The number of unemployed stood at 215,000, resulting in an unemployment rate of 4.4%.
In the rolling February–April 2025 period, the average number of employed persons was 4.673 million—32,000 fewer than during the same period in 2024. The number of employed men fell to 2.482 million, while the number of employed women decreased to 2.191 million.
The majority of employment—4.503 million people—was in the domestic primary labor market, representing a year-on-year drop of 34,000. Public employment accounted for 67,000 individuals, while an additional 103,000 Hungarian citizens were employed abroad.
The employment rate for the core 15–64 age group was 75.0%. Within this, the rate was 78.9% for men and 71.1% for women.
The unemployment rate for the February–April period held steady at 4.4%, with 217,000 people classified as unemployed. Of these, 119,000 were men and 98,000 were women, reflecting unemployment rates of 4.6% and 4.3% respectively—virtually unchanged from the previous year.
The average duration of job search stood at 13.1 months. Among jobseekers, 44.1% had been unemployed for less than three months, while 35% had been seeking employment for at least a year.
According to administrative data from the National Employment Service, the number of registered job seekers at the end of April 2025 totaled 228,000, a 1% decline compared to the same time last year.
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