Norway Minimum Wage 2026 by Industry

Norway has no general minimum wage. Legal minimum pay exists only in nineindustries, where the government has made the industry's collective agreement (tariffavtale) universally applicable. This is called allmenngjøring, and it means the wage rates in the agreement become law for every worker in the industry, including workers whose employer has no collective agreement and foreign workers. The Labour Inspection Authority (Arbeidstilsynet) publishes the rates. This calculator shows the current rate for your industry and category, converts it to monthly and yearly pay, and checks whether your own hourly wage is high enough.

Minimum hourly wage by industry

*Converted with 37.5 hours a week (162.5 hours a month), before holiday pay. In agriculture, the skilled-worker rate is the unskilled rate plus the skilled-worker supplement of NOK 14.50. The rates are per hour, so the monthly figures are an illustration.

Who is covered

The rules apply to all workers in the industries above, Norwegian and foreign. Apprentices and people on labour market schemes are not covered. Some industries also have their own exceptions. The automotive rules, for example, do not apply to companies that mainly buy and sell vehicles, replace windscreens or run petrol stations, or to companies with a collective agreement with a large trade union (one with more than 10,000 members). The cleaning rates cover cleaners working for private cleaning companies, and the agriculture rates do not apply to workers under 16 or over 70. Only pay counts towards the minimum: expense reimbursements for travel, food and lodging do not count, and in hotels and restaurants tips count only if the employer reports them as income.

Worked example: a cleaner on NOK 225 an hour

Maria is 24 and works full time for a cleaning company at NOK 225.00 an hour. The minimum for cleaners over 18 is NOK 236.54, so she is paid NOK 11.54 too little per hour. At 37.5 hours a week that is about NOK 1,875 a month. The correct minimum works out at NOK 38,438 a month (about EUR 3,550 or USD 4,040) and NOK 461,253 a year before holiday pay. Euro and dollar figures are approximate, converted at Norges Bank mid-market rates of 25 September 2026 (EUR 1 = NOK 10.84, USD 1 = NOK 9.51).

Overtime and supplements

The minimum wage rules set the hourly rate. Overtime is paid with a supplement of at least 40% of your hourly wage under the Working Environment Act. Electricians and maritime construction (shipyards) have a universally applicable overtime supplement of 50%, and 100% at night, on Sundays and on holidays. Cleaners must receive at least NOK 29.00 extra per hour for work between 21:00 and 06:00. Calculate your overtime pay with the Norway overtime pay calculator.

Changes in 2026

A minimum wage applies in the automotive industry from 15 June 2026, covering repairs, servicing, maintenance, painting, bodywork and warehouse work. The regulation for fish processing companies was repealed on 3 August 2026, and the Tariff Board (Tariffnemnda) was considering a new one when this page was updated, so it is not in the table. Rates are normally adjusted after the annual wage settlements, so check the Labour Inspection Authority's page if you read this well after the date shown at the top.

If you have just moved to Norway

Check which industry your employer is in and whether it is one of the nine. If it is, the rate for your category is a legal floor, whatever your contract says. If it is not, the minimum is whatever your contract or a collective agreement says, and the contract should state which collective agreement applies. Seasonal work in agriculture is paid by seniority, so ask how your experience has been counted. Once you know your pay, see what you keep with the Norway income tax calculator and how holiday pay works in the holiday pay calculator.

What this calculator does not cover

It shows the legal minimum only. It does not know collective agreement wages that are higher than the minimum, shift supplements, deductions for employer-provided accommodation, or the exceptions that apply to individual companies. Whether your employer is covered can depend on the detail of the regulation for your industry, so check the Labour Inspection Authority's page if you are unsure.