Editorial

2026. 10. 13.

Gender Gap Report 2026: even Europe's most equal countries fall short

Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report again, with a score of 93%. It is the only country above 90%. Even so, women in Iceland earn only about two-thirds of what men earn, by the report’s estimate. If the world’s m...

2026. 10. 13.

3 min

One in three Hungarians now use generative AI for work

If you work in Hungary, there is a good chance a colleague has already used ChatGPT, Copilot or a similar tool to draft an email, summarise a report or prepare for an interview . According to Microsoft’s latest Global AI Diffusion report, 33...

2026. 10. 06.

3 min

Hungary's unemployment is rising through hiring freezes, not layoffs

If you’ve been sending out applications in Hungary this year and hearing nothing back, the problem may be the market rather than your CV . The latest figures from KSH (the Hungarian Central Statistical Office) show unemployment rising. There ha...

2026. 10. 05.

3 min

Top 10% pay in Hungary: HUF 1.1M Budapest vs HUF 653K Békés

A net monthly income of HUF 653,392 puts you in the top 10% of full-time earners in Békés county. In Budapest, the same position takes more than HUF 1,103,981. That is a gap of roughly HUF 450,000 a month for the same statistical rank, inside a c...

2026. 10. 05.

3 min

Hungary's minimum wage now sets pay for one in five workers

In Hungary, the bottom fifth of the full-time pay scale is no longer shaped by employers. It is shaped by government decree. KSH (Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office) gave Bankmonitor wage decile data for the f...

2026. 09. 28.

4 min

What 84% of Hungarian temp jobseekers demand before applying

You are scrolling through job ads for a warehouse, production line or logistics role. Most of them list a vague “competitive salary”, no shift pattern, no clue which company you would actually be working for. If you have started swiping past thos...

2026. 09. 28.

4 min

Half of Hungarian workers have changed careers for better pay

If you have thought about walking away from your current profession this year, you are in the majority. A fresh, representative survey by Profession.hu finds that five out of ten Hungarian workers have already changed careers at least once, and ...

2026. 09. 28.

4 min

Hungary's July 2026 industrial surge masks two labour markets

Hungarian industrial output rose 4.7% year-on-year in July 2026, according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Behind that headline sits a labour market splitting in two: vehicle assembly and electronics are absorbing export demand and ...

2026. 09. 22.

5 min

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. 17.

5 min

Agentic AI scales fast at large employers, but layoffs lag

Agentic AI is scaling fast at large employers, but the headcount cuts most workers feared have not arrived. According to McKinsey’s latest global AI survey, the share of large enterprises (companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue) sc...

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