Hungary
Latest Average Wage
+18.8% · 5 years
$39,145
Country Comparison
Hungary vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Hungary
vs
Germany
$39,1452025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +94.9%
(vs Hungary)
$76,2852025
+18.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Hungary +16.8 pts
(vs Germany)
+2.0%2025
+48.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Hungary +41.3 pts
(vs Germany)
+7.1%2025
45.12024
Overall Price Level
Germany +26.4 index points
(vs Hungary)
71.52024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Wage Milestones
Hungary
10 Years Ago
$26,390 (2015)
Historical Peak
$39,145 (2025)
Latest Wage
$39,145 (2025)
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Hungary (HUN)Germany (DEU)
Overall
−26.4 index points
100
45.1vs71.5
Food
−7.1 index points
100
81.6vs88.7
Clothing
−14.0 index points
100
76.4vs90.4
Housing
−28.5 index points
100
35.6vs64.1
Health
−31.5 index points
100
19.2vs50.7
Transport
−29.6 index points
100
84.4vs114
Recreation
−30.9 index points
100
55.7vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
−34.4 index points
100
56.7vs91.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Germany's latest average wage is $76,285 for 2025, about 94.9% higher than Hungary's $39,145 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $37,140 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Hungary shows the stronger movement at +3.4%, against +1.9% for Germany. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +18.8% against +2.0%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 56.7 for Hungary against 91.1 for Germany. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 34.4 index points apart, Germany above Hungary. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Hungary reads 81.6 and Germany 88.7 for 2024, just 7.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 14.0 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
The wage levels in this pairing are far apart: Germany reports $76,285 for 2025, while Hungary reports $39,145 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 94.9% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $37,140 a year. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Hungary recorded +48.3% and Germany +7.1%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Hungary sits at the highest point of its series — $39,145 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +48.3%. Germany sits at the highest point of its series — $76,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +7.1%. Hungary's five-year change of +18.8% outpaces Germany's +2.0% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Hungary's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 45.1, and Germany's reads 71.5, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Germany sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Restaurants & Accommodation separates the two most: Hungary reads 56.7 and Germany 91.1, 34.4 index points apart. The two sit closest in Food (81.6 versus 88.7), only 7.1 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Hungary's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of Germany's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
