Trenkwalder: the average hourly wage of manual workers exceeded HUF 2,000 in the first quarter

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 04. 22. 11:16

In the first quarter, the average gross hourly wage of skilled and trained workers performing physical work was HUF 2,061, which is a 15.9 percent increase compared to the HUF 1,779 measured in the same period of the previous year, Trenkwalder and Moore Hungary told MTI on Monday.

In its analysis, Trenkwalder, which deals with labor hire and mediation, processed the salary data of almost 7,000 employees.

The announcement quoted Viktor Hamrák, Trenkwalder’s director of services, who said that although some of the companies had already implemented the anniversary wage increase due in the previous quarter due to the minimum wage increase brought forward to December, by the end of the first quarter of this year, the physical average hourly wages had increased by an additional 109 since the end of the year. were able to increase by HUF, crossing the HUF 2,000 level for the first time.