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Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Southern Queensland Country, QLD

There are 70 Retail & Consumer Products jobs advertised in Southern Queensland Country on ViewJobs, from 35 employers and recruiters. 6 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Retail Assistants: 91% of the 70.

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Roles in region
70
New this week
6

By the numbers

70 Retail & Consumer Products roles in Southern Queensland Country

6 new roles this week· 25 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Casual36 (51%)
  • Full-time16 (23%)
  • Part-time15 (21%)
  • Temporary3 (4%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Southern Queensland Country.

Explore specialisms

Retail & Consumer Products by specialism.

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

64 live rolesRetail assistants3 live rolesStore management2 live rolesMerchandisers

Latest roles

The local market

Southern Queensland Country's retail job market

Figures for Southern Queensland Country cover ABS region Darling Downs - Maranoa (SA4 307). 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, Darling Downs - MaranoaRetail occupations: sales assistants and salespersons, and sales support workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Sales assistants and salespersons
  • Sales support workers
020406080Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 60Sales support workers, Sep: 767SepSales assistants and salespersons, Oct: 64Sales support workers, Oct: 8Sales assistants and salespersons, Nov: 56Sales support workers, Nov: 8NovSales assistants and salespersons, Dec: 48Sales support workers, Dec: 5Sales assistants and salespersons, Jan: 45Sales support workers, Jan: 4JanSales assistants and salespersons, Feb: 47Sales support workers, Feb: 4Sales assistants and salespersons, Mar: 53Sales support workers, Mar: 4MarSales assistants and salespersons, Apr: 52Sales support workers, Apr: 4Sales assistants and salespersons, May: 50Sales support workers, May: 4MaySales assistants and salespersons, Jun: 50Sales support workers, Jun: 4Sales assistants and salespersons, Jul: 51Sales support workers, Jul: 6JulSales assistants and salespersons, Aug: 56Sales support workers, Aug: 7Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 57Sales support workers, Sep: 966Sep

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

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Online retail job ads a month, Darling Downs - Maranoa
MonthSales assistants and salespersonsSales support workersTotal
September 202560767
October 202564872
November 202556864
December 202548553
January 202645fewer than 549
February 202647fewer than 551
March 202653fewer than 557
April 202652fewer than 556
May 202650fewer than 554
June 202650fewer than 554
July 202651657
August 202656763
September 202657966
Unemployment rate
3.3%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.2 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
69,224
ABS, September 2026 · no change since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
1,006
JSA, September 2026 · down 5.8% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
4,870
DEWR, June 2026 · up 6.9% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in retail occupations in Southern Queensland CountryAn estimated 3,954 people employed in September 2026: down 2.9% on September 2025, and down 15.8% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 4,698Sep 20214,698Sep 2022: 4,400Sep 20224,400Sep 2023: 3,931Sep 20233,931Sep 2024: 4,015Sep 20244,015Sep 2025: 4,071Sep 20254,071Sep 2026: 3,954Sep 20263,954

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

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People employed in retail occupations in Southern Queensland Country
MonthPeople employed
September 20214,698
September 20224,400
September 20233,931
September 20244,015
September 20254,071
September 20263,954

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Retail trade jobs, Darling Downs - Maranoa, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 7,97620197,9762020: 7,73220207,7322021: 8,83820218,8382022: 9,51520229,5152023: 9,85920239,859

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

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Retail trade jobs, Darling Downs - Maranoa, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
20197,976
20207,732
20218,838
20229,515
20239,859

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Popular Retail & Consumer Products roles in Southern Queensland Country

Quick answers

Retail & Consumer Products work in Southern Queensland Country, answered

How many Retail & Consumer Products jobs are there in Southern Queensland Country?

70 Retail & Consumer Products jobs are live on ViewJobs in Southern Queensland Country, from 35 employers and recruiters. 6 were posted in the last 7 days. 36 are casual, 16 full-time and 15 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Retail & Consumer Products workers in Southern Queensland Country growing?

Demand is steady. Employers in Southern Queensland Country, across the Darling Downs - Maranoa, placed about 66 online ads a month for retail jobs in the three months to September 2026, close to a year earlier (67). Ads for sales assistants and salespersons fell from 60 to 57 a month.

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

Who is hiring Retail & Consumer Products workers in Southern Queensland Country?

Australian Red Cross has the most live ads of any direct employer (12). Next are Myer (7) and ALDI (5). 35 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Retail & Consumer Products jobs pay in Southern Queensland Country?

9 ads state an hourly rate: $30 to $48 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $32.76. 1 more states pay in other units, 1 describes pay in words or a form not counted here, and 59 of the 70 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Retail & Consumer Products roles are most advertised in Southern Queensland Country?

Retail Assistants, with 64 of the 70 live ads. Next is Management - Store (3).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Southern Queensland Country overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Southern Queensland Country, across the Darling Downs - Maranoa, averaged 1,006 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 5.8% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Southern Queensland Country?

The unemployment rate in Southern Queensland Country, across the Darling Downs - Maranoa, was 3.3% in September 2026, up 0.2 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are Southern Queensland Country Retail & Consumer Products jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 16 of 70 (23%). 36 are casual (51%), 15 part-time (21%) and 3 temporary (4%).

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, 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 Southern Queensland Country, counted on 30 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 Southern Queensland Country, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/southern-queensland-country/retail-and-consumer-products

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