Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,779 kr
Bracket Tax
- 3.73 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 302 kr
Common Tax
- 203 kr
Total tax
- 509 kr
Net pay
* 3,270 kr
Marginal tax rate
20.6%
Average tax rate
13.5%
86.5%
Net pay
13.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,270 kr
Net pay
533 kr
Tax the employer pays
509 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,041 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 533 kr to pay you 3,779 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 2.76 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.5% tax rate now rises to 24.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 196,508 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 26,445 kr. That means that your net pay will be 170,063 kr per year, or 14,172 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 13.5% and your marginal tax rate is 20.6%. 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 20.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 79.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 794 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,968 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NOK 170098
13.4%
1
Canada
NOK 146173
25.6%
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.