Average gross earnings at HUF 661,400, 9.3% higher than a year earlier
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 661,400 and average net earnings with tax benefits reached HUF 455,000 in February 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 9.3%, net earnings increased by 9.1% and real earnings were 3.5% higher than a year earlier. Median gross earnings were HUF 533,600, and median net earnings were HUF 370,700, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 8.5% and 8.8%, respectively.
February 2025:
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 661,400, which was 9.3% higher than a year earlier.
Regular average gross earnings (without premiums and one-month bonuses) were estimated at HUF 632,500, being 9.4% higher than in the same period of the previous year. The regular average gross earnings amounted to HUF 630,600 in the business sector, HUF 626,400 in the budgetary sector and HUF 666,800 in the non-profit sector, rising by 9.3%, 9.3% and 10.7%, respectively, over a year.
Average net earnings reached HUF 439,800, excluding tax benefits and HUF 455,000, including them, being 9.3% and 9.1% higher, respectively, than in February 2024.
Real earnings were up by 3.5%, along with a 5.6% increase in consumer prices compared to the same period of the previous year.
Median gross earnings were HUF 533,600, being 8.5% above the level a year earlier.
Median net earnings including tax benefits reached HUF 370,700, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 8.8%.
January-February 2025:
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings amounted to HUF 664,700.
Average net earnings were HUF 442,000, excluding tax benefits and HUF 457,000, including tax benefits.
Average gross earnings and average net earnings excluding tax benefits increased by 9.8% and net earnings including tax benefits rose by 9.6% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Monthly average earnings
| 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, % | |
| February 2025 | ||||
| Business sector | 667,100 | 9.0 | 443,600 | 9.0 |
| Budgetary institutions | 637,500 | 9.5 | 423,900 | 9.5 |
| Non-profit institutions | 673,000 | 10.7 | 447,500 | 10.7 |
| National economy, total | 661,400 | 9.3 | 439 800 | 9.3 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 142,400 | 7.6 | 94,700 | 7.6 |
| non-fostered workers | 672,100 | 9.2 | 446,900 | 9.2 |
| January–February 2025 | ||||
| Business sector | 669,400 | 9.5 | 445,100 | 9.5 |
| Budgetary institutions | 644,800 | 10.7 | 428,800 | 10.7 |
| Non-profit institutions | 675,100 | 11.3 | 449,000 | 11.3 |
| National economy, total | 664,700 | 9.8 | 442,000 | 9.8 |
| Of which: | ||||
| fostered workers | 142,700 | 7.8 | 94,900 | 7.8 |
| non-fostered workers | 675,500 | 9.8 | 449,200 | 9.8 |