Working as an engineer in Hungary
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Hungary: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Hungary, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Engineer is a regulated profession in Hungary. Foreign qualifications go through: Where a foreign higher-education credential needs formal recognition for work, OH-MEIK can determine qualification level and professional qualification; activity-specific legal authorisation, if any, remains a separate check.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Where a foreign higher-education credential needs formal recognition for work, OH-MEIK can determine qualification level and professional qualification; activity-specific legal authorisation, if any, remains a separate check.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Hungary: ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Hungary.
- Recognition route
- Where a foreign higher-education credential needs formal recognition for work, OH-MEIK can determine qualification level and professional qualification; activity-specific legal authorisation, if any, remains a separate check. General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: -a tervező- és szakértő mérnökök, valamint építészek szakmai kamaráiról szóló 1996. évi LVIII. törvény -az épített környezet alakításáról és védelméről szóló 1997. évi LXXVIII. törvény -a szolgáltatási tevékenység megkezdésének és folytatásának általános szabályairól szóló 2009. évi LXXVI. törvény -az építésügyi és az építésüggyel összefüggő szakmagyakorlási tevékenységekről szóló 266/2013. (VII. 11.) Korm. rendelet.
- Recognition authority
- For foreign higher-education credentials used for employment or professional purposes, OH-MEIK in the Educational Authority is the official diploma-recognition authority; any activity-specific practice authority remains separate.
- Language requirement
- Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: hu
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Engineer in Hungary: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6d09729c6d48213b57717a6060f4e35d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/hungary/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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