page_title: Begnins
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Begnins / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Vineyards of Begnins in Automn Français&#160;: Vignoble de Begnins en automne
context_page_description: Begnins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
context_section_description: As of  2010, Begnins had an unemployment rate of 4.1%.  As of 2008, there were 96 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector.  38 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 14 businesses in this sector.  259 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 45 businesses in this sector.  There were 661 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.2% of the workforce.
  In 2008 there were 303 full-time equivalent jobs.  There were 58 jobs in the primary sector, all of which were in agriculture.  There were 33 jobs in the secondary sector, of which 10 or (30.3%) were in manufacturing and 23 (69.7%) were in construction.  There were 212 jobs in the tertiary sector was 212.  In the tertiary sector; 29 or 13.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 2.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 20 or 9.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 2 or 0.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 12 or 5.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 44 or 20.8% were in education and 77 or 36.3% were in health care.
  In 2000, 214 workers commuted into the municipality and 489 workers commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.  About 15.4% of the workforce coming into Begnins are coming from outside Switzerland.  Of the working population, 12.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.6% used a private car.
caption: Vineyards outside Begnins
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