page_title: Canton of Lucerne
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Canton of Lucerne / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Lucerne from Pilatus
context_page_description: The canton of Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is 409,557. As of 2007, the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.
context_section_description: Much of the land in the canton is used for agriculture.  Agriculture is the most significant source of income, but industry is also developed. The most important agricultural products are crops, fruit and cattle breeding. Industry concentrates on textiles, machinery, paper, wood, tobacco and metallurgical goods.
  Tourism is of great importance. The canton of Lucerne is a gateway to holiday resorts in the nearby Alps, and much of the transit traffic between Germany and Italy crosses the region.
  As of  2010, Luzern had an unemployment rate of 1.4%.  As of 2008, there were 1,764 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 703 businesses involved in this sector.  5,388 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 324 businesses in this sector.  9,431 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1,113 businesses in this sector.
  In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 160,133.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 9,608, of which 9,462 were in agriculture, 119 were in forestry or lumber production and 27 were in fishing or fisheries.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 48,191 of which 31,698 or (65.8%) were in manufacturing, 142 or (0.3%) were in mining and 14,990 (31.1%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 102,334.  In the tertiary sector; 25,105 or 24.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8,182 or 8.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8,146 or 8.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3,835 or 3.7% were in the information industry, 7,000 or 6.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 10,979 or 10.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 8,111 or 7.9% were in education and 15,924 or 15.6% were in health care.
  Of the working population, 12.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.5% used a private car.
caption: Lucerne area and Lake Lucerne from Pilatus
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