Hungary
PPP-adjusted average annual wage
$39,145 2025
Hungary records a 2025 PPP-adjusted average annual wage of 39,144.85 USD in constant prices. Consumer price indices for 2024 show all eight categories below the United States benchmark, with overall consumption at 45.1. Price category values remain unavailable for both 2022 and 2023, limiting temporal comparison to the most recent observation year only.
1-Year Change
+3.4%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+18.8%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
45.1
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
Wage History
Track PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices over time.
PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)
USD PPP, constant 2025 prices
Wage Key Facts
Latest Wage
$39,145
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+3.4%
5-Year Change
+18.8%
10-Year Change
+48.3%
Historical Peak
$39,145
Peak Year
2025
Change From Peak
0.0%
What the Wage Trend Shows
The average annual wage reached 39,144.85 USD PPP in 2025. This figure represents the highest recorded value since observations began in 1995.
Long-term growth totals 112.26 percent from the starting baseline. The ten-year change from 2015 stands at 48.33 percent.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Highest: Transport
Transport has the highest relative price level among the available categories, at 84.4 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 19.2, −80.8 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 45.1, below the United States benchmark (−54.9 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
Overall consumption prices registered an index of 45.1 in 2024. This level sits 54.9 points below the United States benchmark.
Food prices reached an index of 81.6 while transport stood at 84.4. Both categories remained below the United States baseline by 18.4 and 15.6 points respectively.
Health services showed the lowest index at 19.2 against the United States. Housing followed at 35.6, marking a gap of 64.4 points below the benchmark.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $39,145
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States8 below, 0 at 100
- 0 above
Compare Hungary
See how Hungary's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Slovakia$37,8322025−3.4%lower
Chile$40,6262023+3.8%higher
Estonia$41,0192025+4.8%higher
Czechia$43,6072025+11.4%higher
Costa Rica$44,4312024+13.5%higher
Latvia$44,7092025+14.2%higher
Portugal$44,9372025+14.8%higher
Greece$32,4122025−17.2%lower
Colombia$30,1332024−23.0%lower
Poland$49,0742025+25.4%higher
Japan$50,1832025+28.2%higher
Mexico$24,4632025−37.5%lowerSimilar Economies
How to Read This Country Page
Three boundaries keep wage and price comparisons from being misread.
- Wage basis
- The annual wage is expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. It is an average, not a median wage, local-currency amount, or take-home figure.
- Years stay separate
- The latest wage year and the price year do not have to match. Price controls read only 2022, 2023, or 2024 and never substitute another year.
- Price benchmark
- 100 represents the United States price level. A value of 120 is reported here as 20 index points above that benchmark.
Data Coverage and Limits
See which years are actually present before comparing wage and price records.
Wage observations span thirty years from 1995 through 2025. The dataset includes thirty-one distinct reported values covering this entire period.
Price data availability is currently limited to the 2024 reference year. Earlier years in the current cycle lack reported category values entirely.
Historical wage records begin at 18,442.17 USD PPP in 1995. Continuous reporting supports long-term trend analysis despite recent price data limitations.
- Wage observations
- 31
- Wage coverage
- 1995-2025
- Price categories · 2024
- 8 of 8
- Price categories · 2023
- 0 of 8
- Price categories · 2022
- 0 of 8
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in Hungary?
The average annual wage in Hungary was 39,144.85 USD PPP in 2025. This measure uses constant 2025 prices adjusted for purchasing power parity.
How has the average wage changed in Hungary?
Average wages increased by 3.42 percent over the last year and 18.76 percent over five years. The ten-year change from 2015 amounts to 48.33 percent.
What are consumer price levels like in Hungary?
Consumer price levels for 2024 range from 19.2 for health to 84.4 for transport. All eight categories fall below the United States benchmark of 100.
Is the average wage in Hungary close to its historical peak?
Yes, the 2025 wage of 39,144.85 USD PPP matches the historical peak exactly. There is zero percent deviation from this maximum recorded value.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
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Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024