Sverdlovsk Region’s division of the State Employment Service reports the number of gainfully occupied people in the region came to 2,422,000 on October 1, 2007, with 3.2% of wage and salary earners employed within the agricultural, forestry, and hunting sector, 2.8% employed within the mining industry, 14.9% employed within the manufacturing activity sector, 10.5% employed within metallurgical industry sector, 3.3% are busy making machinery and equipment (excluding weaponry and ammunition), 3.8% are employed in the electricity, natural gas, and water production and distribution sector, 6.3% are in the building industry, 8.6% are involved in retail and wholesale trade, servicing and repairs of automobiles and motorcycles, home appliances, and personal demand items, 1.5% work in hotels and restaurants, 8.2% are employed in the transportation and communication sector, 1.8% are in the field of finances, 7% deal with real estate and renting services, 6.3% are employed in the guaranteed social benefit system, 10.6% are in education, 8% are in healthcare and social service, and 3.2% are employed in the housing maintenance and utilities sector and other social and personal services sector.