Country guide
Pay transparency in Hungary
What the EU Pay Transparency Directive means for employers in Hungary, based on its national transposition — status, thresholds, the joint-assessment trigger, and where to file.
Hungary had not transposed Directive (EU) 2023/970 as at 29 July 2026, seven weeks after the deadline: the Ebktv. maintains its own transposition list at § 65, enumerating fourteen directives a) to n) and consolidated to that date, and 2023/970 is not among them; EUR-Lex records no notified Hungarian measure. Whether a transposition bill has been tabled could not be established, because the parliamentary register is behind an anti-bot challenge, so no claim is made either way. EU baseline applies.
Hungary has not yet transposed the directive, and the 7 June 2026 deadline has passed. The directive's own thresholds are the best guide until national law is enacted; any pre-existing national pay-reporting regime continues to apply in the meantime.
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 150 or more employees, from 2027 · Every three years (anticipated); 250 or more employees, from 2027 · Annual (anticipated); 100 or more employees, from 2031 · Every three years (anticipated). The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
We have not yet confirmed from the national text whether the pay-gap figures must be published. Either way, the underlying work is the same: establish work of equal value through gender-neutral job evaluation, produce the statutory pay-gap report in the national format, and run a joint assessment where the gap is too wide.
Obligations at a glance
| Reporting threshold |
|
|---|---|
| Joint pay assessment | — |
| Public publication | Not yet confirmed |
| Competent authority | Alapvető Jogok Biztosa (Commissioner for Fundamental Rights) |
Frequently asked
Is the EU Pay Transparency Directive in force in Hungary?
Hungary has not yet transposed the directive, and the 7 June 2026 deadline has passed. The directive's own thresholds are the best guide until national law is enacted; any pre-existing national pay-reporting regime continues to apply in the meantime.
Which employers have to report in Hungary?
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 150 or more employees, from 2027 · Every three years (anticipated); 250 or more employees, from 2027 · Annual (anticipated); 100 or more employees, from 2031 · Every three years (anticipated).
What triggers a joint pay assessment in Hungary?
The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
This guide summarises publicly available information for orientation only. It is not legal advice — confirm every figure against Hungary's own transposition text before relying on it.