Published on: 31 March 2025

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Average gross earnings at HUF 668,100, 10.4% higher than a year earlier

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 668,100 and average net earnings with tax benefits reached HUF 459,000 in January 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 10.4%, net earnings increased by 10.2% and real earnings were 4.6% higher than a year earlier. Median gross earnings were HUF 539,500, and median net earnings were HUF 373,600, both surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 9.3%.

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January 2025:

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 668,100, which was 10.4% higher than a year earlier.

Regular average gross earnings (without premiums and one-month bonuses) were estimated at HUF 639,800, being 10.6% higher than in the same period of the previous year. The regular average gross earnings amounted to HUF 635,400 in the business sector, HUF 645,100 in the budgetary sector and HUF 668,300 in the non-profit sector, rising by 10.2%, 11.9% and 11.5%, respectively, over a year.

Average net earnings reached HUF 444,300, excluding tax benefits and HUF 459,000, including them, being 10.4% and 10.2% higher, respectively, than in January 2024.

Real earnings were up by 4.6%, along with a 5.5% increase in consumer prices compared to the same period of the previous year.

Median gross earnings were HUF 539,500, being 9.3% above the level a year earlier.

Median net earnings including tax benefits reached HUF 373,600, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 9.3%.

Created with Highcharts 6.1.2thousand HUF/person/monthAverage gross earnings by economic branch*January 2024January 2025Information and communicationFinancial servicesEnergy industryScientific and technical activitiesPublic administrationMiningEducationHuman health and social workManufacturingTransportation and storageArts and recreationWater and waste managementWholesale and retail tradeReal estate activitiesAdministrative servicesConstructionOther servicesAgricultureAccommodation and food services02004006008001 0001 200* Without fostered workers.

Monthly average earnings, January 2025

Denomination Average gross earnings Average net earnings (excluding tax benefits)
HUF/person/month change compared to corresponding period of previous year, % HUF/person/month change compared to corresponding period of previous year, %
Business sector671,7009.9446,7009.9
Budgetary institutions652,200 11.8433,70011.8
Non-profit institutions677,30011.9450,40011.9
National economy, total668,10010.4444,30010.4
Of which:
fostered workers142,9008.095,1008.0
non-fostered workers678,90010.4451,50010.4

Created with Highcharts 6.1.2Thousand HUF/person/month%Average gross earnings of full-time employees and their change compared to the same period of previous year, by earnings quintile, January 2025Gross earnings quintile, average , thousand HUF/person/monthPercentage change over one year, %quintile 1quintile 2quintile 3quintile 4quintile 504008001 2001 6000481216