, Heiligenschwendi had an unemployment rate of 1.41%. , there were a total of 509 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 50 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. The secondary sector employs 20 people and there were 9 businesses in this sector. The tertiary sector employs 439 people, with 36 businesses in this sector. There were 357 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.2% of the workforce.