page_title: Langnau im Emmental
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Langnau im Emmental / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Train station of Langnau in the Emme Valley, canton of Bern, Switzerland Esperanto: Stacidomo de Langnau en Emme-Valo, Kantono Berno, Svislando Deutsch: Bahnhof von Langnau im Emmental, Kanton Bern, Schweiz
context_page_description: Langnau im Emmental is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
  It is situated in the upper Emmental between Bern and Lucerne.
  It has about 9,000 inhabitants and is the most important market place in the region. It is set among rolling hills. The average temperature is 7.1 °C, and the average precipitation is 1,371 mm. The village is one of the sunniest in Switzerland, with practically no fog.
context_section_description: The economy of Langnau is broad-based, including manufacturing, trade, tourism, and agriculture, particularly dairy farming.
  As of  2011, Langnau im Emmental had an unemployment rate of 1.72%.  As of 2011, there were a total of 5,881 people employed in the municipality.  Of these, there were 561 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 181 businesses involved in this sector.  1,525 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 126 businesses in this sector.  3,795 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 477 businesses in this sector.  There were 4,587 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.0% of the workforce.
  In 2008 there were a total of 4,181 full-time equivalent jobs.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 351, of which 349 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,281 of which 807 or (63.0%) were in manufacturing and 442 (34.5%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2,549.  In the tertiary sector; 666 or 26.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 125 or 4.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 135 or 5.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 46 or 1.8% were in the information industry, 76 or 3.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 131 or 5.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 104 or 4.1% were in education and 1,001 or 39.3% were in health care.
  In 2000, there were 2,660 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,677 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.6 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  A total of 2,910 workers (52.2% of the 5,570 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Langnau im Emmental.  Of the working population, 16.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 40.1% used a private car.
  In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Langnau im Emmental making 150,000 CHF was 12.8%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 18.8%.  For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide average was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively.
  In 2009 there were a total of 3,950 tax payers in the municipality.  Of that total, 1,066 made over 75,000 CHF per year.  There were 37 people who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year.  The greatest number of workers, 1,089, made between 50,000 and 75,000 CHF per year.  The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Langnau im Emmental was 114,995 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.
  In 2011 a total of 3.5% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.
caption: Langnau railroad station
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