Employment Insight: Number of Jobseekers Down in Hungary
- 2 Apr 2026 6:59 AM
The number of registered jobseekers in Hungary reached 222,954 in March, falling close to 10,000 from the same month a year earlier, the state secretary for employment policy said on Wednesday, citing data from the National Employment Service (NFSZ).
Sandor Czomba said European Union-supported programmes had helped more than 30,000 young jobseekers find work.
Average gross earnings at HUF 840,600
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 840,600 and average net earnings reached HUF 585,700 in January 2026.
Average gross earnings grew by 26.3%, net average earnings increased by 28.0% and real earnings were 25.4% higher than a year earlier.
The payment of the “service premium” (the so-called “firearms money”) for the army and the law enforcement personnel corresponding to six-month salary contributed to the sharp increase in average earnings. This effect explains 18.0 percentage points of the rise in gross average earnings.
The increase in net average earnings exceeded the growth in the gross average earnings partly due to the expansion of family tax allowance, and the tax allowance for mothers.
Median gross earnings were HUF 598,700, and median net earnings were HUF 420,200, surpassing the value for the same period of the previous year by 11.0% and 12.5%, respectively.
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