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Title: Payroll Specialist hourly rate in Hungary, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Payroll Specialist pay in Hungary: median wage €10 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €14. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Hungary · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Payroll Specialist hourly rate in Hungary

The market median wage for a Payroll Specialist in Hungary is **€9.86 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€14 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€14/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€9.86/hr** median wage

**€8-12** middle half of wages

**€300** a month at 5 hours a week

## Payroll Specialist 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 | €6.36 | €140 | €13,200 |
| 25th | €7.66 | €170 | €15,900 |
| Median | €9.86 | €210 | €20,500 |
| 75th | €12.43 | €270 | €25,900 |
| 90th | €15.93 | €350 | €33,100 |

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 Payroll Specialist, 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 Payroll Specialist 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | €13 | €280 |
| Senior | €14 | €300 |
| Manager | €17 | €370 |

- Regular role **€14**

- One-off task **€16**

- Task bundle **€15**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the Hungary floor of €13 applies instead.

## Payroll Specialist pay in other countries

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | €31.73 | €45 |
| Luxembourg | €27.39 | €40 |
| Belgium | €25.90 | €40 |
| Ireland | €25.67 | €36 |
| Germany | €23.91 | €35 |
| Netherlands | €21.88 | €30 |
| Austria | €21.70 | €30 |
| Finland | €19.62 | €30 |
| Sweden | €19.32 | €30 |

## 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.

[Payroll Specialist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/payroll-specialist/) · [Payroll Specialist jobs in Hungary](https://deftridge.com/jobs/payroll-specialist/hungary/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
