, Walterswil had an unemployment rate of 0.33%. , there were a total of 214 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 141 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 54 businesses involved in this sector. The secondary sector employs 22 people and there were 6 businesses in this sector. The tertiary sector employs 51 people, with 16 businesses in this sector. There were 298 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.