page_title: Mendrisio
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Mendrisio / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Stazione ferroviaria di Mendrisio.
context_page_description: Mendrisio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
  Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland.
  The municipality was boosted in size on 4 April 2004 when it incorporated the former municipality of Salorino. On 5 April 2009 it incorporated the former municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Rancate and Tremona. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
  Mendrisio is served by Mendrisio railway station.
context_section_description: As of  2007, Mendrisio had an unemployment rate of 3.23%.  As of 2005, there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector.  3,787 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 133 businesses in this sector.  4,919 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 538 businesses in this sector.  There were 2,665 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce.
  In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 9,032.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, of which 18 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4,494, of which 4,055 or (90.2%) were in manufacturing  and 373 (8.3%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4,518.  In the tertiary sector; 1,240 or 27.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 126 or 2.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 322 or 7.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 96 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 185 or 4.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 275 or 6.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 334 or 7.4% were in education and 1,266 or 28.0% were in health care.
  In 2000, there were 10,078 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,394 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 7.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 33.4% of the workforce coming into Mendrisio are coming from outside Switzerland, while 1.4% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.  Of the working population, 10.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.4% used a private car.
  As of 2009, there were 12 hotels in Mendrisio with a total of 239 rooms and 502 beds.
  The winemaker Vinattieri Ticinesi, which produces merlot, is the largest in Switzerland. Househould goods multinational Metaltex has its headquarters in Mendrisio. There are four gold refining factories; however, many of their technical employees commute from Italy. Both Italy and Switzerland are major markets for refined gold which is used in the manufacture of watches and jewellery. About 7,500 workers from Italy commute daily to Mendrisio.
caption: Mendrisio railroad station
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