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# Working as a nurse in Hungary

In Hungary, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 1,144 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Nurse is a regulated profession in Hungary. Foreign qualifications go through: General care nurse.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 1,144 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General care nurse; Specialist Nurse; Specialist (and General care) Nurse; Not applicable; The applicant requests recognition. The authority selects automatic, general-system or non-EEA procedure from the qualification and origin; the general system can require an adaptation period or aptitude test. After recognition, basic and operational registration may still be required.
- Recognition authority: The National Directorate General for Hospitals (NDGFH/OKFŐ) handles the health qualifications assigned to it by the official matrix; the Educational Authority’s OH-MEIK handles specified non-EEA higher health qualifications. Select by exact qualification, origin and applicant category.

## Sources

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
ENK recognition matrix covers foreign qualifications in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and midwifery; ENK registration page describes practice registration. — https://enk.okfo.gov.hu/en/activities/recognition
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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Hungary: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8d785b94c1fffa3b0e0dc10eb75d4add]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/hungary/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-hungary-salary-and-recognition_f929bf3905c3,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Hungary: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {8d785b94c1fffa3b0e0dc10eb75d4add},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/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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