Hungarian Govt to raise nurses’ and teachers’ wages

Certified nurses will benefit from a 20 percent pay rise from March 1 on, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office told a regular press briefing on Thursday.

Gergely Gulyás noted that the government had earlier decided to follow a European example and set nurses’ wages at 37 percent of those of doctors, and added that average salary in the nursing sector would reach a monthly 715,000 forints after the new hike.

Touching upon the subject of pensions, Gulyás said “the government trusts that an increase of 6 percent this year will be considerably higher than inflation”. He noted that inflation had been 5.5 percent in December.

School and kindergarten teachers will receive a 32.2 percent pay increase in February and another 21 percent increase next year, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday, adding that teachers’ wages will have been doubled during the current government cycle of 2022-2026.

The monthly pay for teachers will be 672,000 forints (EUR 1,760) on average, over 812,000 forints next year and around 880,000 in 2026, Gergely Gulyás told a weekly press briefing.

“The left wing’s efforts aimed at thwarting the release of a part of EU funding for the wage increase have failed,” Gulyás said, noting that with the funding received the government had taken “a big step forward” in fulfilling its earlier pledge to give teachers a substantial pay rise.

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Source: MTI