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2026. 09. 22.

Hungary's highest-paid jobs in 2025: what the KSH data means

You are 22, staring at a course catalogue, and someone at the family table asks the sharpest question of the decade: is six more years of studying really worth it when a friend is already earning cash in hand? Hungary’s 2025 wage picture, dr...

2026. 09. 16.

4 min

1 in 10 Hungarian job ads now offer home office in 2026

One in ten job ads posted on Profession.hu now offers a home-office option, up from 8.7% in 2025 to 10% in 2026. The share climbed two percentage points against the August reading alone. For HR leaders in Hungary, the headline number matters ...

2026. 09. 16.

4 min

Hungary's 1 million forint minimum wage pledge is being rewritten

If you earn Hungary's minimum wage of 266,800 forint, you have probably been counting on the political promise that this number would double by 2030. That promise is now being quietly rewritten, and the change matters for anyone planning a job ...

2026. 09. 09.

4 min

Germany's auto cuts and Hungary's wage gap: the 2026–2027 window

If you work on an automotive assembly line in Kecskemét, Győr, or one of the Tier 2 supplier plants feeding them, a number has been quietly defining your career: three to four. That is the multiple by which wages at German automotive suppliers ex...

2026. 09. 08.

5 min

Hungary raises disability benefits 10% from January 2027

From 1 January 2027, benefits for people with reduced work capacity in Hungary will rise by 10 percent, and the minimum old-age pension will jump to HUF 120,000. Prime Minister Magyar Péter announced both changes on Facebook, framing them as a s...

2026. 08. 25.

5 min

Hungary's 28% tech turnover: what it really costs HR

Hungarian technology firms are running a 28% average annual turnover rate, according to a Menton Jobs analysis published on 19 August 2026. That is roughly ten percentage points above the Western European tech benchmark of 17.4%, and more than ...

2026. 08. 18.

5 min

Hungary construction output falls 1.2% in June as sector cools

If you work on a Hungarian building site this summer, the numbers just shifted under your feet. KSH released June 2026 construction data last Thursday, and the split between what is being built, and what is not, has rarely looked this stark. ...

2026. 08. 18.

5 min

Hungary's minimum wage deal reopens: what 2027 means for workers

Hungary's three-year minimum wage deal, signed at the Karmelita monastery on 4 December 2025, was meant to end 2027 with a 14% rise and pull the country closer to EU pay norms. Eight months on, employers want to renegotiate. The economy has not ...

2026. 08. 18.

4 min

12 years on KATA costs Hungarians 102,000 HUF a month in pension

If you are weighing a switch to KATA, the flat-tax scheme for solo entrepreneurs, the monthly maths looks attractive. On a 600,000 forint monthly income, a KATA contractor keeps around 550,000 forint, nearly 77,000 forint more than the same ...

2026. 08. 14.

4 min

AI-armed clients question 3 in 4 Hungarian builders' work

You arrive at a job with your tools, your training and twenty years of knowing what happens when tile goes over an uneven screed. The client meets you at the door with a phone in their hand and a printout from ChatGPT that says the job should ...

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