Net pay by profession in Norway
Genuine net figures for the professions people ask about most in Norway, calculated after national income tax, the trygdeavgift social security contribution and whatever trinnskatt bracket tax applies. Updated through 2026.
Nurse
~NOK 36,500/month after tax
Software Engineer
~NOK 52,000/month after tax
Teacher
~NOK 36,700/month after tax
Accountant
~NOK 46,500/month after tax
Data Analyst
~NOK 45,200/month after tax
Doctor
~NOK 46,237/month after tax
Lawyer
~NOK 36,660/month after tax
Project Manager
~NOK 33,906/month after tax
How Norwegian tax works
Norway has a flat 22% ordinary income tax rate on all income above the personal allowance (personfradrag), currently NOK 88,250/year. On top of that, trygdeavgift (social security contribution) is levied at 7.9% of gross income. For incomes above NOK 208,050, a bracket tax (trinnskatt) kicks in at 1.7%, rising in four steps to 17.4% above NOK 1,353,400.
The combined effective tax rate for a nurse on NOK 600,000/year is roughly 31-33%, which is moderate by Scandinavian standards - though that figure hides the employer's separate 14.1% social contribution on top of your gross salary.