In August 2021, the average monthly number of persons employed was 4 million 678 thousand

The employment rate in June-August 2021 was 73.5%, 1.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier

In June-August 2021, employment rates increased in all priority age groups, except for young people aged 15-24, compared to a year earlier

In June-August 2021, the employment rate decreased in five counties and in the rest it increased over a year, with the largest decrease (6.7 percentage points) in Komárom-Esztergom County

The largest declines were in wholesale and retail trade (-38 thousand people) and agriculture (-18 thousand people), while accommodation services employed the same number of people and food services 3 thousand more than a year earlier

In the second quarter of 2021, the number of hours worked increased by 12% compared to the same period of the previous year

At the end of the second quarter of 2021, the number of job vacancies was 25% higher than at the end of the same period of the previous year

In June-August 2021, the number of non-working people decreased by 95 thousand compared to the same period of the previous year, and their number is still lower than before the pandemic

The number of unemployed persons in August 2021 was 194,000

In June-August 2021, the unemployment rate was 4.1%, 0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier

In June-August 2021, the unemployment rate increased in eight counties and decreased in the others compared to the previous year, with the largest decrease (2.0 percentage points) in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County

Unemployment rate of 15-64 year olds by county, 3-month average data

In June-August 2021, the potential labour reserve decreased by 60 thousand people compared to the same period of the previous year

In June-August 2021, the potential labour reserve ratio decreased nationally and regionally compared to a year earlier

Potential labour reserve by region in the population aged 15-74, 3-month average data

In Quarter 2 of 2021, the Netherlands had the most favourable employment rate for 15-64 year olds in the European Union (80.7%) and Greece the least favourable (57.0%), while Hungary ranked seventh in the EU with 72.8%

Unemployment rates are typically low in Central and Eastern European Member States and the highest in Southern European Member States

In August 2021, Hungary's unemployment rate was lower than the EU average; the Netherlands, Czechia, Poland, Malta, Germany and Slovenia had better unemployment data

In August 2021, the unemployment rate in the European Union increased only in Bulgaria, Hungary and Czechia compared to the same month of the previous year and Cyprus had the largest decrease (by 4.1 percentage points)

In August 2021, youth unemployment in the EU was the lowest in the Netherlands (6.9%) and the highest in Spain (31.6%), while Hungary was in the middle of the ranking

Unemployment rates in August showed the largest deviation in favour of men in Spain and women in Latvia

In July 2021, gross earnings averaged HUF 433,700, surpassing the previous year's data by 7.9% and lagging behind the previous month's by 0.6%

In July 2021, monthly gross earnings were 6.2% higher in the business sector and by 11.8% in the budgetary sector year-on-year

In July 2021, gross average earnings were 7.9% and real earnings 3.2% higher than a year earlier

Accounted gross earnings (HUF 1.3 thousand billion) significantly increased in July 2021 (by 15%) in relation with the effects on the labour market of the measures taken during first wave of the pandemic

Average earnings grew by 7.9% while gross earnings increased by 15% in July 2021 compared to July of the previous year. The growth of gross earnings significantly surpassed that of the average ones, mainly due to the low base of gross earnings of last July