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# Working as a teacher in Hungary

In Hungary, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Teacher is a regulated profession in Hungary. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; Request recognition of the foreign qualification level and, where required, professional qualification through OH-MEIK; the public-education act specifies the qualification for primary and secondary posts by stage/subject.
- Recognition authority: OH-MEIK in the Educational Authority handles foreign higher-education diploma recognition for employment/professional purposes; formal teacher posts also have stage- and subject-specific qualification rules.

## 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
Act CXC of 2011, Annex 3 table: primary/secondary stages and their required teacher qualification. — https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2011-190-00-00.25
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). Teacher in Hungary: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 451c64db7a36e4bb67a8cae3298a49cf]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/hungary/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_teacher-in-hungary-salary-and-recognition_f722b8063b2e,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Teacher in Hungary: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {451c64db7a36e4bb67a8cae3298a49cf},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/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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- Title: Teacher in Hungary: salary and recognition
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