Software Engineer Salary in Hungary: Official 2025 Figures

What software engineers earn in Hungary

Full-time software developers in Hungary (occupation code 2142 of the Hungarian classification HSCO-08) earned an average of HUF 1,364,606 gross a month in 2025, according to the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH). That is about €3,750 a month, or HUF 16,375,272 (about €44,999) over 12 months, at the ECB reference rate of 6 November 2026 (our calculation). KSH publishes an average for each occupation, not a median.

The average for all full-time employees in 2025 was HUF 705,014 and the median HUF 565,238, so software developers earned 1.94 times the national average and 2.41 times the national median (our calculation). The figures cover full-time employees of all employers, from companies to public bodies, and come from tax and treasury records. People who invoice as self-employed contractors are not in them.

Pay by occupation and age

Close neighbours of software developers earned similar amounts in 2025: system analysts HUF 1,355,026 a month, other software and applications developers and analysts HUF 1,349,764 and database designers and operators HUF 1,229,809. Applications programmers (HUF 1,093,150) and network and multimedia developers (HUF 1,102,824) earned less. ICT service managers had the highest average of the group at HUF 1,991,839.

KSH does not report seniority levels, but it does report age. Software developers under 30 averaged HUF 1,095,037 a month in 2025, those aged 30 to 39 HUF 1,472,607, those aged 40 to 49 HUF 1,473,632 and those 50 or over HUF 1,296,423.

For a more recent signal, average gross pay in telecommunication, computer programming, consulting and other information services (section K of the classification TEÁOR'25) was HUF 1,238,617 a month from January to August 2026, against HUF 765,311 for the whole economy. That sector figure covers every role in the sector, not only developers.

How Hungary compares in Europe

In Eurostat's Structure of Earnings Survey for 2022, professionals in the information and communication sector in Hungary earned a mean of €30,147 a year, 0.52 times the EU average of €57,522 (our calculation). That is close to Poland (€29,721) and Slovakia (€31,617), below Romania (€40,037) and well below Austria (€71,668). Hungary had 212,500 ICT specialists in work in 2025, 4.6% of total employment, against 5.0% across the EU.

What an employer pays on top of salary

Hungarian employers pay social contribution tax (szociális hozzájárulási adó, or szocho) at a general rate of 13% of gross pay, the rate in force since 1 January 2022, according to the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV). The employee pays a social security contribution of 18.5%, which is deducted from gross pay rather than added on top, before income tax.

For a software developer on the 2025 average of HUF 1,364,606 a month, szocho comes to HUF 177,399 a month, or HUF 2,128,785 a year (about €5,850). The total cost to the employer is about HUF 1,542,005 a month, or HUF 18,504,057 a year (about €50,849), 13% on top of salary (our calculation, 2026 rate). Levies that depend on the employer's size or situation, and any private pension, health fund or insurance benefits, come on top.

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How we built these figures

KSH occupation figures are average gross monthly earnings of full-time employees in 2025, for the full circle of employers, taken from administrative data of the Hungarian State Treasury and NAV. KSH notes that the 2025 occupation data are not directly comparable with earlier years because of a change in the occupational classification, so this page does not show growth from 2024. KSH does not publish occupation figures by job title such as frontend or backend engineer, by seniority or by remote status, and it gives no median by occupation. The Eurostat comparison is from 2022 and covers all professionals in the information and communication sector, not software engineers alone. Euro amounts use the ECB reference rate of 6 November 2026, HUF 363.90 per euro. Where we multiply or divide, we say so.

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