Norway Tax Table Calculator 2026 (Tabelltrekk)

In Norway your employer withholds income tax from every payslip, following the numbers on your tax deduction card (skattekort). This calculator shows how much tax is withheld each month under the table number on your card in 2026. You can see the withholding in a normal month, in the tax-free month and in December, and compare it with a percentage-based card to check whether the year's withholding covers your calculated tax. It is especially useful if you are new to Norway and the first payslip is smaller than you expected.

How to read the table number

Standard withholding tables have numbers in the 8000 and 9000 series. The number tells you how large a deduction or addition to ordinary income is built into the table, in steps of NOK 10,000:

• 8000: no extra deduction beyond the standard deduction (minstefradrag) and the personal allowance (personfradrag).
• 8010 to 8400: a table deduction of NOK 10,000 to NOK 400,000 (for example 8050 = NOK 50,000), which lowers withholding.
• 9010 to 9400: a table addition of NOK 10,000 to NOK 400,000 (for example 9050 = NOK 50,000 added), which raises withholding.

The Tax Administration sets the table number from the information on your card, such as expected income, deductions, wealth and debt. The figures follow the Tax Administration's withholding routine for 2026. Other series, such as the 7000 series, the tables for Finnmark and Northern Troms, and the seafarers' tables, work differently and are not included.

How the withholding table works

The routine rounds your monthly salary down to the nearest NOK 100 and adds NOK 50. The result is multiplied by 12.12 to give an annual income. From that, a standard deduction of 40.48% (maximum NOK 84,216), the table deduction and the personal allowance are subtracted. Tax of 22% is calculated on the remainder, plus bracket tax (trinnskatt) and the national insurance contribution (trygdeavgift) on the annual income. The yearly tax is then divided by 10.5 and rounded to whole kroner.

Worked example

On a salary of NOK 50,000 a month and table 8000, the employer withholds NOK 14,184 in a normal month, nothing in June and NOK 7,092 in December. That is NOK 148,932 over the year against a calculated tax of NOK 144,183. With table 8050 the monthly withholding is NOK 13,136, and with 9050 it is NOK 15,231. Each NOK 10,000 of table deduction therefore means about NOK 210 less withheld per month.

Monthly withholding by table number, 2026

Withholding in a normal month, by monthly salary and table number.

Table-based or percentage-based withholding?

With table-based withholding, the amount rises automatically if your pay rises, and you get a tax-free month and half withholding in December. With percentage-based withholding, a fixed percentage is taken from every payment. A table card also carries a percentage rate, which is used by any other employer and for NAV benefits paid in the same period, and for extra payments such as bonuses. Either way, you are responsible for checking that the numbers on your tax deduction card are right: log in with your electronic ID to order, view or change it. Foreign employees can find help on the Tax Administration's page for foreign workers.

To see your whole year, including bracket tax, use the Norway income tax calculator. To see how holiday pay interacts with the tax-free month, see the holiday pay calculator. The result is an estimate, not tax advice.