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Full-time employees earned an average gross wage of HUF 687,100 in September, up 9.5% from a year earlier. Net earnings reached HUF 475,100, an annual increase of 10%. KSH said the faster pace of net wage growth was partly the result of the expanded family tax benefit that took effect July 1.
Regular gross earnings, excluding bonuses and premiums, stood at HUF 660,400, an increase of 9.3% year-on-year. Broken down by sector, regular gross earnings were HUF 656,300 in the business sector, HUF 664,200 in the budgetary sector and HUF 689,200 in the non-profit sector. These figures represent annual increases of 8.6%, 11.2% and 10.2%, respectively.
Median wages also posted strong gains. The median gross wage reached HUF 568,700 in September, rising 10.4% from a year earlier. Median net earnings were HUF 397,400, an increase of 11.1%.
Real earnings grew by 5.5% in September, supported by a 4.3% rise in consumer prices over the same period.
Looking at the first nine months of the year, average gross earnings amounted to HUF 691,200, while average net earnings were HUF 476,000. Compared with the same period in 2024, gross wages increased by 9.1% and net earnings by 9.2%.
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