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Title: Chief of Staff hourly rate in Hungary, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Chief of Staff pay in Hungary: median wage €26 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €55. Source: Eurostat, 2022. Free for professionals.

Hungary · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Chief of Staff hourly rate in Hungary

The market median wage for a Chief of Staff in Hungary is **€25.88 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€55 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€55/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€25.88/hr** median wage

**€16-36** middle half of wages

**€1,190** a month at 5 hours a week

## Chief of Staff wage percentiles in Hungary

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €10.77 | €230 | €22,400 |
| 25th | €15.82 | €340 | €32,900 |
| Median | €25.88 | €560 | €53,800 |
| 75th | €35.81 | €780 | €74,500 |
| 90th | €48.43 | €1,050 | €100,700 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Hungary in numbers

What sets Hungary apart for a Chief of Staff, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€13** country floor: no Hungary rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Chief of Staff in Hungary by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | €45 | €980 |
| Director | €55 | €1,190 |

- Regular role **€55**

- One-off task **€60**

- Task bundle **€55**

## Chief of Staff pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Chief of Staff, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €76.60 | €160 |
| Denmark | €72.53 | €150 |
| Belgium | €69.47 | €145 |
| Ireland | €60.82 | €130 |
| Finland | €60.62 | €125 |
| Austria | €58.34 | €125 |
| Italy | €58.18 | €120 |
| Netherlands | €53.69 | €115 |
| Sweden | €47.33 | €100 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Chief of Staff rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/chief-of-staff/) · [Chief of Staff jobs in Hungary](https://deftridge.com/jobs/chief-of-staff/hungary/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
