Country
Hungary
Full labour cost: €15.20 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €10.68 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €7.83 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €6.44 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €4.93 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€15.20 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Hungary
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €0.86 | €0.13 | 6.4× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.41 | €0.07 | 6.1× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.54 | €0.07 | 7.6× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.43 | €0.07 | 5.9× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €3.22 | €0.50 | 6.4× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €1.07 | €0.15 | 7.1× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €2.68 | €0.48 | 5.6× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €3.22 | €0.57 | 5.6× |
| Research one B2B lead | €2.61 | €0.56 | 4.7× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €1.30 | €0.16 | 8.2× |
| Screen one CV | €0.78 | €0.14 | 5.4× |
| Draft a social media post | €1.96 | €0.28 | 7.1× |
| Write a help-centre article | €5.22 | €0.82 | 6.3× |
| Write a product description | €3.56 | €0.55 | 6.4× |
| Translate one page | €8.90 | €1.81 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €5.34 | €0.92 | 5.8× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €10.68 | €1.83 | 5.8× |
| Triage a bug report | €2.67 | €0.60 | 4.5× |
| Review a small pull request | €5.34 | €0.96 | 5.5× |
| Write a SQL report query | €5.34 | €0.94 | 5.7× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method