Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
940,000 kr
Bracket Tax
- 56,045 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 75,200 kr
Common Tax
- 169,796 kr
Total tax
- 301,041 kr
Net pay
* 638,959 kr
Marginal tax rate
43.4%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
638,959 kr
Net pay
132,540 kr
Tax the employer pays
301,041 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
433,581 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 132,540 kr to pay you 940,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 40.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 940,000 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 301,041 kr. That means that your net pay will be 638,959 kr per year, or 53,247 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% and your marginal tax rate is 43.4%. 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 43.40 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 56.60 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 566 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,830 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NOK 688355
26.8%
1
Canada
NOK 638402
32.1%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NOK 893000
5.0%
1
Qatar
NOK 893000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NOK 864800
8.0%
3
Oman
NOK 864800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NOK 846000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NOK 843916
10.2%
6
Egypt
NOK 708047
24.7%
7
Lebanon
NOK 707087
24.8%
8
Israel
NOK 665672
29.2%
9
Turkey
NOK 549579
41.5%
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.