Pay transparency in Hungary
No bill yet
Hungary missed the 7 June 2026 deadline and no transposition bill has been published or confirmed as submitted. Parliament's autumn 2026 legislative programme listed a bill on pay transparency between men and women, with adoption planned for October 2026, but as of late October 2026 no law had been promulgated.
Draft · legal review pending, not yet published.
Last checked: 10/11/2026. This overview is not legal advice. Laws change; the linked legal text is what counts.
- National law
- a férfiak és nők között a díjazás átláthatóságáról és az egyes kapcsolódó törvények módosításáról szóló törvényjavaslat (planned) (Bill on pay transparency between men and women and amending certain related acts (planned))
- In force since
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- Job ads
- No rule yet. No pay disclosure duty for job ads or applicants is in force. The content of the planned bill is not public; the Directive minimum (starting pay or range before the interview) will have to be implemented.
- Asking about previous pay
- Not verified
- Workers' right to information
- No Directive-based right to pay-level information is in force yet; it is expected with the planned bill.
- Pay reporting
- No gender pay gap reporting duty yet; thresholds and dates will be set by the planned bill.
- Penalties
- Not yet specified.
Not verified: The parliament.hu programme and bill register could not be opened (captcha), so whether a bill was submitted in September–November 2026 is unconfirmed; whether current Hungarian law already restricts pay-history questions was not checked.
22% of job ads in Hungary state pay
1,197 of 5,537 ads on employer career sites and applicant tracking systems in the last month; 16% for tech-related titles (90 of 560). Measured on 11/11/2026 via Active Jobs DB; includes pay read from the ad text.
IT salaries in HungarySources
- Törvényalkotási program, 2026 ősz · Országgyűlés (Hungarian Parliament)
- Egy hónapja csúszik a bevezetése, de ősszel végre a parlament elé kerülhet · Amnesty International Magyarország · 07/07/2026
- Többé nem lehet csak úgy titkolni a fizetéseket: a kis cégeknek is lépniük kell · Piac&Profit · 20/10/2026
- Hungary pay transparency tracker · Evenpay · 03/11/2026