Hungary
How much home does a salary buy in Budapest?
In Budapest, the average net yearly salary buys 5.9 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 10.2 full years of salary, rank 37 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€3,002KSH STADAT 18.1.2.9 'Egy lakás átlagos négyzetméterára régió és településtípus szerint' (thousand HUF/m2); n from 18.1.2.10 · mean, transaction (duty-assessment records of the tax authority, NAV), 2025 (annual)
Average net wage€1,471KSH STADAT 20.1.2.8 · mean, city, 2025
Years of pay for 60 m²10.2
m² per year of pay5.9 m²
B Data quality: Official, one limitation · Price and wage: 2025 · Rank in Europe: 37 of 53
Prices and wages in Budapest, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €1,930 | €1,002 | 9.6 |
| 2022. | €2,157 | €1,085 | 9.9 |
| 2023. | €2,323 | €1,251 | 9.3 |
| 2024. | €2,472 | €1,357 | 9.1 |
| 2025. | €3,002 | €1,471 | 10.2 |
| 2026. | €3,315 (part of the year) | €1,780 (part of the year) | 9.3 |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Budapest, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €1,471 | 10.2 salaries |
| Nurse | €1,290 | 11.6 salaries |
| Teacher | €1,496 | 10.0 salaries |
| IT specialist | €2,723 | 5.5 salaries |
| Shop worker | €1,065 | 14.1 salaries |
| Builder | €1,122 | 13.4 salaries |
Other cities
| Oslo Norway | 34 of 53 | 9.8 salaries |
| Podgorica Montenegro | 35 of 53 | 10.1 salaries |
| Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36 of 53 | 10.2 salaries |
| Zadar Croatia | 38 of 53 | 10.5 salaries |
| Hamburg Germany | 39 of 53 | 10.5 salaries |
| Munich Germany | 40 of 53 | 11.1 salaries |