Take-home pay in Norway
Net pay after income tax and employee social contributions for any gross salary in Norway, on the OECD Taxing Wages model for 2025. Change the salary or the household and the result follows.
On NOK 641,880 a year you keep about NOK 480,422 — NOK 40,035 a month ≈ €3,664.
OECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.
At the median salary
The national median gross salary in Norway is NOK 53,490 a month (2024). Over twelve months, NOK 641,880 a year, a single person without children pays NOK 112,033 in income tax and NOK 49,425 in employee social contributions and keeps NOK 480,422 a year: NOK 40,035 a month (€3,664 at the ECB rate for 2026-08), 74.8% of gross.
Take-home pay from half to two and a half times the average wage
The OECD's published results for 2025. The average wage in Norway is NOK 801,695 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.
Single, no children
| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | NOK 400,848 | NOK 33,404 | NOK 26,718 | 80.0% |
| 67% | NOK 537,136 | NOK 44,761 | NOK 34,248 | 76.5% |
| 100% | NOK 801,695 | NOK 66,808 | NOK 48,020 | 71.9% |
| 133% | NOK 1,066,254 | NOK 88,855 | NOK 60,189 | 67.7% |
| 167% | NOK 1,338,831 | NOK 111,569 | NOK 72,364 | 64.9% |
| 200% | NOK 1,603,390 | NOK 133,616 | NOK 84,020 | 62.9% |
| 250% | NOK 2,004,237 | NOK 167,020 | NOK 101,591 | 60.8% |
Single parent, two children
| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | NOK 400,848 | NOK 33,404 | NOK 33,035 | 98.9% |
| 67% | NOK 537,136 | NOK 44,761 | NOK 40,565 | 90.6% |
| 100% | NOK 801,695 | NOK 66,808 | NOK 54,337 | 81.3% |
| 133% | NOK 1,066,254 | NOK 88,855 | NOK 66,506 | 74.8% |
| 167% | NOK 1,338,831 | NOK 111,569 | NOK 78,681 | 70.5% |
| 200% | NOK 1,603,390 | NOK 133,616 | NOK 90,338 | 67.6% |
| 250% | NOK 2,004,237 | NOK 167,020 | NOK 107,908 | 64.6% |
Couple, one earner, two children
| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | NOK 400,848 | NOK 33,404 | NOK 30,519 | 91.4% |
| 67% | NOK 537,136 | NOK 44,761 | NOK 38,049 | 85.0% |
| 100% | NOK 801,695 | NOK 66,808 | NOK 51,821 | 77.6% |
| 133% | NOK 1,066,254 | NOK 88,855 | NOK 63,990 | 72.0% |
| 167% | NOK 1,338,831 | NOK 111,569 | NOK 76,165 | 68.3% |
| 200% | NOK 1,603,390 | NOK 133,616 | NOK 87,822 | 65.7% |
| 250% | NOK 2,004,237 | NOK 167,020 | NOK 105,392 | 63.1% |
How income tax is set in Norway
The national schedule for 2026, as published by Skatteetaten.
| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| all taxable income | 22% | general income tax · general income after deductions |
| up to NOK 226,100 | 0% | bracket tax · personal income |
| NOK 226,100 – NOK 318,300 | 1.7% | bracket tax · personal income |
| NOK 318,300 – NOK 725,050 | 4% | bracket tax · personal income |
| NOK 725,050 – NOK 980,100 | 13.7% | bracket tax · personal income |
| NOK 980,100 – NOK 1,467,200 | 16.8% | bracket tax · personal income |
| above NOK 1,467,200 | 17.8% | bracket tax · personal income |
- Tax-free allowance: NOK 114,540 a year
- Employee social contributions: 7.6% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 25%; reduced 15%, 12%
Where regions or municipalities charge income tax of their own, it comes on top of these national rates; the take-home figures above include the local income tax the OECD models.
What these figures are
They are the OECD's own calculation for Norway in 2025: the income tax, including the local income tax the OECD models, the employee social contributions and the cash benefits of a household at every 1% of the average wage from 50% to 250%, which here is NOK 400,848 to NOK 2,004,237 a year. A salary between two of those points is interpolated across that 1% step; a salary outside the range is not estimated. This is not a payslip calculator: it does not apply the tax code to your own circumstances, so deductions and credits you claim yourself, optional or regional surcharges the OECD does not include and employer contributions are not in it.
Sources
- Euro foreign exchange reference rates, NOK/EUR, monthly average European Central Bank · data.ecb.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-01
- Income tax schedule 2026 Skatteetaten · skatteetaten.no · checked 2026-08-11
- Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12852 — national median monthly earnings Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12852 · data.ssb.no · checked 2026-07-29
- Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1) OECD · oecd.org · checked 2026-09-17