The popular ranking of gainful occupations practice in Hadejia in 1900. Were significant source of household income. The 22 occupation are as follows:-

1. Long-distance traders
2. Pettt Traders
3. Cattlemen
4. Buchers
5. Sewers (Clothing)
6. Spinners (Cotton)
7. Blacksmiths
8. Builders
8. Dyers
9. Brokers
10. Food Sellers
11. Barber/Doctors
12. Muslim Necromancers
13. Goldsmiths
14. Leather Workers
15. Praise Singers
16. Potters
17. Islamic Scholars
18. Qur'anic Clerics
19. Fishermen
20. Ferrymenn
21. Weavers (Clothing)
22. Hunters