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# Working as an architect in Hungary

In Hungary, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Architect is a regulated profession in Hungary. Foreign qualifications go through: For regulated architectural practice, submit education and experience for a territorial-chamber preliminary review, pass the national professional authorisation exam, then apply to the chamber for practice authorisation.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For regulated architectural practice, submit education and experience for a territorial-chamber preliminary review, pass the national professional authorisation exam, then apply to the chamber for practice authorisation.; Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI; Architect listed in Annex V
- Recognition authority: OH-MEIK handles foreign higher-education diploma recognition; the Hungarian Chamber of Architects and territorially competent chamber administer the architectural practice-qualification route.

## Sources

MÉK authorisation procedure, steps 1–5: qualification, relevant practice, territorial-chamber pre-check, exam and authorisation. — https://mek.hu/ugyintezes-jogosultsagi_vizsga
JSON list[].id=658797; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=21&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=HU

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_architect-in-hungary-salary-and-recognition_7081c78e2676,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Architect in Hungary: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {607ee74d7993c1a47d8bab83cc5aedf5},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/hungary/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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