page_title: Erschwil
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Erschwil / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Tiefgeflogen
context_page_description: Erschwil is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
context_section_description: As of  2010, Erschwil had an unemployment rate of 2.5%.  As of 2008, there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector.  224 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 19 businesses in this sector.  67 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 24 businesses in this sector.  There were 449 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.2% of the workforce.
  In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 276.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 212 of which 50 or (23.6%) were in manufacturing and 162 (76.4%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 46.  In the tertiary sector; 15 or 32.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 10.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 13.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 15.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 10.9% were in education.
  In 2000, there were 158 workers who commuted into the municipality and 327 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.  About 3.2% of the workforce coming into Erschwil are coming from outside Switzerland.  Of the working population, 21.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.5% used a private car.
caption: Areal image of Erschwil in 1953
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