Editing Visp (section)

== Economy ==
The major employer in the town is the chemical company, [[LONZA AG]], which employs about 2,550 people.<ref>[http://www.visp.ch/index.cfm?setNAV_a=7 City of Visp website-Industry] {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 18 May 2009</ref> Visp is the economic centre of the region and draws workers from many surrounding towns and even from Italy.  This leads to a unique situation where there are more jobs in Visp than the total population (7,700 positions for a population of about 6,700).<ref>[http://www.visp.ch/index.cfm?setNAV_d=58 City of Visp website-Employment] {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 18 May 2009</ref>

{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Visp had an unemployment rate of 2.2%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were 63 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 21 businesses involved in this sector.  4,288 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 93 businesses in this sector.  3,901 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 420 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO /> There were 3,178 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 7,188.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4,110 of which 3,401 or (82.7%) were in manufacturing and 608 (14.8%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,044.  In the tertiary sector; 1,002 or 32.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 141 or 4.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 181 or 5.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 45 or 1.5% were in the information industry, 168 or 5.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 275 or 9.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 175 or 5.7% were in education and 788 or 25.9% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=25 December 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 5,635 workers who commuted into the municipality and 881 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 6.4 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 3.2% of the workforce coming into Visp are coming from outside Switzerland.<ref name="commuter">[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=4 August 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 11.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 39.5% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO />