Slovakia
Latest Average Wage
+2.7% · 5 years
$37,832
Country Comparison
Slovakia vs Hungary
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Slovakia
vs
Hungary
$37,8322025
Latest Average Wage
Hungary +3.5%
(vs Slovakia)
$39,1452025
+2.7%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Hungary +16.1 pts
(vs Slovakia)
+18.8%2025
+19.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Hungary +29.4 pts
(vs Slovakia)
+48.3%2025
52.92024
Overall Price Level
Slovakia +7.8 index points
(vs Hungary)
45.12024
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
Hungary
Latest Average Wage
+18.8% · 5 years
$39,145
Wage Milestones
Slovakia
10 Years Ago
$31,798 (2015)
Historical Peak
$37,832 (2025)
Latest Wage
$37,832 (2025)
Hungary
10 Years Ago
$26,390 (2015)
Historical Peak
$39,145 (2025)
Latest Wage
$39,145 (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
Slovakia (SVK)Hungary (HUN)
Overall
+7.8 index points
100
52.9vs45.1
Food
−9.9 index points
100
71.7vs81.6
Clothing
+11.9 index points
100
88.3vs76.4
Housing
+8.3 index points
100
43.9vs35.6
Health
+14.2 index points
100
33.4vs19.2
Transport
+4.6 index points
100
89vs84.4
Recreation
+19.2 index points
100
74.9vs55.7
Restaurants & Accommodation
+17.5 index points
100
74.2vs56.7
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Hungary's latest average wage is $39,145 for 2025, about 3.5% higher than Slovakia's $37,832 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $1,313 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Hungary shows the stronger movement at +3.4%, against +1.6% for Slovakia. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +18.8% against +2.7%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Recreation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 74.9 for Slovakia against 55.7 for Hungary. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 19.2 index points apart, Slovakia above Hungary. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Slovakia reads 89 and Hungary 84.4 for 2024, just 4.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 7.8 index points apart. Two readings this close mean the category sits at nearly the same point of the US=100 scale for both.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Hungary's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $39,145 for 2025, moderately higher than Slovakia's $37,832 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 3.5% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $1,313 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. 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. Over ten years Slovakia recorded +19.0% and Hungary +48.3%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. The wage milestones above show how each side arrived at its current level, year by year.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Slovakia sits at the highest point of its series — $37,832 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +19.0%. 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%. Hungary's five-year change of +18.8% outpaces Slovakia's +2.7% 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
Slovakia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 52.9, and Hungary's reads 45.1, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Slovakia sits higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories. Recreation separates the two most: Slovakia reads 74.9 and Hungary 55.7, 19.2 index points apart. The two sit closest in Transport (89 versus 84.4), only 4.6 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Slovakia's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Hungary'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.
