Denomination Number of the employed Change of number compared to a year before
2023 2024 2024–2023 2024/2023
January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December
thousand persons thousand persons %
Total number of the employed 4,668.8 4,699.2 4,709.6 4,712.3 4,690.1 4,709.8 4,708.6 4,688.8 21.3 10.6 -1.1 -23.5 100.5 100.2 100.0 99.5
Highest educational attainment
at most primary school 433.8 463.3 467.3 449.0 436.8 428.6 417.6 415.1 3.1 -34.7 -49.7 -33.9 100.7 92.5 89.4 92.5
vocational and apprentice school 1,142.0 1,127.5 1,104.6 1,090.8 1,080.0 1,063.4 1,074.5 1,056.5 -62.0 -64.0 -30.1 -34.3 94.6 94.3 97.3 96.9
grammar and other secondary school 1,618.7 1,615.7 1,646.5 1,660.6 1,646.9 1,671.9 1,661.5 1,656.1 28.2 56.2 15.0 -4.5 101.7 103.5 100.9 99.7
college and university 1,474.4 1,492.7 1,491.3 1,511.9 1,526.4 1,545.8 1,555.0 1,561.1 52.0 53.1 63.7 49.2 103.5 103.6 104.3 103.3
Region of residence
Budapest 896.2 891.8 901.2 913.2 912.8 920.6 924.6 930.8 16.6 28.8 23.4 17.6 101.9 103.2 102.6 101.9
Pest 671.7 679.4 674.9 682.4 676.3 694.5 679.5 681.2 4.6 15.1 4.6 -1.2 100.7 102.2 100.7 99.8
Central Transdanubia 527.2 537.0 538.7 533.2 532.9 527.4 537.6 533.2 5.7 -9.5 -1.1 0.0 101.1 98.2 99.8 100.0
Western Transdanubia 485.4 489.4 499.3 501.1 499.4 492.2 489.8 480.5 14.0 2.8 -9.5 -20.5 102.9 100.6 98.1 95.9
Southern Transdanubia 382.2 383.3 382.4 382.2 375.5 379.6 368.9 379.1 -6.6 -3.7 -13.5 -3.1 98.3 99.0 96.5 99.2
Northern Hungary 492.3 491.3 493.2 485.4 483.0 483.2 481.8 474.0 -9.3 -8.2 -11.4 -11.4 98.1 98.3 97.7 97.7
Northern Great Plain 655.9 663.1 657.3 650.9 644.2 642.8 657.3 648.8 -11.8 -20.4 0.0 -2.1 98.2 96.9 100.0 99.7
Southern Great Plain 557.9 563.8 562.7 564.0 566.1 569.4 569.2 561.1 8.3 5.6 6.5 -2.8 101.5 101.0 101.2 99.5
Working time
part-time 225.8 222.8 216.6 238.4 241.8 240.5 238.4 240.9 16.0 17.6 21.8 2.5 107.1 107.9 110.0 101.1
full-time 4,443.0 4,476.4 4,493.0 4,473.9 4,448.3 4,469.4 4,470.2 4,447.9 5.3 -7.0 -22.8 -26.0 100.1 99.8 99.5 99.4
Status in employment
employees by contract duration 4,090.2 4,121.4 4,128.1 4,151.1 4,151.1 4,154.2 4,157.6 4,143.1 60.9 32.7 29.5 -8.0 101.5 100.8 100.7 99.8
with unlimited duration 3,891.8 3,910.1 3,909.0 3,952.6 3,947.2 3,949.7 3,950.1 3,961.2 55.4 39.6 41.1 8.6 101.4 101.0 101.1 100.2
with limited duration 198.4 211.3 219.1 198.5 203.9 204.5 207.6 181.9 5.5 -6.8 -11.5 -16.6 102.8 96.8 94.7 91.6
self-employed 578.6 577.8 581.5 561.2 539.0 555.7 550.9 545.7 -39.6 -22.1 -30.6 -15.5 93.2 96.2 94.7 97.2
of which:
member of partnership 164.1 166.8 161.4 155.1 149.6 153.5 155.2 144.2 -14.5 -13.2 -6.2 -10.9 91.1 92.1 96.2 93.0
own-account worker 400.8 392.8 403.2 390.7 377.4 389.9 384.4 392.6 -23.5 -2.9 -18.8 1.8 94.1 99.3 95.3 100.5
Economic activity a year before
was working 4,471.1 4,497.8 4,485.7 4,487.7 4,393.1 4,412.7 4,399.8 4,398.8 -78.0 -85.1 -85.9 -88.8 98.3 98.1 98.1 98.0
was unemployed 99.4 97.4 108.7 115.9 102.3 100.2 111.0 107.9 3.0 2.9 2.3 -8.0 103.0 102.9 102.1 93.1
was economically inactive 98.4 104.0 115.3 108.8 194.7 196.9 197.8 182.2 96.3 92.9 82.5 73.4 197.9 189.3 171.6 167.4
of which: student 51.8 53.6 58.6 55.4 66.9 71.5 70.9 60.3 15.0 17.9 12.4 4.9 129.0 133.4 121.2 108.8
Industry of the employer
agriculture 196.0 207.6 215.0 203.0 204.4 203.0 192.8 190.8 8.3 -4.6 -22.2 -12.1 104.2 97.8 89.7 94.0
industry 1,434.5 1,455.7 1,460.7 1,455.9 1,444.2 1,458.2 1,452.9 1,441.7 9.7 2.5 -7.7 -14.2 100.7 100.2 99.5 99.0
of which:
C manufacturing 963.1 972.5 975.9 974.9 961.9 972.0 973.3 944.4 -1.2 -0.5 -2.6 -30.6 99.9 100.0 99.7 96.9
F construction 381.3 389.7 396.2 388.8 385.5 385.9 380.3 396.5 4.1 -3.8 -15.8 7.8 101.1 99.0 96.0 102.0
services 3,038.3 3,036.0 3,033.9 3,053.5 3,041.6 3,048.6 3,062.8 3,056.4 3.3 12.6 28.9 2.9 100.1 100.4 101.0 100.1
of wich:
G–N market services 1,763.2 1,746.4 1,755.5 1,762.7 1,746.3 1,744.0 1,768.7 1,744.5 -16.9 -2.4 13.2 -18.2 99.0 99.9 100.8 99.0
O–Q social public services 1,068.1 1,086.5 1,077.5 1,087.0 1,086.3 1,089.9 1,082.0 1,101.7 18.2 3.5 4.5 14.6 101.7 100.3 100.4 101.3
Local unit (location of work)
working at domestic unit 4,569.3 4,597.6 4,602.7 4,608.2 4,583.0 4,605.6 4,600.3 4,578.1 13.7 8.0 -2.5 -30.1 100.3 100.2 99.9 99.3
working at local unit abroad 99.5 101.6 106.9 104.1 107.1 104.2 108.3 110.7 7.6 2.6 1.4 6.6 107.6 102.6 101.3 106.3
Participation in public employment
working in public employment 67.1 70.8 65.2 61.9 61.5 59.1 55.6 63.5 -5.6 -11.7 -9.6 1.6 91.6 83.5 85.3 102.6
working not in public employment 4,601.7 4,628.5 4,644.4 4,650.4 4,628.7 4,650.7 4,652.9 4,625.4 26.9 22.3 8.5 -25.1 100.6 100.5 100.2 99.5

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.

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