Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Hungary
Hungary: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 88.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Hungary, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Hungary recorded 88.4% for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Hungary peaked at 89.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 79.5%, in 1992.
That places Hungary 25th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Hungary, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 79.8% | — |
| 1992 | 79.5% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 81.9% | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 83.6% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 83.3% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 82.2% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 82.5% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 84.0% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 84.3% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 84.8% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 85.4% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 86.2% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 86.7% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 85.6% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 86.3% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 87.3% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 87.5% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 87.8% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 87.4% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 87.7% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 87.9% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 88.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 89.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 89.5% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 89.2% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 88.0% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 87.4% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 87.6% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 87.9% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 88.2% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 88.4% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.3% | 79.5% | 84.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 86.5% | 84.8% | 87.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.8% | 87.7% | 89.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 87.4% | 88.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Hungary?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Hungary was 88.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 89.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.5% in 1992.
- How does Hungary rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Hungary ranks 25th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.