Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
121,472 kr
National Insurance Contribution
- 9,718 kr
Common Tax
- 1,616 kr
Total tax
- 11,334 kr
Net pay
* 110,138 kr
Marginal tax rate
19.9%
Average tax rate
9.3%
90.7%
Net pay
9.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
110,138 kr
Net pay
17,128 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,334 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,461 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 17,128 kr to pay you 121,472 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 2.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.3% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 121,472 kr a year living in Norway, you will be taxed 11,334 kr. That means that your net pay will be 110,138 kr per year, or 9,178 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 9.3% and your marginal tax rate is 19.9%. 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 19.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 80.12 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 801 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,006 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NOK 109627
9.8%
1
Canada
NOK 92838
23.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NOK 121472
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
NOK 118850
2.2%
2
Thailand
NOK 113899
6.2%
3
Taiwan
NOK 110721
8.9%
4
Pakistan
NOK 109573
9.8%
5
South Korea
NOK 106800
12.1%
6
Malaysia
NOK 106087
12.7%
7
New Zealand
NOK 104967
13.6%
8
Indonesia
NOK 104280
14.2%
9
Philippines
NOK 102215
15.9%
10
Japan
NOK 98706
18.7%
11
Singapore
NOK 97187
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
NOK 96206
20.8%
13
Vietnam
NOK 95608
21.3%
14
India
NOK 93549
23.0%
15
China
NOK 86377
28.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
NOK 111881
7.9%
1
Colombia
NOK 111624
8.1%
2
Ecuador
NOK 109993
9.5%
3
Guatemala
NOK 109825
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
NOK 108717
10.5%
5
Panama
NOK 108110
11.0%
6
Mexico
NOK 101728
16.3%
7
Chile
NOK 100093
17.6%
8
Brazil
NOK 98447
19.0%
9
Uruguay
NOK 97056
20.1%
10
Peru
NOK 95453
21.4%
11
Argentina
NOK 78880
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NOK 115398
5.0%
1
Qatar
NOK 115398
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NOK 111754
8.0%
3
Oman
NOK 111754
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NOK 109325
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NOK 108110
11.0%
6
Israel
NOK 105498
13.2%
7
Egypt
NOK 94151
22.5%
8
Lebanon
NOK 93191
23.3%
9
Turkey
NOK 69548
42.8%
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.