Hungary
Latest Average Wage
+18.8% · 5 years
$39,145
Country Comparison
Hungary vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Hungary
vs
United Kingdom
$39,1452025
Latest Average Wage
United Kingdom +69.4%
(vs Hungary)
$66,2992025
+18.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Hungary +17.6 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+1.2%2025
+48.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Hungary +45.1 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+3.3%2025
45.12024
Overall Price Level
United Kingdom +39.2 index points
(vs Hungary)
84.32024
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
United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Wage Milestones
Hungary
10 Years Ago
$26,390 (2015)
Historical Peak
$39,145 (2025)
Latest Wage
$39,145 (2025)
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (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)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
−39.2 index points
100
45.1vs84.3
Food
−3.5 index points
100
81.6vs85.1
Clothing
−2.5 index points
100
76.4vs78.9
Housing
−59.8 index points
100
35.6vs95.4
Health
−52.9 index points
100
19.2vs72.1
Transport
−26.6 index points
100
84.4vs111
Recreation
−34.5 index points
100
55.7vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
−30.5 index points
100
56.7vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
United Kingdom's latest average wage is $66,299 for 2025, about 69.4% higher than Hungary's $39,145 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $27,154 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Hungary shows the stronger movement at +3.4%, against +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +18.8% against +1.2%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Housing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 35.6 for Hungary against 95.4 for United Kingdom. That is a separation of 59.8 index points on the US=100 scale, with United Kingdom on the higher side and Hungary on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Clothing: Hungary reads 76.4 and United Kingdom 78.9 for 2024, just 2.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 3.5 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Few pairings separate this cleanly — United Kingdom's latest average wage of $66,299 for 2025 stands well above Hungary's $39,145 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 69.4% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $27,154 a year. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. 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 United Kingdom +3.3%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. United Kingdom stands just below its historical high of $66,480 in 2019, only 0.3% away, with a ten-year change of +3.3%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +18.8% for Hungary against +1.2% for United Kingdom, so the distance between the two levels keeps shifting. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Hungary's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 45.1, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. United Kingdom reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 35.6 for Hungary against 95.4 for United Kingdom, a gap of 59.8 index points. At the other end, Clothing brings the two closest — 76.4 versus 78.9, a gap of just 2.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Hungary reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and United Kingdom in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
