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# Take-home pay in Hungary

The OECD average wage in Hungary for 2025 is HUF 8,455,487 a year. At that wage a single person without children pays HUF 1,268,323 in income tax and HUF 1,564,265 in employee social contributions and keeps HUF 5,622,899 a year: HUF 468,575 a month (€1,289 at the ECB rate for 2026-08), 66.5% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is HUF 8,455,487 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | HUF 4,227,744 | HUF 352,312 | HUF 234,287 | 66.5% |
| 67% | HUF 5,665,177 | HUF 472,098 | HUF 313,945 | 66.5% |
| 100% | HUF 8,455,487 | HUF 704,624 | HUF 468,575 | 66.5% |
| 133% | HUF 11,245,798 | HUF 937,150 | HUF 623,205 | 66.5% |
| 167% | HUF 14,120,664 | HUF 1,176,722 | HUF 782,520 | 66.5% |
| 200% | HUF 16,910,975 | HUF 1,409,248 | HUF 937,150 | 66.5% |
| 250% | HUF 21,138,718 | HUF 1,761,560 | HUF 1,171,437 | 66.5% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | HUF 4,227,744 | HUF 352,312 | HUF 313,887 | 89.1% |
| 67% | HUF 5,665,177 | HUF 472,098 | HUF 393,545 | 83.4% |
| 100% | HUF 8,455,487 | HUF 704,624 | HUF 548,174 | 77.8% |
| 133% | HUF 11,245,798 | HUF 937,150 | HUF 702,804 | 75.0% |
| 167% | HUF 14,120,664 | HUF 1,176,722 | HUF 862,120 | 73.3% |
| 200% | HUF 16,910,975 | HUF 1,409,248 | HUF 1,016,749 | 72.1% |
| 250% | HUF 21,138,718 | HUF 1,761,560 | HUF 1,251,037 | 71.0% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | HUF 4,227,744 | HUF 352,312 | HUF 310,887 | 88.2% |
| 67% | HUF 5,665,177 | HUF 472,098 | HUF 390,545 | 82.7% |
| 100% | HUF 8,455,487 | HUF 704,624 | HUF 545,174 | 77.4% |
| 133% | HUF 11,245,798 | HUF 937,150 | HUF 699,804 | 74.7% |
| 167% | HUF 14,120,664 | HUF 1,176,722 | HUF 859,120 | 73.0% |
| 200% | HUF 16,910,975 | HUF 1,409,248 | HUF 1,013,749 | 71.9% |
| 250% | HUF 21,138,718 | HUF 1,761,560 | HUF 1,248,037 | 70.8% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary (NAV); the rates apply to Hungarian personal income tax base.

| Taxable income | Rate |
| --- | --- |
| all taxable income | 15% |

- Employee social contributions: 18.5% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 27%; reduced 18%, 5%

## Minimum wage

HUF 1,856.00 an hour (2026); HUF 3,860,480 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Hungary (HUF 4,227,744 to HUF 21,138,718 a year), so its take-home pay is not estimated here.

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary (NAV), Income tax schedule 2026. https://nav.gov.hu/pfile/file?path=%2Fen%2Ftaxation%2FBooklets%2F02---income-from-self-employment-and-taxation-thereof
3. European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates, HUF/EUR, monthly average. https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/EXR/EXR.M.HUF.EUR.SP00.A

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/hungary/
- JSON (the model for Hungary): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/hu.json