Net annual earnings in Hungary

A single worker on average pay in Hungary took home €15,432 per year in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Net earnings of a single worker on average pay Unit: Euro per year Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Hungary, 2025 €15,432 Euro per year
Change from 2024 +8.7% 2024: €14,194 per year
European Union, 2025 €29,954 per year Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 €25,273 per year Middle value of 27 countries

Net annual earnings in Hungary over time

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Euro per year. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net earnings of a single worker on average pay (euro per year), 2001 to 2025
Period HungaryEuropean Union
2025 €15,432 per year €29,954 per year
2024 €14,194 per yearb (break in time series) €28,777 per yearb (break in time series)
2023 €12,720 per year €28,324 per year
2022 €10,667 per year €26,654 per year
2021 €10,075 per year €25,104 per year
2020 €9,549 per year €24,047 per year
2019 €9,391 per year €23,850 per year
2018 €8,587 per year €23,167 per year
2017 €8,024 per year €22,597 per year
2016 €7,139 per year €22,240 per year
2015 €6,704 per year €21,954 per year
2014 €6,478 per year €21,608 per year
2013 €6,475 per year €21,324 per year
2012 €6,369 per year –
2011 €6,146 per year –
2010 €6,257 per year –
2009 €5,409 per year –
2008 €5,735 per year –
2007 €5,249 per year –
2006 €4,865 per year –
2005 €4,857 per year –
2004 €4,419 per year –
2003 €4,113 per year –
2002 €3,724 per year –
2001 €3,024 per year –

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.7% from €14,194 per year in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was €6,704 per year, the figure has changed by +130.2%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was €29,954 per year.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
earn_nt_net · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A estruct=NET ecase=P1_NCH_AW100 currency=EUR
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for Hungary
Provider update
19 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat