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Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Hunter, NSW

There are 156 Retail & Consumer Products jobs advertised in the Hunter on ViewJobs, from 48 employers and recruiters. 26 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Retail Assistants: 74% of the 156.

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Roles in region
156
New this week
26

By the numbers

156 Retail & Consumer Products roles in Hunter

26 new roles this week· 84 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time68 (44%)
  • Casual51 (33%)
  • Temporary21 (13%)
  • Part-time16 (10%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Hunter.

Explore specialisms

Retail & Consumer Products by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

115 live rolesRetail assistants32 live rolesStore management4 live rolesArea/multi-site management2 live rolesMerchandisers1 live roleDepartment/assistant management1 live roleBuying

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The local market

The Hunter's retail job market

Figures for the Hunter combine two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley (SA4 106) and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie (SA4 111). Counts are summed and rates worked out from the sums. Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online retail job ads a month, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake MacquarieRetail occupations: sales assistants and salespersons, and sales support workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Sales assistants and salespersons
  • Sales support workers
0100200300400Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 266Sales support workers, Sep: 31297SepSales assistants and salespersons, Oct: 271Sales support workers, Oct: 31Sales assistants and salespersons, Nov: 257Sales support workers, Nov: 31NovSales assistants and salespersons, Dec: 211Sales support workers, Dec: 21Sales assistants and salespersons, Jan: 205Sales support workers, Jan: 20JanSales assistants and salespersons, Feb: 214Sales support workers, Feb: 19Sales assistants and salespersons, Mar: 242Sales support workers, Mar: 23MarSales assistants and salespersons, Apr: 225Sales support workers, Apr: 22Sales assistants and salespersons, May: 227Sales support workers, May: 21MaySales assistants and salespersons, Jun: 214Sales support workers, Jun: 19Sales assistants and salespersons, Jul: 231Sales support workers, Jul: 17JulSales assistants and salespersons, Aug: 238Sales support workers, Aug: 19Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 276Sales support workers, Sep: 23299Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

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Online retail job ads a month, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
MonthSales assistants and salespersonsSales support workersTotal
September 202526631297
October 202527131302
November 202525731288
December 202521121232
January 202620520225
February 202621419233
March 202624223265
April 202622522247
May 202622721248
June 202621419233
July 202623117248
August 202623819257
September 202627623299
Unemployment rate
4.9%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
372,665
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 2.3% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
4,854
ViewJobs analysis of JSA, September 2026 · down 4.4% since September 2025[2]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
21,425
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 3.6% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in retail occupations in the HunterAn estimated 28,276 people employed in September 2026: up 4.2% on September 2025, and up 11.3% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 25,396Sep 202125,396Sep 2022: 26,384Sep 202226,384Sep 2023: 25,775Sep 202325,775Sep 2024: 25,365Sep 202425,365Sep 2025: 27,146Sep 202527,146Sep 2026: 28,276Sep 202628,276

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

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People employed in retail occupations in the Hunter
MonthPeople employed
September 202125,396
September 202226,384
September 202325,775
September 202425,365
September 202527,146
September 202628,276

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Retail trade jobs, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 42,151201942,1512020: 42,379202042,3792021: 45,243202145,2432022: 51,199202251,1992023: 51,452202351,452

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9]; ViewJobs analysis[10].

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Retail trade jobs, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201942,151
202042,379
202145,243
202251,199
202351,452

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Popular Retail & Consumer Products roles in Hunter

Quick answers

Retail & Consumer Products work in the Hunter, answered

How many Retail & Consumer Products jobs are there in the Hunter?

156 Retail & Consumer Products jobs are live on ViewJobs in the Hunter, from 48 employers and recruiters. 26 were posted in the last 7 days. 68 are full-time, 51 casual and 21 temporary.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Is demand for Retail & Consumer Products workers in the Hunter growing?

Demand is steady. Employers in the Hunter, across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, placed about 299 online ads a month for retail jobs in the three months to September 2026, close to a year earlier (297). Ads for sales assistants and salespersons rose from 266 to 276 a month. Ads for sales support workers fell from 31 to 23 a month.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Who is hiring Retail & Consumer Products workers in the Hunter?

Universal Store has the most live ads of any direct employer (27). Next are Endeavour Group (20), OTR (10) and ALDI (9). 48 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

What do Retail & Consumer Products jobs pay in the Hunter?

17 ads state an hourly rate: $28.08 to $48 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $32.76. 2 more state pay in other units, 2 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 135 of the 156 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Which Retail & Consumer Products roles are most advertised in the Hunter?

Retail Assistants, with 115 of the 156 live ads. Next are Management - Store (32) and Management - Area/Multi-site (4).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

What is the job market like in the Hunter overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in the Hunter, across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, averaged 4,854 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 4.4% on a year earlier.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

What is the unemployment rate in the Hunter?

Across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, the ABS areas that cover the Hunter, unemployment was 4.9% in September 2026 (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are the Hunter's Retail & Consumer Products jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 68 of 156 (44%). 51 are casual (33%), 21 temporary (13%) and 16 part-time (10%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The two retail occupation groups combined. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Rates are worked out from the summed counts.
  5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  7. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  8. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Figures for this region are the sum of the SA4 market areas listed. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  10. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  11. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region: employee jobs by industry, published under CC BY 4.0. The latest ABS jobs figures here are for the year to 30 June 2023. Every figure shows its year.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Retail & Consumer Products classification, placed in the Hunter, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

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ViewJobs (2026). Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Hunter, NSW, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nsw/regional-rural/hunter/retail-and-consumer-products

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