page_title: Gurbrü
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Gurbrü / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Gurbrü, canton of Bern, SwitzerlandEsperanto: Gurbrü, Kantono Berno, SvislandoDeutsch: Gurbrü, Kanton Bern, Schweiz
context_page_description: Gurbrü is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: As of  2011, Gurbrü had an unemployment rate of 0.69%. As of 2008, there were a total of 125 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 112 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 11 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector. There were 143 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.8% of the workforce.
  In 2008 there were a total of 69 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 59, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 2, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 8. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 62.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 1 was in education.
  In 2000, there were 12 workers who commuted into the municipality and 95 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 48 workers (80.0% of the 60 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Gurbrü. Of the working population, 18.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 44.8% used a private car.
  In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident of Gurbrü making 150,000 CHF was 13.1%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 19.2%. For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in 2006 was 13.9% and the nationwide rate was 11.6%. In 2009 there were a total of 98 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 28 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There was one person who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The greatest number of workers, 38, made between 50 and 75 thousand CHF per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Gurbrü was 117,961 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.
caption: Cattle grazing in a small field in Gurbrü.
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