Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
16,400 kr
Total tax
0
Net pay
* 16,400 kr
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
16,400 kr
Net pay
2,312 kr
Tax the employer pays
0 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,312 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2,312 kr to pay you 16,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 1.41 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 12.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 16,400 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 0. That means that your net pay will be 16,400 kr per year, or 1,367 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 0 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 1,000 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 5,000 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NOK 15248
7.0%
1
USA
NOK 14980
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NOK 16400
0.0%
1
Singapore
NOK 16400
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
NOK 16400
0.0%
3
Pakistan
NOK 16281
0.7%
4
Thailand
NOK 15580
5.0%
5
Philippines
NOK 15281
6.8%
6
Indonesia
NOK 15033
8.3%
7
Taiwan
NOK 14948
8.9%
8
South Korea
NOK 14647
10.7%
9
New Zealand
NOK 14450
11.9%
10
India
NOK 14432
12.0%
11
Malaysia
NOK 14413
12.1%
12
China
NOK 14238
13.2%
13
Vietnam
NOK 13944
15.0%
14
Japan
NOK 13326
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
NOK 12989
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NOK 16010
2.4%
1
Brazil
NOK 15170
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NOK 15096
8.0%
3
Colombia
NOK 15088
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NOK 14850
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NOK 14827
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NOK 14678
10.5%
7
Panama
NOK 14596
11.0%
8
Peru
NOK 14350
12.5%
9
Argentina
NOK 13612
17.0%
10
Chile
NOK 13514
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NOK 13432
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NOK 16236
1.0%
1
Zambia
NOK 15416
6.0%
2
Morocco
NOK 15295
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
NOK 14584
11.1%
4
Kenya
NOK 14327
12.6%
5
Uganda
NOK 14113
13.9%
6
Senegal
NOK 13903
15.2%
7
Cameroon
NOK 13837
15.6%
8
Mozambique
NOK 13718
16.4%
9
Ghana
NOK 13494
17.7%
10
Angola
NOK 12841
21.7%
11
Nigeria
NOK 12334
24.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NOK 16400
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NOK 15580
5.0%
2
Qatar
NOK 15580
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NOK 15088
8.0%
4
Oman
NOK 15088
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NOK 14596
11.0%
6
Israel
NOK 14243
13.2%
7
Lebanon
NOK 13934
15.0%
8
Turkey
NOK 13510
17.6%
9
Egypt
NOK 13445
18.0%
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.