The phrase "common profession" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a job or career that is prevalent or widely practiced. Here is an example sentence: "Teaching has long been considered a common profession, with many individuals choosing this career path."
According to Nametrix, an app that tracks statistics about proper names, "Ronald" peaked in popularity in 1943; the most common profession among Ronalds is air-traffic controller.
Launched by the Jamaica Tourist Board back in 1968, Meet the People teams up visitors with local volunteers who share a common profession, hobby or interest.
With the friendly cantons of Basel and Bern, Zürich negotiated a Christian Civic Alliance (or League) based on the treaty by which Basel had been received into the Swiss confederacy but also including a common profession of faith.
The 52-year-old has been blind since birth and had been comfortably in employment as a telephonist for West Mercia Police - then a common profession for blind people, but now superseded by technology.
More than half on the list are men, but the most common profession listed on bank details is "housewife" - a term that is also used with unusual frequency on other countries' lists and which is not only used to describe married women, but also businesswomen, architects and even princesses.
TFA also claims that "the most common profession for TFA alumni" is teaching.
Once a ski instructor, he is now a real estate agent; she is a property manager — all three common professions in these parts.
By examining the most common professions among H-1B applicants for Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, five consistent career paths emerged across each company.
Some of the most common professions among the parents of American billionaires (for whom we could find the information) were engineer, accountant and small-business owner.
And last but certainly not least–our new earnings ranking, provided by PayScale, looks at average salaries (base pay, not including bonuses) for a basket of common professions.
Some of the most common professions among the parents of Forbes 400 members (for whom we could find the information) were engineer, accountant and small-business owner.
