Job prospects Cashier in Saskatchewan

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

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

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.

Prospects over the next 3 years

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

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Staff turnover should create a steady number of job openings since this occupation has lower entry requirements and a younger workforce. 
• Ongoing trade uncertainty is weakening consumer and business confidence and slowing hiring as firms delay investment. Combined with subdued consumer sentiment, slower population growth and weaker income gains are expected to dampen consumer spending.
• Restructuring at more traditional retailers due to consumer trends and increased online shopping may impact demand for some workers over the long term.
• Changing technologies (increased adoption of self-checkout) may affect demand for this occupation in the long-term. 

Here are some key facts about cashiers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 10,550 people work in this occupation.
• Cashiers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 54%
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 28%
  • Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 39% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 61% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 45% of cashiers work all year, while 55% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 37 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of cashiers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 24% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 76% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 26% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 50% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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