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Tax and salary · 2026

Holiday pay tool for Norway

Holiday pay is a percentage of the wages you earned in the earning year, usually the calendar year before the holiday. Pick the rate that matches your contract: 10.2% under the Holiday Act, or a higher rate when a collective agreement or your age gives you one.

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Use this for quick arithmetic, percentages, or to check figures while filling in the main tool, without leaving the page.

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Estimate

63,240 NOK in holiday pay

Holiday pay
63,240 NOK
Rate
10.2%
Basis
620,000 NOK

Holiday pay is taxable income. Many employers withhold little or no tax in the holiday-pay month because extra tax was withheld from ordinary pay during the year.

How to use this tool

  1. Use Holiday Pay Tool for the question described above, and check that the inputs match your records and time period.
  2. Enter pay that earns holiday pay (Usually last calendar year's eligible wages.).
  3. Enter holiday-pay rate.
  4. Change pay that earns holiday pay, holiday-pay rate to compare scenarios, then check the units in the result.

Worked example with the prefilled values

This example shows how Holiday Pay Tool uses its starting values. Change the calculator inputs to estimate your own situation.

Pay that earns holiday pay
620000 NOK
Holiday-pay rate
0.102

63,240 NOK in holiday pay

  • Holiday pay63,240 NOK
  • Rate10.2%
  • Basis620,000 NOK

Holiday pay is taxable income. Many employers withhold little or no tax in the holiday-pay month because extra tax was withheld from ordinary pay during the year.

Formula and calculation logic

Holiday pay = holiday-pay basis × selected holiday-pay rate

The basis is pay for work. A normal salary, commission, and overtime pay are commonly included. Expense refunds are not.

The statutory minimum is 10.2%, which covers four weeks and one day. Many collective agreements pay 12% because they give a fifth week.

From the year a worker turns 60, the statutory rate is 12.5%. Where the fifth week also applies, the rate used in that part of the labour market is 14.3%.

Assumptions

  • You enter the earning-year basis yourself. The page does not know which parts of last year's pay were holiday-pay eligible.
  • Holiday pay is taxable. This result is the gross holiday pay, before tax.
  • The rates come from the Holiday Act and from the five-week practice described by the Labour Inspection Authority. They are not changed by the annual tax budget.

Published sources

Further reading for checking current rules and information. These links are not live inputs to the tool.

Questions about this tool

When is holiday pay paid?

The usual practice is to pay it in the month before the main holiday, often June, instead of paying ordinary salary for the holiday period. Contracts and collective agreements can set the payroll routine.

Do I get holiday pay on this year's salary during this year's holiday?

Usually you receive holiday pay earned last year. In a first job, that basis can be small or zero even though you still have a right to time off.

Is the fifth week required by law?

The Holiday Act requires four weeks and one day. A fifth week comes from a collective agreement or an individual contract, and that is why the 12% rate is not universal.