Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
120,180 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 9,614 kr
Common Tax
- 1,462 kr
Total tax
- 11,077 kr
Net pay
* 109,103 kr
Marginal tax rate
19.9%
Average tax rate
9.2%
90.8%
Net pay
9.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
109,103 kr
Net pay
16,945 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,077 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,022 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 16,945 kr to pay you 120,180 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 2.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.2% tax rate now rises to 20.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 120,180 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 11,077 kr. That means that your net pay will be 109,103 kr per year, or 9,092 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 9.2% and your marginal tax rate is 19.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 19.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 80.12 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 801 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,006 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NOK 108492
9.7%
1
Canada
NOK 91880
23.6%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NOK 107397
10.6%
1
Morocco
NOK 94294
21.5%
2
Mozambique
NOK 92612
22.9%
3
Ivory Coast
NOK 90603
24.6%
4
Kenya
NOK 89714
25.4%
5
Angola
NOK 89311
25.7%
6
Ghana
NOK 88076
26.7%
7
Cameroon
NOK 87831
26.9%
8
Nigeria
NOK 83117
30.8%
9
Uganda
NOK 81360
32.3%
10
Senegal
NOK 81025
32.6%
11
Zambia
NOK 77131
35.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NOK 114171
5.0%
1
Qatar
NOK 114171
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NOK 110566
8.0%
3
Oman
NOK 110566
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NOK 108162
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NOK 106960
11.0%
6
Israel
NOK 104376
13.2%
7
Egypt
NOK 93182
22.5%
8
Lebanon
NOK 92222
23.3%
9
Turkey
NOK 68899
42.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Norway, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.