Huge salary gaps persist in Hungary

[Jaga]

Average pay in Hungary's best-paid professions is about two-and-a-half times that in the worst-paid professions, a ratio about the same in the neighboring countries.

The survey by Merces showed that workers in Hungary's healthcare sector are among the worst-paid professionals, taking home a gross monthly Ft 157,000. Hungary's highest-paid professionals work in the IT, pharmaceutical, bank and investment consulting sectors, earning a gross monthly Ft 281,000-351,000.Merces noted that wages in the Czech Republic were higher than in Hungary and Slovakia. It also found that, because of Hungary's high taxes, net wages in the same sectors were 30% higher in Slovakia and 60% higher in the Czech Republic. (MTI – Econews)

[kaima]

May 20, 2008 8:30:08 GMT -7 Jaga said:

It also found that, because of Hungary's high taxes, net wages in the same sectors were 30% higher in Slovakia and 60% higher in the Czech Republic. (MTI – Econews)

One little known fact is that the part of Historical Hungary that now is Slovakia (for about 800 years it was Northern Hungary) has always been richer that other areas of the country. My guess is that it is due to most of the Hungarian mineral deposits being located in Slovakia and most of the towns being in Slovakia / North Hungary.

The agricultural south of Hungary doesn't have the density of towns, nor evidently the income of the former northern reaches. Of course, what became Budapest would be an exception.

Kai