In November the average net wage was up at the same pace, reaching HUF 173,228, while real wages climbed 4.8% as consumer prices edged up 0.5% in November, KSH said.

Excluding the 171,400 Hungarians in fostered work programs, the average gross wage was up 6.1%, to HUF 279,164, in year-on-year terms in November. Net wages increased at the same rate to HUF 182,854, Hungarian news agency MTI reported, adding that full-time fostered workers earned gross HUF 79,912 on average during the month.

In the period of January-November, average earnings were up by 4.1% in year-on-year terms, while average net earnings, excluding family tax benefits, were HUF 160,800 by national concept.

During the period, the average gross nominal earnings of full-time employees, according to the national concept, amounted to HUF 245,500 at corporations employing at least five persons, as well as budgetary and designated non-profit institutions, KSH data show.

According to KSH, regular earnings increased by 0.2 percentage points in the period in year-on-year terms, less than gross earnings, while wages and salaries according to the SNA concept rose by 4.0%.