Job prospects Food Store Cashier in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Cashiers (NOC 65100) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this occupation is influenced by factors that affect retail trade and, to a lesser extent, food and beverage services.

Inflation and rising interest rates, causing a loss of purchasing power for households, could lead to a decrease in consumption, which could moderate employment growth in this occupation.

The rise in popularity of e-commerce and the increased use of self-service checkouts could also contribute to slowing the demand for these professionals in the medium to long term.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is moderate in the province, it will be limited in the regions of Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec.

Here are some key facts about Cashiers in Quebec:

• Approximately 85,400 people work in this occupation.
• Cashiers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 42%
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 32%
  • Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 19%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 32% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 68% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 42% of cashiers work all year, while 57% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of cashiers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 20% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 80% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 35% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 40% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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