Job prospects Cashier in Yukon

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

Job opportunities in Yukon

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.

Moderate

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

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Most opportunities in this occupation are in the Whitehorse area.
Retail sales are expected to increase moderately between two and three percent annually over the forecast period, 2025-2027 (Conference Board of Canada, 2025)--the lowest annual retail sales growth of the three territories.
The Government of Yukon only expects an additional eight vacancies for cashiers and other sales support occupations in 2025 or 2026 (Government of Yukon, 2025).

Here are some key facts about cashiers in Yukon:

Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Cashiers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 86%
- Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): 7%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 54% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 46% compared to 16% for all occupations
48% of cashiers work all year, while 52% 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 38 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 21% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 79% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 32% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 35% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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