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11th February, 2025
Hungarian minimum wage among lowest in the EU
Hungary has the second-lowest minimum wage in the EU at €706.94 a month, ahead of only Bulgaria at €550.67, according to the latest Eurostat data.
The Hungarian minimum wage was increased by 9% this year, but the increase in euro terms is only 4.7%.
In Bulgaria, the minimum wage was raised by 15.4% this year.
Hungary has now reached the level that all three other Visegrad countries were able to reach in 2023: a minimum wage of at least €700.
The Romanian minimum wage has been raised by 34.3% since 2023, the Bulgarian by 38%, and the Hungarian by 22.1%.
In Poland, the increase was 46.3% over two years from €745 in 2023 to €1,100 in 2025.
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Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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