Average gross earnings at HUF 683,300, 8.7% higher than a year earlier
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 683,300 and average net earnings reached HUF 472,600 in August 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 8.7%, net earnings increased by 9.2% and real earnings were 4.7% higher than a year earlier. The increase in net average earnings exceeded the growth in the gross average earnings due to the higher amount of family tax benefit introduced on 1 July 2025. Median gross earnings were HUF 563,400, and median net earnings were HUF 394,300, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 8.9% and 10.0%, respectively.
August 2025:
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 683,300, which was 8.7% higher than a year earlier.
Average net earnings reached HUF 472,600, being 9.2% higher than in August 2024. The growth in the net earnings was considerably affected by the higher amount of family tax benefit introduced as of 1 July 2025.
Regular average gross earnings (without premiums and one-month bonuses) were estimated at HUF 654,700, being 8.1% higher than in the same period of the previous year. The regular average gross earnings amounted to HUF 650,200 in the business sector, HUF 661,600 in the budgetary sector and HUF 678,200 in the non-profit sector, increasing by 7.5%, 10.2% and 8.2%, respectively, over a year.
Real earnings were up by 4.7%, along with a 4.3% increase in consumer prices compared to the same period of the previous year.
Median gross earnings were HUF 563,400, being 8.9% above the level a year earlier.
Median net earnings reached HUF 394,300, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 10.0%.
January-August 2025:
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings amounted to HUF 691,700, and average net earnings were HUF 476,100.
Average gross earnings and average net earnings both increased by 9.1% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Monthly average earnings
| Denomination | Average gross earnings | Average net earnings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUF/person/month | change compared to corresponding period of previous year, % | HUF/person/month | change compared to corresponding period of previous year, % | |
| August 2025 | ||||
| Business sector | 685,100 | 8.5 | 473,600 | 8.9 |
| Budgetary institutions | 669,700 | 9.3 | 462,600 | 9.9 |
| Non-profit institutions | 702,800 | 9.7 | 489,300 | 10.2 |
| National economy, total | 683,300 | 8.7 | 472,600 | 9.2 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 143,800 | 8.8 | 107,700 | 9.6 |
| non-fostered workers | 694,400 | 8.7 | 480,100 | 9.2 |
| January– August 2025 | ||||
| Business sector | 697,200 | 8.9 | 479,600 | 8.9 |
| Budgetary institutions | 669,500 | 9.3 | 460,200 | 9.3 |
| Non-profit institutions | 700,700 | 10.1 | 485,700 | 10.1 |
| National economy, total | 691,700 | 9.1 | 476,100 | 9.1 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 143,800 | 8.6 | 106,800 | 8.5 |
| non-fostered workers | 703,100 | 9.0 | 483,700 | 9.0 |