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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR TURK

As of  2010, Turk had an unemployment rate of 3.7%. As of 2008, there were 101 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector which includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials such as farming ,logging ,fishing, forestry and mining. 32 people were employed in the secondary sector which encompasses industries that produce a finished usable product or are involved in construction and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 161 people were employed in the tertiary sector which consists of provision of services instead of end products, with 22 businesses in this sector. There were 389 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 227. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 72, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 32 of which 23 or (71.9%) were in manufacturing and 9 (28.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 123. In the tertiary sector; 29 or 23.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 13 or 10.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 7.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 1.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 5.7% were in education and 54 or 43.9% were in health care.

In 2000, there were 126 workers who commuted into the municipality and 279 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 8.7% of the workforce coming into Turk are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 9.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 64% used a private car.