Statistics

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. 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. 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. 22.

4 min

1 in 3 Hungarian Gen Z workers fear bad workplace fit

Hungarian early-career workers are not the disengaged cliché the label suggests. In a GWS Iskolaszövetkezet survey of 884 respondents aged 15 to 24 across six university cities, 91% describe themselves as self-directed on assigned tasks, 85% ca...

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.

4 min

Hungary's 2026 guest-worker ban: what HR leaders must plan for

Since 6 June 2026, Hungary has closed the fast-track door for labour-hire agencies bringing in workers from the Philippines, Georgia and Armenia, and stopped issuing new guest-worker residence permits on the same date. For HR directors in ...

2026. 09. 22.

4 min

Hungary impact assessment: 1,140 ad jobs at risk under decree

A single line in a Hungarian government impact assessment has quantified what a narrow regulatory shift can do to a niche labour market: 1,140 jobs on the line, roughly 20,700 people affected once dependants are counted, and HUF 3.4 billion in ...

2026. 09. 18.

3 min

Hungarian construction contracts for a third month: what the 52.2% utility drop means for HR

Hungarian construction output fell 12.2% year-on-year in July 2026, marking the third consecutive month of decline, according to data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The headline number hides an uneven picture underneath: ...

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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