Lying midway between Europe’s hubs of technology, the Canton of Bern is an ideal location to do business. Small, medium-sized and large companies
Thanks to its well-diversified economy, the Canton of Bern offers a wide variety of good jobs. More than two-thirds of its 582,000 workers are employed in services, but with 90,000 in manufacturing Bern is the canton with the largest industrial base in Switzerland. The public service is also a big employer, providing roughly 80,000 jobs in and around the city of Bern for the most part. Six per cent of the population is engaged in farming and one in ten jobs is related to tourism.