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Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Tropical North Queensland, QLD

There are 85 Retail & Consumer Products jobs advertised in Tropical North Queensland on ViewJobs, from 41 employers and recruiters. 13 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Retail Assistants: 74% of the 85.

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Roles in region
85
New this week
13

By the numbers

85 Retail & Consumer Products roles in Tropical North Queensland

13 new roles this week· 38 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Casual35 (41%)
  • Full-time34 (40%)
  • Part-time10 (12%)
  • Temporary6 (7%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Tropical North Queensland.

Explore specialisms

Retail & Consumer Products by specialism.

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

63 live rolesRetail assistants13 live rolesStore management4 live rolesDepartment/assistant management

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The local market

Tropical North Queensland's retail job market

Figures for Tropical North Queensland cover ABS region Cairns (SA4 306). 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, CairnsRetail occupations: sales assistants and salespersons, and sales support workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Sales assistants and salespersons
  • Sales support workers
050100150200Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 141Sales support workers, Sep: 15156SepSales assistants and salespersons, Oct: 148Sales support workers, Oct: 15Sales assistants and salespersons, Nov: 149Sales support workers, Nov: 16NovSales assistants and salespersons, Dec: 119Sales support workers, Dec: 13Sales assistants and salespersons, Jan: 111Sales support workers, Jan: 11JanSales assistants and salespersons, Feb: 109Sales support workers, Feb: 8Sales assistants and salespersons, Mar: 120Sales support workers, Mar: 9MarSales assistants and salespersons, Apr: 116Sales support workers, Apr: 12Sales assistants and salespersons, May: 101Sales support workers, May: 13MaySales assistants and salespersons, Jun: 114Sales support workers, Jun: 13Sales assistants and salespersons, Jul: 119Sales support workers, Jul: 12JulSales assistants and salespersons, Aug: 143Sales support workers, Aug: 14Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 145Sales support workers, Sep: 16161Sep

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

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Online retail job ads a month, Cairns
MonthSales assistants and salespersonsSales support workersTotal
September 202514115156
October 202514815163
November 202514916165
December 202511913132
January 202611111122
February 20261098117
March 20261209129
April 202611612128
May 202610113114
June 202611413127
July 202611912131
August 202614314157
September 202614516161
Unemployment rate
4.8%
ABS, September 2026 · about the same as September 2025[3]
Employed people
144,033
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.6% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
2,209
JSA, September 2026 · up 2.7% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
13,185
DEWR, June 2026 · down 0.3% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in retail occupations in Tropical North QueenslandAn estimated 10,626 people employed in September 2026: down 0.8% on September 2025, and down 9.9% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 11,794Sep 202111,794Sep 2022: 11,749Sep 202211,749Sep 2023: 11,423Sep 202311,423Sep 2024: 11,248Sep 202411,248Sep 2025: 10,715Sep 202510,715Sep 2026: 10,626Sep 202610,626

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

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People employed in retail occupations in Tropical North Queensland
MonthPeople employed
September 202111,794
September 202211,749
September 202311,423
September 202411,248
September 202510,715
September 202610,626

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Retail trade jobs, Cairns, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 18,309201918,3092020: 17,416202017,4162021: 18,812202118,8122022: 20,427202220,4272023: 21,855202321,855

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

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Retail trade jobs, Cairns, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201918,309
202017,416
202118,812
202220,427
202321,855

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Popular Retail & Consumer Products roles in Tropical North Queensland

Quick answers

Retail & Consumer Products work in Tropical North Queensland, answered

How many Retail & Consumer Products jobs are there in Tropical North Queensland?

85 Retail & Consumer Products jobs are live on ViewJobs in Tropical North Queensland, from 41 employers and recruiters. 13 were posted in the last 7 days. 35 are casual, 34 full-time and 10 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Retail & Consumer Products workers in Tropical North Queensland growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Tropical North Queensland, across the area Cairns, placed about 161 online ads a month for retail jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 3.2% on a year earlier (156). Ads for sales assistants and salespersons rose from 141 to 145 a month.

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

Who is hiring Retail & Consumer Products workers in Tropical North Queensland?

Endeavour Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (7). Next are Australian Red Cross (6), Myer (6) and Smokemart Giftbox (6). 41 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Retail & Consumer Products jobs pay in Tropical North Queensland?

9 ads state an hourly rate: $30.77 to $36.13 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $34.89. 7 more state pay in other units, 3 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 66 of the 85 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Retail & Consumer Products roles are most advertised in Tropical North Queensland?

Retail Assistants, with 63 of the 85 live ads. Next is Management - Store (13).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Tropical North Queensland overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Tropical North Queensland, across the area Cairns, averaged 2,209 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 2.7% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Tropical North Queensland?

The unemployment rate in Tropical North Queensland, across the area Cairns, was 4.8% in September 2026, about the same as a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are Tropical North Queensland Retail & Consumer Products jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 34 of 85 (40%). 35 are casual (41%), 10 part-time (12%) and 6 temporary (7%).

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 Tropical North Queensland, 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 Tropical North Queensland, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/tropical-north-queensland/retail-and-consumer-products

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