Working as a physician in Hungary
What official sources say about working as a physician in Hungary: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Hungary, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Physician is a regulated profession in Hungary. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,543 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V
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 physicians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Hungary.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V. Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. General system of recognition - primary application. 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.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Hungary: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6df720f810aad5ee5571feeb62fa3527]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/hungary/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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