Work & Labour in Budapest 45 indicators covering work & labour for Budapest. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Economy - FUAs — Employment at place of work 2.17 million Persons 2023 up 25.4% 22nd Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 36.8 Hour 2025 down 4.7% 161st Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 78.8% 2025 up 13.9% 54th Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 78.8% 2025 up 13.9% 54th Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 911.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 211th Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 911.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 211th Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 911.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 211th Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 70.8% 2025 up 17.6% 36th Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 911.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 211th Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,288 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.6% 240th Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,288 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.6% 240th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.4% 2025 up 11.7% 67th Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 942.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.3% 213th Labour force by NUTS 2 region 942.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.3% 213th Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 73.2% 2025 up 15.5% 50th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.4% 2025 up 11.7% 67th Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 39.2 Hour 2025 down 3.0% 136th Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 30.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.1% 294th Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 3.2% 2025 down 37.3% 368th Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 30.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.1% 294th Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 3.2% 2025 down 37.3% 368th Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 3.2% 2025 down 37.3% 368th Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 30.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.1% 294th Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 111.8 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 18.8% 48th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 48,100 Euro 2024 up 71.2% 246th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 92.5% 2025 up 14.5% 1st Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 1,668 Thousand 2024 up 18.9% 84th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 48,100 Euro 2024 up 71.2% 1147th Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 2.75 million Thousand 2023 up 22.0% 78th Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 19,800 Euro 2023 up 51.1% 260th Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 31,410 2023 up 83.8% 141st Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 3.3% 2025 down 51.5% 431st Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 6.8 Thousand persons 2025 down 68.9% 323rd Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 3.3% 2025 down 51.5% 430th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 3.3% 2025 down 51.5% 430th Employed persons commuting to work by country of work and NUTS 2 5.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.9% 176th Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 911.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 208th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 911.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 208th Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 47.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 36.9% 328th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 9.9% 2026 down 45.3% 70th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -60.0% 2026 down 334.8% 222nd Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 76.4 Thousand persons 2024 up 39.2% 70th Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 75,381 2020 down 36.4% 82nd Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 177,234 2019 up 49.5% 18th Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 0 2025 — 30th