Nominal and Real Income
Nominal and Real Income
Year
|
Monthly avg.
wage or salary
(HUF)
|
Workers
and Employeesa)
|
Real wage or average
salary per earner
|
Real income
per capita
|
Population’s
consumption
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominal avg. salary per capita previous year=100.0
| |||||
1956
|
1 235
|
110.5
|
111.6
|
106
|
107.8
|
1957
|
1 442
|
121.0
|
118.2
|
107
|
107.7
|
1958
|
1 478
|
104.4
|
104.1
|
102
|
103.1
|
1959
|
1 540
|
104.0
|
105.4
|
111
|
106.4
|
1960
|
1 575
|
102.7
|
102.0
|
105
|
106.2
|
1961
|
1 599
|
101.2
|
100.2
|
100.8
|
101.2
|
1962
|
1 638
|
102.0
|
101.5
|
103.9
|
103.5
|
1963
|
1 702
|
103.8
|
104.5
|
105.9
|
104.8
|
1964
|
1 757
|
103.1
|
102.6
|
105.8
|
105.5
|
1965
|
1 766
|
101.1
|
100.0
|
100.7
|
101.6
|
1966
|
1 856
|
104.0
|
102.2
|
105.1
|
104.8
|
1967
|
1 915
|
104.3
|
103.7
|
106.4
|
106.3
|
1968
|
1 928
|
102.3
|
102.3
|
106.3
|
104.7
|
1969
|
2 012
|
105.9
|
104.5
|
105.9
|
105.4
|
1970
|
2 222
|
106.1
|
104.7
|
107.3
|
107.5
|
1971
|
2 325
|
104.6
|
102.3
|
104.2
|
105.1
|
1972
|
2 450
|
105.1
|
102.2
|
103.3
|
103.6
|
1973
|
2 629
|
106.3
|
102.8
|
104.7
|
104.2
|
1974
|
2 831
|
107.4
|
105.6
|
106.2
|
105.9
|
1975
|
3 018
|
107.7
|
103.8
|
104.4
|
104.8d)
|
1976
|
3 174
|
105.1
|
100.1
|
100.9
|
102.0
|
1977
|
3 413
|
107.8
|
103.8
|
104.9
|
104.5
|
1978
|
3 687
|
107.8
|
103.1
|
102.9
|
103.7
|
1979
|
3 877
|
107.0
|
98.3
|
99.8
|
102.0
|
1980
|
4 098
|
107.4
|
98.4
|
100.4
|
100.8
|
1981
|
4 364
|
105.8
|
101.1
|
103.0
|
102.3
|
1982
|
4 651
|
106.1
|
99.3
|
101.0
|
101.1
|
1983
|
4 862
|
104.0
|
96.8
|
101.2
|
100.5
|
1984
|
5 452
|
105.6
|
97.6
|
101.2
|
101.3
|
1985
|
5 961
|
108.3
|
101.3
|
102.1
|
101.7
|
1986
|
6 435
|
107.4
|
101.9
|
102.6
|
101.6
|
1987
|
6 987
|
108.1
|
99.6
|
101.0
|
103.3
|
1988
|
8 968
|
110.1
|
95.1
|
99.0
|
99.5
|
1989
|
10 571
|
118.2
|
100.9
|
103.4
|
105.0
|
1990
|
13 446
|
121.6
|
94.3
|
98.2
|
94.5
|
1991
|
17 934
|
125.5
|
93.0
|
98.3
|
91.0
|
1992
|
22 294
|
121.3
|
91.7
|
96.5
|
100.2
|
1993
|
27 173
|
117.7
|
88.1
|
95.3
|
102.2
|
1994
|
33 309
|
127.3
|
94.4
|
102.7
|
100.1
|
1995
|
38 900 b)
|
112.6
|
82.9
|
94.7
|
93.2
|
1996
|
46 837 b)
|
117.4c)
|
78.8
|
99.5
|
97.6
|
1997
|
57270 b)
|
124.1c)
|
82.7
|
101.1
|
101.7
|
1998
|
67764 b)
|
118.4c)
|
85.7
|
103.8
|
104.9
|
1999
|
77187 b)
|
112.7c)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Note: Monthly avg. wage or salary: gross avg. wage up to 1969, gross avg. salary as of 1970, and gross avg. salary including
income tax as of 1988 in respect of full-time employees.
a)Including agricultural cooperatives as of 1991.
b) Figures for economic cooperatives employing over ten employees.
c) Figures calculated in consideration of social security contribution threshold.
d) Consumption of households resident from 1975.
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (KSH).
