Horrible! Both a Czech and a Slovak gets higher wages than a Hungarian

Based on the results of a survey conducted in Slovakia, average salaries are the highest in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague; the runner-up is Pozsony/Bratislava, the Slovakian capital while Budapest is only the third and so the last one on the list.

Regional differences are most significant in Hungary

The survey was done by platy.sk and paylab.com showing that the gross monthly salary in Prague is 1,684 EUR, in Bratislava this sum is 1,619.14 EUR while in Budapest people get only 1,503.08  EUR – infostart.hu reported.

The two media outlets highlighted that there are only

slight regional differences in the wages

of the Czech Republic. For example, there is only 221 EUR between the average gross wages people get in Prague and Brno while this gap is 339 EUR between Kassa/Kosice and Pozsony/Bratislava. In Hungary, such regional differences are much more significant since people living in Budapest get 405 EUR more than their colleagues working in the second biggest Hungarian city, Debrecen.

To tell the truth; however, the gap of inhabitants between the most and second most populated cities is the biggest in Hungary. According to the official statistics, Pozsony/Bratislava has 425 thousand residents, while Kassa/Kosice has 240 thousand. Meanwhile, in Prague live 1 million 280 thousand people while in Brno only 378 thousand.

European minimal wage?

According to the survey, in Kassa/Kosice,

people can get less money in all scope of activities than in the capital.

Interestingly, in Kassa, graduates can get as much money as those having just a school-leaving exam in Bratislava.

In Slovakia, the wealthiest 20 pc of the society gets 3.5 times more money than the poorest 20 pc. Furthermore, the Slovak employment minister, Ján Richter, said that he

supports the idea of introducing a minimal European wage