page_title: Meyrin
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Meyrin / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: The headquarters of PrivatAir in Meyrin, Switzerland Français&#160;: Le siège de PrivatAir à Meyrin, Suisse Deutsch: Sitz der PrivatAir in Meyrin, Schweiz
context_page_description: Meyrin is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
  The main site of the CERN, a European particle physics research organisation is in Meyrin. Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of CERN began just to the north. It is now a commuter town dominated with apartment high-rises, and many of its residents work at CERN or in central Geneva. Geneva International Airport is partially located within Meyrin.
context_section_description: As of  2010, Meyrin had an unemployment rate of 7%.  As of 2008, there were 50 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector.  4,198 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 197 businesses in this sector.  13,422 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 860 businesses in this sector.  There were 10,137 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.
  In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 16,303.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 40, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4,078 of which 2,991 or (73.3%) were in manufacturing and 1,066 (26.1%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 12,185.  In the tertiary sector; 3,671 or 30.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1,984 or 16.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 1,145 or 9.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 396 or 3.2% were in the information industry, 366 or 3.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 835 or 6.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 261 or 2.1% were in education and 1,466 or 12.0% were in health care.
  In 2000, there were 15,939 workers who commuted into the municipality and 7,242 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 13.9% of the workforce coming into Meyrin are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.  Of the working population, 28.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.5% used a private car.
  PrivatAir has its head office in Meyrin, on the grounds of the airport. Skyguide, the Swiss air traffic control company, has its main office in Meyrin, on the grounds of the airport. EasyJet Switzerland has its head office in Meyrin. Club Airways International has its head office on the grounds of Geneva Airport and in Meyrin. Hewlett Packard operates its Europe, Middle East, and Africa office in Meyrin.
  The Swiss watch and jewellery designer and manufacture Chopard has its global headquarters in Meyrin. It is also where most watches, including lines such as the Mille Miglia and Happy Sporty, are made, as well as jewellery the Palme d'Or for the Cannes Film Festival. The other site, based in Fleurier, produces a lot of the L.U.Chopard watches.
caption: Head office of PrivatAir
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