Hungary - Pay increase by up to 13% for railway staff - January 31, 2026

Employees of railway company MÁV will see their incomes increase by up to 13% in 2026, after the company, trade unions, and the state agreed on additional increases to the initial wage agreement. According to the decision announced on 19 January, in the last year of the three-year wage agreement, base salaries will increase in two stages. In January and February 2026, the initially planned increase of 4.7% will apply, followed by a further increase of 4.7% in March. As a result, the base salary of MÁV employees will be 9.6% higher than the current level.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.