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# Take-home pay in Norway

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 by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage 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% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, 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%

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. Skatteetaten, Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/rettskilder/type/handboker/skatte-abc/gjeldende/z-2-skatte--og-avgiftssatser/Z-2.001/
3. Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12852, Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12852 — national median monthly earnings. https://data.ssb.no/api/v0/en/table/12852
4. European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates, NOK/EUR, monthly average. https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/EXR/EXR.M.NOK.EUR.SP00.A

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/norway/
- JSON (the model for Norway): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/no.json