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Occupations / Visual Merchandisers

Visual Merchandisers

Visual Merchandisers plan and install internal, window and fixed displays to show goods to their best advantage.

Business & adminANZSCO 6395
$1,200/wkMedian full-time pay
7,356People employed
+4% ▲Growth to 2035
33%Work full time
43Median age
Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 6395.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

The main tasks of this occupation, from the national occupation standard.

determining goods for display in accordance with prospective seasonal and promotional eventsdeveloping overall promotional and display plans for approvalpreparing sketches and models showing layout, colour and other features for approvalobtaining props and other accessories, and building displayssetting up fabricated displays in store windows and other areasorganising the setting out of goods to be shown as part of permanent displays
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 6395 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 400 more people in visual merchandisers by 2035 ▲

The field shrank 2.9% in the year to February 2026, losing about 200 workers. Most of the jobs are in NSW and VIC, with QLD third.

Source: JSA · ABS, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 6395.More about our sources: How we check our facts
8.2k2025
8.3k2030 PROJ.
8.6k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

There is no single way in. 35% trained through VET, 20% hold a degree.

Both paths are common in this field. These are the nationally recognised courses mapped to this occupation, with the number of registered training providers that offer each one.

Source: JSA · training.gov.auEducation split: JSA (Jobs and Skills Australia) occupation profile, using ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Census data, ANZSCO 6395. Qualification mapping and provider counts: training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education, October 2026. Listed providers are current registered training providers (private providers and TAFE institutes).More about our sources: How we check our facts

Nationally recognised training · most offered first

SIR50217Diploma

Diploma of Visual Merchandising

Retail Services Training Package.

See 3 providers
SIR60221Advanced Diploma

Advanced Diploma of Visual Merchandising

Retail Services Training Package.

See 0 providers

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Jobs open right now

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Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26State chart shows people employed, not current job ads. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 6395.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

NSW2.7k
VIC2.2k
QLD0.9k
WA0.8k
SA0.6k
ACT0.1k
NT0.1k
TAS0.1k

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