Job prospects Cashier in Nunavut

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

Job opportunities in Nunavut

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.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for cashiers (NOC 65100) in Nunavut for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Prospective workers in this occupation may benefit from Nunavut's relatively high job vacancy rate in retail trade in 2025.
Nunavut's retail trade job vacancy rate was 7.9% in the first quarter of 2025 and 6.4% in the second quarter of 2025 according to Statistics Canada's Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (Statistics Canada, 2025).
Retail sales are expected to increase moderately by around three percent annually over the forecast period, 2025-2027 (Conference Board of Canada, 2025).

Here are some key facts about cashiers in Nunavut:

Approximately 500 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: 50% compared to 87% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 50% compared to 13% for all occupations
54% of cashiers work all year, while 46% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 39 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 17% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 83% compared to 49% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 75% compared to 37% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 22% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a