Norway Work Assessment Allowance Calculator 2026 (AAP)

Work assessment allowance (arbeidsavklaringspenger, AAP) is the benefit NAV, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, pays when illness or injury has cut your ability to work by at least half and you need treatment or follow-up to get back to work. Many people receive it after their sick pay has run out. See the sick pay calculator for the first year of illness. This calculator follows chapter 11 of the National Insurance Act and uses the basic amount (G) from 1 May 2026, NOK 136,549. It shows the payment every 14 days, the monthly and yearly amounts, the child supplement, the effect of working part-time and roughly what is left after tax.

Who can get AAP, and the rule that catches newcomers

You must be between 18 and 67, have your work capacity reduced by at least 50% because of illness or injury, and need treatment or help from NAV to work. Newcomers should check the membership rule first. You must have been a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme continuously for the last five years when you apply. If you have been a member for at least one year, two exceptions may apply: you were a member when your work capacity was reduced and your membership since age 16 is at least as long as your time outside the scheme, or you have spent less than five years in total outside it since turning 16. If you move to Norway for 12 months or more, you are normally a member from the day you arrive, but a person who has just arrived may still not meet the five-year rule. NAV makes the decision, and whether time in another EEA country counts is one of the things to ask them.

How AAP is calculated in 2026

1. Find your income. NAV uses your pensionable income (salary, business income, sick pay and similar) in the calendar year before your work capacity was reduced. If the average of the last three calendar years is higher, the average is used.
2. Cap at 6G and adjust to today's G. Income above 6G in a single year is ignored. The amount is then raised in line with the increase in G since that year. The highest possible basis is 6G, NOK 819,294. G is explained in the basic amount (G) calculator.
3. Take 66%. Yearly AAP is 66% of the basis. If that is below the minimum, you get the minimum: 2.041 G, or NOK 278,697, from age 25, and two thirds of that, NOK 185,798, if you are under 25.
4. Convert to a daily rate. AAP is paid for five days a week. The daily rate is the yearly amount divided by 260, and you receive 10 daily rates every 14 days.
5. Add the child supplement. You get NOK 38 per child under 18 per day. AAP and the supplement together cannot be more than 90% of the basis.
6. Deduct for work. If you work alongside AAP, the allowance is reduced in proportion to your hours out of 37.5 a week.

Worked example: NOK 450,000 of income and two children

Sam went on sick leave in 2026 and earned NOK 450,000 in 2025. Adjusted to today's G, the basis is NOK 479,620, which is below 6G. 66% of that is NOK 316,549 a year, a daily rate of NOK 1,217. With two children the supplement is NOK 76 a day, so the total is NOK 1,293 a day. Every 14 days he receives NOK 12,930 before tax, which is NOK 28,015 a month and NOK 336,180 a year, or 75% of his old pay. After tax that is about NOK 23,387 a month. If he starts working 15 hours a week, he receives 60% of the allowance, NOK 7,758 every 14 days, on top of his wages.

AAP in 2026 by income

The table shows the allowance before child supplement and without any work, for someone whose work capacity was reduced in 2026 and who had this income in 2025.

Low incomes are lifted to the minimum allowance (NOK 278,697 a year, about EUR 25,710 or USD 29,320). Income above 6G gives the same AAP as 6G: NOK 540,734 a year (about EUR 49,880 or USD 56,880). The after-tax column assumes AAP is your only income all year.

Working, tax and how long AAP lasts

You can work part-time, but the allowance falls with every hour and stops as a general rule above 60% of full time (22.5 hours a week). AAP is taxed like salary: the tax on top of other income is higher than the calculator shows, so use the Norway income tax calculator if you also have wages. You can normally receive AAP for up to three years, with an extension of up to two years. If you are unemployed but healthy, the right benefit is unemployment benefit. Child benefit is paid in addition to the AAP child supplement: see the child benefit calculator.

What the calculator does not cover

NAV decides each case individually: whether your work capacity is reduced enough, whether you meet the membership rule and whether the measures you follow qualify. Special rules, for example for work injury, stays in an institution, other benefits and payments from your employer, are not included. Income earned abroad, and how it is treated when your basis is calculated, is not covered either.

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).