Cashiers and Ticket Clerks: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Cashiers and Ticket Clerks is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 5230) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Checkout operator
  • Service station cashier
  • Service station console operator
  • Store Cashier
  • Ticket issuing clerk (entertainment and sporting events)
6European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
11countries report a surplus
5,903open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
5230ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 6 European countries reported a shortage of cashiers and ticket clerks: Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands and Romania. 11 reported a surplus: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden.

Latest cashiers and ticket clerks job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

5,878 open ads
  • Cashier
    German title: Kassierer
    ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs- SE & Co. oHG · Weinstadt · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Cashier
    German title: Kassierer
    ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs- SE & Co. oHG · Koblenz am Rhein · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Cashier
    German title: Kassierer
    ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs- SE & Co. oHG · Neuwied · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Cashier
    German title: Kassierer
    ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs- SE & Co. oHG · Walluf · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Cashier
    German title: Kassierer
    ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs- SE & Co. oHG · München · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Cashier
    German title: Kassiererin
    EDEKA Minden-Hannover Zentralverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH · Bremen · Posted 2026-10-16

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

25 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where cashiers and ticket clerks are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all service and sales workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
CyprusShortageNot yet verifiedNicosia: €750
GermanyShortage€2,479 a monthBerlin: €1,350
ItalyShortage€2,003 a month *Rome: €1,300
LithuaniaShortage€1,166 a monthVilnius: €830
NetherlandsShortage€2,491 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€767 a month *Not yet verified
AustriaSurplus€2,397 a month *Vienna: €1,250
BelgiumSurplusNot yet verifiedBrussels: €1,150
BulgariaSurplus€510 a monthSofia: €650
CzechiaSurplus€1,124 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkSurplus€3,491 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
FinlandSurplus€2,706 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
FranceSurplus€2,279 a month *Paris: €1,550
GreeceSurplus€1,166 a month *Athens: €1,150
LuxembourgSurplusNot yet verifiedLuxembourg: €1,900
PortugalSurplus€1,014 a month *Lisbon: €1,400
SwedenSurplus€2,906 a month *Stockholm: €2,100

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all service and sales workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for cashiers and ticket clerks alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What cashiers and ticket clerks do

Cashiers and ticket clerks operate cash registers, optical price scanners, computers or other equipment to record and accept payment for the purchase of goods, services and admissions in settings such as stores, restaurants and ticket offices.

Typical tasks

  • Receiving and verifying payment by cash, cheque, credit card or automatic debit in stores, ticket offices or similar establishments
  • Giving change and issuing receipts
  • Issuing tickets for attendance at sporting and cultural events
  • Counting and recording money received or paid out and balancing against cash register sales records
  • Receiving incoming cash, checking it against sales slips and other documents, and preparing it for deposit at financial institute
  • Operating cash register to calculate total to be paid from or to clients
  • Scanning, weighing and recording prices of goods
  • Wrapping and placing merchandise in bags

Finding cashiers and ticket clerks jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Store Cashier".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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