Around 87% of respondents said the aim of the pay rise was to retain employees while 51% also said they wanted to make new hires.

About 80% said the pay rises will affect the entire company in general. Seven in ten companies have no plans to change the amount of non-wage benefits.

Around 29% said they plan to increase this amount by 16% on average and 4% will reduce it by 12%.

Profession.hu surveyed several hundred companies that used its services in January.