Job prospects Cashier in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "cashier" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for cashiers (NOC 65100) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Most job opportunities in this occupation are in the Yellowknife area.
Employers in Yellowknife have struggled to fill retail vacancies in in 2025.
Retail sales are expected to increase moderately by 2.8% to 4.3% annually over the forecast period (Conference Board of Canada, 2025).
From 2021-2040, 303 job openings are forecast for cashiers in the Northwest Territories (Government of Northwest Territories, 2023).

Here are some key facts about cashiers in Northwest Territories:

Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Cashiers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 86%
- Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): 7%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 46% compared to 88% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 54% compared to 12% for all occupations
48% of cashiers work all year, while 52% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 37 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 27% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 73% compared to 48% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 50% compared to 17% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 36% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 10% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations