Salary in Hungary for foreigner

Last activity 20 December 2014 by mercierbikes

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lugiMember09 December 2014 06:05:52

anyone know how much minimun salary for Local/ Foreigner who work in Hungary, especially in Budapest?

fluffy2560Hungary Expert09 December 2014 06:31:05

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lugi wrote:
anyone know how much minimun salary for Local/ Foreigner who work in Hungary, especially in Budapest?

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kenjeeViP09 December 2014 09:43:14

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Hello Lugi

You could check out our section Cost of Living in Budapest to gather some infos and be able to compare your salary.

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Kenjee
Expat.com Team

mercierbikesMember20 December 2014 17:28:47

Dear Lugi,

It depends on the profession and location, you can get estimates based on both of these criteria on this website (Hungarian only, get a friend to help you use it if needed). fizetesek.hu/

The "effective" tax rate in Hungary is about 60% (especially for a foreigner since you do not qualify for any of their tax credits) you will only be getting about 40% to 50% of the gross (brutto) wages listed in the survey. For this reason I recommend not working for a Hungarian company if at all possible.

For example I am a U.S. citizen. If I were to work "online" as a support person 6 hours a day 5 days a week for minimum wage in the U.S. ($7.25) I would net about 200.000 per month which is about the average net white collar salary in Hungary. Pretty sad but true.

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