Wages and revenues

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/10.

In 2023 hospitality units realised a gross turnover of HUF 2,338bn and according to preliminary data, this figure had been HUF 2,672bn in 2024, which represents a 14% rise at current prices, as highlighted in the report prepared by Károly Zerényi (advisor to the president of MVI). Commercial hospitality was responsible for 89% of the 2024 turnover or HUF 2,385bn, while HUF 287bn came from workplace, event and public hospitality. Consumer prices in hospitality rose by 8.4% in 2024 compared to the previous year. In 2024 30% of turnover concentrated in the summer period (June–August).

Headcount and average earnings

In 2024 the accommodation and hospitality sector employed 180,600 people (about three-quarters of them in hospitality), which represented 3.8% of the total national economy. The number of people employed decreased compared to the same period of the previous year. In the hospitality sector the average gross monthly wage of full-time employees was HUF 386,000 in 2024, which was 13.8% higher than a year earlier and corresponded to 60% of the national average. The average monthly net wage adjusted for benefits in the hospitality sector was HUF 270,000. The monthly gross income – including service charges – in accommodation and hospitality (HUF 453,000) increased by 13.6% compared to 2023; the gross income was 9.1% higher than the average wage.