KSH added, that excluding the 178,500 Hungarians in fostered work programs, the average gross wage climbed by 5.0% to HUF 249,458, while net wages rose at the same clip to HUF 163,394.

According to KSH, the number of fostered workers accounted for approximately 6.3% of all employed Hungarians in October. Those fostered workers in full-time jobs — nearly all of them — earned on average gross HUF 78,043 during the month. Their wage rose 1.4% in one year.