Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,846 kr
Bracket Tax
- 112 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 228 kr
Common Tax
- 484 kr
Total tax
- 824 kr
Net pay
* 2,022 kr
Marginal tax rate
43.4%
Average tax rate
29.0%
71.0%
Net pay
29.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,022 kr
Net pay
401 kr
Tax the employer pays
824 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,225 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 401 kr to pay you 2,846 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 739,960 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 214,224 kr. That means that your net pay will be 525,736 kr per year, or 43,811 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.0% 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 560232
24.3%
1
Canada
NOK 521753
29.5%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NOK 702962
5.0%
1
Qatar
NOK 702962
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NOK 680763
8.0%
3
Oman
NOK 680763
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NOK 665964
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NOK 660879
10.7%
6
Egypt
NOK 558017
24.6%
7
Lebanon
NOK 557057
24.7%
8
Israel
NOK 548867
25.8%
9
Turkey
NOK 433074
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.