Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
318,218 kr
Bracket Tax
- 3,331 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 25,457 kr
Common Tax
- 33,004 kr
Total tax
- 61,792 kr
Net pay
* 256,426 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.0%
Average tax rate
19.4%
80.6%
Net pay
19.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
256,426 kr
Net pay
44,869 kr
Tax the employer pays
61,792 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
106,661 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 44,869 kr to pay you 318,218 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.4% tax rate now rises to 29.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 318,218 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 61,792 kr. That means that your net pay will be 256,426 kr per year, or 21,369 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 19.4% and your marginal tax rate is 34.0%. 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 34 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 660 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,300 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NOK 261692
17.8%
1
Canada
NOK 235122
26.1%
2
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.