemy + Tailoring

1.7%

14,588 characters

Mining + Enchanting

1.5%

13,374 characters

Enchanting + Skinning

1.4%

11,882 characters

Enchanting + Jewelcrafting

1.2%

10,858 characters

Herbalism + Inscription

1.2%

10,747 characters

Alchemy + Jewelcrafting

1.2%

10,242 characters

Blacksmithing + Alchemy

1.1%

9,937 characters

Herbalism + Skinning

1.0%

8,386 characters

Mining + Skinning

0.9%

7,999 characters