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Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Mackay, QLD

There are 66 Retail & Consumer Products jobs advertised in Mackay on ViewJobs, from 35 employers and recruiters. 13 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Retail Assistants: 77% of the 66.

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Roles in region
66
New this week
13

By the numbers

66 Retail & Consumer Products roles in Mackay

13 new roles this week· 36 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Casual26 (39%)
  • Full-time24 (36%)
  • Part-time10 (15%)
  • Temporary6 (9%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Mackay.

Explore specialisms

Retail & Consumer Products by specialism.

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

51 live rolesRetail assistants7 live rolesStore management7 live rolesMerchandisers

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The local market

Mackay's retail job market

Figures for Mackay cover ABS region Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday (SA4 312). 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, Mackay - Isaac - WhitsundayRetail occupations: sales assistants and salespersons, and sales support workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Sales assistants and salespersons
  • Sales support workers
050100150Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 120Sales support workers, Sep: 13133SepSales assistants and salespersons, Oct: 128Sales support workers, Oct: 13Sales assistants and salespersons, Nov: 124Sales support workers, Nov: 14NovSales assistants and salespersons, Dec: 107Sales support workers, Dec: 13Sales assistants and salespersons, Jan: 101Sales support workers, Jan: 9JanSales assistants and salespersons, Feb: 109Sales support workers, Feb: 7Sales assistants and salespersons, Mar: 113Sales support workers, Mar: 8MarSales assistants and salespersons, Apr: 106Sales support workers, Apr: 11Sales assistants and salespersons, May: 104Sales support workers, May: 11MaySales assistants and salespersons, Jun: 108Sales support workers, Jun: 11Sales assistants and salespersons, Jul: 114Sales support workers, Jul: 13JulSales assistants and salespersons, Aug: 115Sales support workers, Aug: 14Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 117Sales support workers, Sep: 16133Sep

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

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Online retail job ads a month, Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday
MonthSales assistants and salespersonsSales support workersTotal
September 202512013133
October 202512813141
November 202512414138
December 202510713120
January 20261019110
February 20261097116
March 20261138121
April 202610611117
May 202610411115
June 202610811119
July 202611413127
August 202611514129
September 202611716133
Unemployment rate
3.1%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
110,450
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
2,471
JSA, September 2026 · up 3.4% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
5,850
DEWR, June 2026 · up 7.1% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in retail occupations in MackayAn estimated 8,917 people employed in September 2026: up 6.8% on September 2025, and up 18.1% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 7,553Sep 20217,553Sep 2022: 8,534Sep 20228,534Sep 2023: 8,318Sep 20238,318Sep 2024: 8,189Sep 20248,189Sep 2025: 8,348Sep 20258,348Sep 2026: 8,917Sep 20268,917

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[5]; ViewJobs[6].

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People employed in retail occupations in Mackay
MonthPeople employed
September 20217,553
September 20228,534
September 20238,318
September 20248,189
September 20258,348
September 20268,917

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Retail trade jobs, Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 13,063201913,0632020: 13,165202013,1652021: 14,199202114,1992022: 15,008202215,0082023: 15,770202315,770

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

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Retail trade jobs, Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201913,063
202013,165
202114,199
202215,008
202315,770

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Popular Retail & Consumer Products roles in Mackay

Quick answers

Retail & Consumer Products work in Mackay, answered

How many Retail & Consumer Products jobs are there in Mackay?

66 Retail & Consumer Products jobs are live on ViewJobs in Mackay, from 35 employers and recruiters. 13 were posted in the last 7 days. 26 are casual, 24 full-time and 10 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Retail & Consumer Products workers in Mackay growing?

Demand is steady. Employers in Mackay, across the area Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, placed about 133 online ads a month for retail jobs in the three months to September 2026, the same as a year earlier. Ads for sales assistants and salespersons fell from 120 to 117 a month. Ads for sales support workers rose from 13 to 16 a month.

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

Who is hiring Retail & Consumer Products workers in Mackay?

Endeavour Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (6). Next are CROSSMARK Australia (5), Telstra.com (5) and Lorna Jane SG (4). 35 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Retail & Consumer Products jobs pay in Mackay?

10 ads state an hourly rate: $23 to $48 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $34.35. 3 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 53 of the 66 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Retail & Consumer Products roles are most advertised in Mackay?

Retail Assistants, with 51 of the 66 live ads. Next are Management - Store (7) and Merchandisers (7).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Mackay overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Mackay, across the area Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, averaged 2,471 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 3.4% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Mackay?

The unemployment rate in Mackay, across the area Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, was 3.1% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are Mackay Retail & Consumer Products jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 24 of 66 (36%). 26 are casual (39%), 10 part-time (15%) and 6 temporary (9%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

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.
  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. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  7. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  8. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 29 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 Mackay, counted on 29 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas. 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 Mackay, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/mackay/retail-and-consumer-products

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