Hungary minimum wage
Hungary sets TWO statutory wage floors by annual government decree under Mt. (2012. évi I. törvény) 153. §: the minimálbér (general minimum wage for jobs with no qualification requirement) and the garantált bérminimum (guaranteed wage minimum for jobs requiring at least secondary education or secondary-level vocational qualification). This series carries the headline minimálbér, monthly gross, for full-time employment; the garantált bérminimum is documented in notes. Amounts are agreed in the VKF (Állandó Konzultációs Fórum, the tripartite government–employer–union forum) and then promulgated by Korm. rendelet in the Magyar Közlöny.
| Current value | 322800 HUF per month, gross (full-time minimálbér; weekly 74,210 / daily 14,850 / hourly 1,856) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| Official source | 426/2025. (XII. 23.) Korm. rendelet a kötelező legkisebb munkabér (minimálbér) és a garantált bérminimum megállapításáról (Magyar Közlöny 2025/157, 23 December 2025); in force from 1 January 2026, first applicable to wages determined for January 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-24 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
TWO FLOORS — do not conflate. (a) MINIMÁLBÉR (no qualification required), from 1 Jan 2026: 322,800 HUF/month, 74,210 HUF/week, 14,850 HUF/day, 1,856 HUF/hour. (b) GARANTÁLT BÉRMINIMUM (jobs requiring at least secondary education or secondary-level vocational qualification), from 1 Jan 2026: 373,200 HUF/month, 85,800 HUF/week, 17,160 HUF/day, 2,145 HUF/hour. Both are GROSS full-time figures and are pro-rated for part-time and for performance-based pay. Increases for 2026: minimálbér +11.0% (from 290,800), garantált bérminimum +7.0% (from 348,800) — deliberately asymmetric, compressing the skilled-wage premium from 19.9% to 15.6%. BRIEF CORRECTION / TRAP: the November 2024 three-year VKF wage deal had pencilled in +13% for 2026 and +14% for 2027 on a path to minimum wage = 50% of the average gross wage; that path was renegotiated during autumn 2025 and the decree delivers 11%, not 13% — cite the decree, not the 2024 agreement. Hungarian minimum wages are NOT geographically or sectorally differentiated, and there is no separate youth or apprentice sub-minimum. Separate, lower floors exist for public-works employment (közfoglalkoztatási bér), set by a different decree and outside this series. 426/2025 repealed and replaced 394/2024. (XII. 12.) Korm. rendelet with effect from 1 Jan 2026. Figures cross-checked against NAV's own published table (https://nav.gov.hu/ado/jarulek/Minimalber_garantalt_berminimum), which lists 322,800 / 373,200 from 2026.01.01 — NAV and the decree agree. The minimálbér is load-bearing well beyond payroll: it indexes social-contribution minimums, the KATA/KIVA thresholds, several szja allowances and various fee schedules. Next annual fixing expected effective 1 January 2027 (decree normally published in the second half of December).
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-01 | 266800 | NAV — Minimálbér, garantált bérminimum (official table): min |
| 2025-01-01 | 290800 | 394/2024. (XII. 12.) Korm. rendelet a kötelező legkisebb mun |
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