Average gross earnings at HUF 725,500
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 725,500 and average net earnings reached HUF 509,200 in February 2026. Average gross earnings grew by 9.7%, net average earnings increased by 12.0% and real earnings were 10.5% higher than a year earlier. The increase in net average earnings exceeded the growth in the gross average earnings partly due to the expansion of family tax allowance, and the tax allowance for mothers. Median gross earnings were HUF 591,900, and median net earnings were HUF 417,100, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 11.8% and 13.5%, respectively.
February 2026:
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 725,500, which was 9.7% higher than a year earlier.
Average net earnings reached HUF 509,200, being 12.0% higher than in February 2025. The growth in the net earnings was considerably impacted by the higher amount of family tax allowance introduced as of 1 July 2025 and 1 January 2026, the personal income tax exemption for mothers raising three children introduced from 1 October 2025 and for mothers under 40 raising two children introduced from 1 January 2026, and the expansion of the tax allowance for mothers under 30.
Regular average gross earnings (without premiums and one-month bonuses) were HUF 691,300, being 10.0% higher than in the same period of the previous year. Regular average gross earnings amounted to HUF 683,500 in the business sector, HUF 703,400 in the budgetary sector and HUF 731,000 in the non-profit sector, increasing by 9.4%, 11.4% and 11.1%, respectively, over a year. The above-average increase in earnings in the public sector and the non-profit sector is explained by pre-scheduled wage increases.
Real earnings were up by 10.5%, along with a 1.4% increase in consumer prices compared to the same period of the previous year.
Median gross earnings were HUF 591,900, being 11.8% above the one year earlier level.
Median net earnings reached HUF 417,100, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 13.5%.
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, % | |
| February 2026 | ||||
| Business sector | 723,000 | 8.6 | 505,500 | 10.5 |
| Budgetary institutions | 728,700 | 13.4 | 515,300 | 16.8 |
| Non-profit institutions | 740,600 | 10.3 | 527,100 | 13.3 |
| National economy, total | 725,500 | 9.7 | 509,200 | 12.0 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 157,700 | 10.9 | 121,600 | 15.3 |
| non-fostered workers | 737,500 | 9.8 | 517,400 | 12.0 |
| January–February 2026* | ||||
| Business sector | 722,800 | 8.2 | 505,100 | 10.0 |
| Budgetary institutions | 1,007,200 | 56.3 | 701,500 | 58.6 |
| Non-profit institutions | 740,100 | 9.8 | 526,400 | 12.8 |
| National economy, total | 783,000 | 18.0 | 547,400 | 20.0 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 157,600 | 10.7 | 121,300 | 15.0 |
| non-fostered workers | 796,200 | 18.1 | 556,400 | 20.1 |
* The significant increase in the average earnings calculated since the beginning of the year is determined by the service allowance (so-called “firearms money”) equivalent to six months' salary for national defence and law enforcement professionals in January 2026. The allowance had a significant impact on the growth in the gross average earnings of the budget - primarily the public administration and defence branches of the national economy.