Average gross earnings at HUF 779,800
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 779,800 and average net earnings reached HUF 546,000 in March 2026. Average gross earnings grew by 9.2%, net average earnings increased by 11.3% and real earnings were 9.3% 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 609,000, and median net earnings were HUF 432,100, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 10.7% and 13.2%, respectively.
March 2026:
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 779,800, which was 9.2% higher than a year earlier.
Average net earnings reached HUF 546,000, being 11.3% higher than in March 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 (excluding premiums and one-month bonuses) were HUF 706,900, being 9.0% higher than in the same period of the previous year. Regular average gross earnings amounted to HUF 703,100 in the business sector, HUF 708,300 in the budgetary sector and HUF 738,200 in the non-profit sector, increasing by 8.9%, 9.5% and 8.3%, respectively, over a year. The above-average increase in earnings in the public sector is explained by pre-scheduled wage increases.
Real earnings were up by 9.3%, along with a 1.8% increase in consumer prices compared to the same period of the previous year.
Median gross earnings were HUF 609,000, being 10.7% above the one year earlier level.
Median net earnings reached HUF 432,100, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 13.2%.
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, % | |
| March 2026 | ||||
| Business sector | 793,200 | 8.4 | 553,100 | 10.2 |
| Budgetary institutions | 739,500 | 11.8 | 522,500 | 15.1 |
| Non-profit institutions | 762,900 | 10.1 | 542,600 | 13.1 |
| National economy, total | 779,800 | 9.2 | 546,000 | 11.3 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 158,700 | 9.8 | 121,900 | 14.6 |
| non-fostered workers | 793,000 | 9.3 | 555,000 | 11.4 |
| January–March 2026* | ||||
| Business sector | 746,400 | 8.3 | 521,200 | 10.1 |
| Budgetary institutions | 917,800 | 41.2 | 641,700 | 43.9 |
| Non-profit institutions | 747,700 | 9.9 | 531,800 | 12.9 |
| National economy, total | 781,900 | 14.9 | 546,900 | 17.0 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 158,000 | 10.4 | 121,500 | 14.8 |
| non-fostered workers | 795,100 | 15.0 | 555,900 | 17.0 |
* 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.