Economy
As of 2007, Wil had an unemployment rate of 2.87%. As of 2005, there were 82 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 2,454 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 177 businesses in this sector. 8,025 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 934 businesses in this sector.
As of October 2009 the average unemployment rate was 4.7%. There were 1099 businesses in the municipality of which 154 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 934 were involved in the third.
As of 2000 there were 3,873 residents who worked in the municipality, while 4,695 residents worked outside Wil and 6,368 people commuted into the municipality for work.
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