Editing Neath Port Talbot (section)

==Economy and industry==

In 1991 Neath & Port Talbot was a distinct [[travel to work area]] (albeit with different boundaries to the current county borough), but the 2001-based revision has merged the locality into a wider [[Swansea Bay (region)|Swansea Bay]] travel to work area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/Introduction_to_2001_TTWAs.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090527103135/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/Introduction_to_2001_TTWAs.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-27|title=National Statistics, Introduction to the 2001-based Travel-to-Work Areas}}</ref>

In June 2008, the economic activity and employment rates in Neath Port Talbot were below the Welsh average.<ref name="NPT LMI">{{cite web|url=http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1201|title=Neath Port Talbot Council|website=www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk}}</ref> However, earnings for full-time workers were higher than either the Welsh or British average.<ref name="NPT LMI"/>

Manufacturing accounts for over 22% of jobs in the county borough compared to under than 14% in Wales as a whole; just under 70% of local jobs are in services compared to a Welsh average of nearly 80%.<ref name="NPT LMI"/> The [[Port Talbot Steelworks]], operated by [[Tata Group|Tata]], is the largest employer with approximately 3,000 staff (although in 1979 its predecessor employed 12,600); other large employers include [[General Electric]], [[HI-LEX|Hi-Lex Cable Systems Ltd]] (closing in 2021 <ref name="Hi-Lex">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50068988|title=125 Jobs to go at Port Talbot site|work=BBC News |date=16 October 2019 }}</ref>), [[TRW Inc.|TRW]] Steering Systems recently closed, Envases (UK) Ltd, Crown Food UK & Ireland, Toyoda Koki, [[Sofidel]], Cornelius Electronics, Excel Electronics Assemblies, and Tedeco.<ref name="NPT facts">{{cite web|url=http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1200|title=Neath Port Talbot Council|website=www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk}}</ref>

Port Talbot is also the site for [[Neath Port Talbot Hospital]]  which is situated on Baglan Way, Port Talbot.