Profession.hu: Less than half of employees received bonuses last year

Are we satisfied?

42% of employees received a reward, premium, or bonus at work in 2024. Last year, 28 percent of employees who received a bonus received their monthly salary at the end of the year, half of them took home a smaller amount and 18 percent more. The bonus is almost always a recognition of performance: half of them calculate the reward based on individual results, and 46 percent calculate the reward based on the company’s results.

Will there be a bonus this year? Are we hoping for a pay raise?

“From our previous 2025 research, we clearly saw that this year, the size of the salary package has become an even more cardinal issue when changing jobs than last year: for nine out of ten Hungarians, it is among the main considerations. And the important element of the salary package is the size of the bonus or premium. 42% of employees received some kind of reward last year, but this year more than that expect it: more than half of those surveyed indicated that they are confident that there will be one”