Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
984 kr
Bracket Tax
- 4.53 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 78.72 kr
Common Tax
- 74.16 kr
Total tax
- 157 kr
Net pay
* 827 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.1%
Average tax rate
16.0%
84.0%
Net pay
16.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
827 kr
Net pay
139 kr
Tax the employer pays
157 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
296 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 139 kr to pay you 984 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16% tax rate now rises to 26.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 255,840 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 40,927 kr. That means that your net pay will be 214,914 kr per year, or 17,909 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 16.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.1%. 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 32.12 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.88 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 679 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,394 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NOK 215245
15.9%
1
Canada
NOK 190069
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
NOK 241854
5.5%
1
Taiwan
NOK 230210
10.0%
2
Thailand
NOK 229287
10.4%
3
Australia
NOK 227124
11.2%
4
South Korea
NOK 216170
15.5%
5
New Zealand
NOK 213953
16.4%
6
Pakistan
NOK 210118
17.9%
7
Indonesia
NOK 207749
18.8%
8
Malaysia
NOK 205384
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
NOK 204343
20.1%
10
Japan
NOK 203849
20.3%
11
Singapore
NOK 202745
20.8%
12
Philippines
NOK 196578
23.2%
13
Vietnam
NOK 188739
26.2%
14
China
NOK 180098
29.6%
15
India
NOK 170859
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
NOK 231309
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
NOK 228400
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
NOK 227733
11.0%
3
Ecuador
NOK 221857
13.3%
4
Colombia
NOK 216073
15.5%
5
Panama
NOK 211757
17.2%
6
Chile
NOK 206677
19.2%
7
Mexico
NOK 201921
21.1%
8
Peru
NOK 196565
23.2%
9
Brazil
NOK 191679
25.1%
10
Uruguay
NOK 186864
27.0%
11
Argentina
NOK 166219
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NOK 243048
5.0%
1
Qatar
NOK 243048
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NOK 235373
8.0%
3
Oman
NOK 235373
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NOK 230256
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NOK 227698
11.0%
6
Israel
NOK 219029
14.4%
7
Egypt
NOK 194927
23.8%
8
Lebanon
NOK 193967
24.2%
9
Turkey
NOK 149764
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.