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In Sátoraljaújhely, unemployment is 6.9% (2022).

Sátoraljaújhely had a population of 13,531 at the end of 2022. Sátoraljaújhely's unemployment stood at 6.88% at the end of 2022. Sátoraljaújhely was home to 161 foreign residents at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population13,531people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Average gross salary1,436EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions
Average net rent2.66EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei
Unemployment rate6.88%country median 4.6% — 48% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Recorded crime1,877incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

Which Hungary-wide rules apply when you move to Sátoraljaújhely?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in HungaryNational rates and thresholds that apply in Sátoraljaújhely.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Sátoraljaújhely had a vacancy rate of 13.38% at the end of 2022. The city had 6,548 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Sátoraljaújhely recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26
Mobile plan, 10 GB€18
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited26.04 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom home internet16Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB17.81 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom Domino Next15Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)13.38 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)4Official
Dwellings6,548 dwellings31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)2.66 EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei11Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)141.1 EUR/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei11Official · regional context

Is Sátoraljaújhely a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–63%
Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on education · range 42–60%
Student51%strong on cost, weak on work · range 41–61%
Family46%strong on safety, weak on education · range 35–57%
Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Sátoraljaújhely?

The unemployment rate is about 6.9 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.88 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9
Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Sátoraljaújhely is 6.9%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,436 EUR/month31 Dec 2025KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions10Official · county
Unemployment rate6.88 %country median 4.6%31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9Official

What does a salary buy in Sátoraljaújhely?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Hungary median gross pay: €1,005 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€468of €672 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€672
Rent, 60 m²€2.66/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31− €159
Internet€26 · official · Telekom home internet · 2026-09-30− €26
Mobile plan€18 · official · Telekom Domino Next · 2026-09-30− €18
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€468
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sátoraljaújhely. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Sátoraljaújhely?

Police recorded about 1,877 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region1

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,877 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 202511.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region1Official · county

Mobility and administration

Sátoraljaújhely's nearest airport was DEB, 101 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport2 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Distance to the nearest major airport101 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)DEB3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Sátoraljaújhely. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Care and integration support for persons granted international or national protection — Newcomer Adaptation

National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing — Refugee Affairs Directorate

For persons granted international protection, persons granted national protection.

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Climate and air quality

Sátoraljaújhely's monthly mean temperatures were −3.5°C in January and 21.8°C in July.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 10.83 · Feb 16.15 · Mar 22.19 · Apr 28.71 · May 31.35 · Jun 36.35 · Jul 39.32 · Aug 38.01 · Sep 35.81 · Oct 25.62 · Nov 21.84 · Dec 12.41 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -24.25 · Feb -22 · Mar -15.31 · Apr -4.71 · May -1.68 · Jun 5.87 · Jul 7.63 · Aug 6.48 · Sep 1.7 · Oct -7.23 · Nov -9.67 · Dec -17.2 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan -3.46 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 4.2 · Apr 10.67 · May 15.83 · Jun 19.73 · Jul 21.82 · Aug 21.64 · Sep 16.16 · Oct 9.79 · Nov 4.18 · Dec -1.64 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Sátoraljaújhely?

The published population was 13,531 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign residents161 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)3Official
Population13,531 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database9Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share6.95 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)7Official

International community in Sátoraljaújhely

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship13,531100.0%
Citizen of Hungary13,37098.8%
Foreign national1611.2%
EU foreign national1331.0%
Non-EU foreign national280.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Language spoken at home

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Language spoken with family members or friends13,531100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends11,74586.8%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends1,76213.0%
Other language spoken with family members or friends3022.2%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups1431.1%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends550.4%
German language spoken with family members or friends380.3%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends170.1%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends130.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends100.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends80.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends60.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Belong to ethnic groups13,531100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group11,99188.6%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups1,52311.3%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups9767.2%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group5764.3%
Belong to Other ethnic groups3132.3%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group1921.4%
Belong to German ethnic group1401.0%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group250.2%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group190.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group180.1%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group90.1%
Belong to Greek ethnic group40.0%
Belong to Polish ethnic group40.0%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher16.34 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)6Official

Alternatives for people set on Sátoraljaújhely

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Érd as a Sátoraljaújhely alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 233 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 71,253 Érd vs 13,531 Sátoraljaújhely+427%
  • Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 6.9% Sátoraljaújhely−47%
  • Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €2.66/m² Sátoraljaújhelyno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 1,877 Sátoraljaújhelyno percentage
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Cities near Sátoraljaújhely

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Hungary

Other cities in Hungary to compare with Sátoraljaújhely, nearest in population first.

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Mór13,518 residentsKiskőrös13,515 residentsAlbertirsa13,497 residentsPüspökladány13,369 residentsKistarcsa13,879 residentsHajdúsámson14,000 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sátoraljaújhely under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Hungarian as a second language (második idegen nyelvként) support programmes. How to enrol a child (kormany.hu).

A country-wide rule for Hungary; Sátoraljaújhely's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2026.

Is Sátoraljaújhely part of Miskolc?

Sátoraljaújhely belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Miskolc; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 70.5 km away by straight-line distance. Miskolc city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source2

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Sátoraljaújhely?

The published population was 13,531 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Sátoraljaújhely?

Police recorded about 1,877 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region.

What is the unemployment rate in Sátoraljaújhely?

The unemployment rate is about 6.9 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Sátoraljaújhely?

161 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Sátoraljaújhely a good place to live?

Sátoraljaújhely may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Sátoraljaújhely part of Miskolc?

Sátoraljaújhely belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Miskolc; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 70.5 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Sátoraljaújhely?

Sárospatak, Kráľovský Chlmec are near Sátoraljaújhely. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Citizenship citizenship group in Sátoraljaújhely?

The official citizenship distribution records 13,531 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2022 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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