# Budapest office talent and salary benchmarks

> Budapest indexes 76/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with strong bpo, it, finance back-office, and engineering talent.

**Canonical URL:** https://classa.info/cities/budapest/talent-and-salaries
**Page type:** city-topic
**Last updated:** 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
**License:** CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info).

## TL;DR
- Talent index: 76/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
- Corporate tax: 9%.
- Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

## Key facts
- **city**: Budapest
- **country**: Hungary
- **region**: EMEA
- **classARentLocal**: €264/sqm/yr · ≈ $26.5 PSF/yr USD
- **classARentUsd**: $26/sqft/yr
- **vacancy**: 12.4%
- **typicalLeaseYears**: 5
- **typicalRentFreeMonths**: 8
- **submarkets**: 5
- **primeYieldPct**: 6.4%

## FAQ
### Is Budapest a deep talent market for tech/finance?
Strong BPO, IT, finance back-office, and engineering talent. Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest University of Technology (BME), and Corvinus University anchor the pipeline. Multilingual (Hungarian, English, German) talent supports international shared-services tenancy.

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Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/cities/budapest/talent-and-salaries), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.