About

What the tool does

Netlønn is a net-pay calculator for Norway, for everyone who works here and wants a clear answer to a simple question: what is left in your account after tax? It takes a gross salary and runs it through the Norwegian chain — bracket tax and national insurance on personal income, and tax on general income after deductions — and shows the result with the build-up visible, not hidden behind one number.

Where the figures come from

Rates and thresholds come from the primary Norwegian source: the Norwegian Tax Administration’s rates for income year 2026. Context figures such as the average salary come from Statistics Norway (SSB) and are marked as context — they never enter the calculation. Every number carries its source in our notes, with the confidence level stated honestly: none of them has been signed off by anybody.

How it is built

The calculator is payload-driven: the figures live in one reviewed data file, separate from the page text, so no rate is hard-coded into the prose, and every figure shown can update itself the moment a value is signed off. The calculation itself is checked independently by hand with worked examples, so the compute core is verified and not merely assumed correct. The design keeps the money language honest — net in green, national insurance and tax each in their own colour, and the employer’s costs kept out because they are not deducted from your pay.

An honest scope

We would rather be clear about the limits than pretend they do not exist. This version covers the standard case: an ordinary employee aged 17–69, with no occupational pension and no capital income, and personal income equal to gross pay. The commuting allowance and other personal allowances are not modelled. The result is therefore a solid estimate of the order of magnitude, not a substitute for your payslip or professional advice.

Where the figures stand

The figures shown are the rates in force for 2026, taken from the sources named above: the Norwegian Tax Administration, Statistics Norway and the Labour Inspection Authority. Two limits go with that, and the footer of every page says so: if a rule changed recently it may not be reflected here yet, and nobody has signed the figures off. For an official amount the cited source governs, or the Tax Administration; use the results here to understand how the parts fit together. If you spot something that does not add up, the contact page explains how to reach us.