page_title: Leysin
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Leysin / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Leysin: Restaurant Tournant Kuklos (La Berneuse)
context_page_description: Leysin is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in the Aigle district of Switzerland. It is first mentioned around 1231–32 as Leissins, in 1352 as Leisins.
  Located in the Vaud Alps, Leysin is a sunny alpine resort village at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in proximity to Montreux, Lausanne, and Geneva. In earlier years, Leysin was known for its TB sanatorias; today it is most famous for spectacular Alpine views across the Rhône Valley towards the Dents du Midi and year-round mountain sports and recreational facilities.
  The village of Leysin and hamlet of Veyges are a designated part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
context_section_description: As of  2010, Leysin had an unemployment rate of 4.8%.  As of 2008, there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector.  137 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 26 businesses in this sector.  1,074 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 116 businesses in this sector.  There were 1,160 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.7% of the workforce.
  In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,080.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 30, of which 21 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 128 of which 36 or (28.1%) were in manufacturing and 85 (66.4%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 922.  In the tertiary sector; 76 or 8.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 54 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 167 or 18.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 13 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 0.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 351 or 38.1% were in education and 174 or 18.9% were in health care.
  In 2000, there were 206 workers who commuted into the municipality and 234 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.  Of the working population, 10.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 45.3% used a private car.
caption: Ski lift, restaurant and skiing in Leysin
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