Hungary’s National Employment Service recorded 220,797 registered jobseekers in October 2025, more than 5,000 fewer than a year earlier and roughly 325,000 fewer than in 2010. In a statement on Monday, State Secretary for Employment Policy Sándor Czomba of the Ministry for National Economy, highlighted that Hungary remains among the European Union’s leaders in high employment and low unemployment.
Czomba pointed to major improvements over the past decade: nearly 1 million more people are now working than in 2010, bringing the total to around 4.7 million. Meanwhile, average wages have more than tripled, and the minimum wage has quadrupled. Real wages have been rising continuously for two years, he added, while the government is pursuing Europe’s largest tax-cutting programme, leaving families with more disposable income.
In his statement, Czomba also criticized the Tisza Party, accusing it of backing plans that would increase taxes on both families and small businesses to benefit Ukraine and multinational companies. He claimed such policies would bring higher income taxes, new taxes on pensions and increased corporate taxation, leading to job losses and wage cuts.
The government’s priority, he said, is to ensure that anyone willing and able to work can find employment, keeping unemployment numbers at historic lows.
Among the key initiatives are the Youth Guarantee Plus programme for under-30s and another EU-funded scheme supporting jobseekers over 30. These programmes provide wage subsidies, housing aid and travel support. More than 54,000 registered jobseekers have already secured employment through these efforts, backed by over 65 billion forints in EU funding.
The state secretary noted that the government has also relaunched the From Public Work to the Private Sector programme to help motivated and skilled public workers transition into long-term jobs in the private sector.
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