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2026. 10. 13.

Hungary’s cooling labour market hides a quit-risk gap HR can’t ignore

Hungary’s labour market is sending HR teams two signals that don’t match. According to KSH (Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office), employment fell by 24,000 in one year, and unemployment has risen to 4.8% . At ...

2026. 10. 13.

3 min

Quitting your job in Hungary? Make sure untaken leave is paid

You have a new offer, your resignation letter is drafted, and you are counting down the weeks. Then a quieter question comes up: what happens to the holiday days you never got round to taking? If you work in Hungary, the answer can be worth tens ...

2026. 10. 05.

3 min

Hungary's 93% minimum wage rise beat food prices in Europe

If you earn the minimum wage in Hungary, your payslip has changed a lot since 2021. Your weekly shop has changed too. Over the past five years Hungary had the biggest minimum-wage rise in the EU, at 93% in local currency. It also had the ...

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.

5 min

SZÉP card hits HUF 492 billion, reshaping pay in Hungary

Hungarian workers spent a record HUF 492 billion through their SZÉP cards in 2025, and the growth curve has not flattened: December alone saw HUF 61.6 billion in card payments, 42% more than a year earlier. The scheme is no longer a small c...

2026. 09. 22.

4 min

Hungarian net wages hit HUF 523,300 in July, up 9.1%

Hungary's net average wage crossed HUF 523,300 in July 2026, up 9.1% year-on-year against consumer prices that rose just 1.2%, according to KSH data released this month. Pénzcentrum called it a “psychological threshold” moment for Hungarian pay. ...

2026. 09. 22.

5 min

Hungary's student jobs in autumn 2026: a junior talent pipeline

A summer job at a Budapest warehouse used to mean a few weeks of pocket money before term restarted. In autumn 2026, that same student is more likely to be logging 20 hours a week in an IT support rota, a shared-services back office, or a ...

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 ...

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