Tax and salary
Unemployment Benefit Tool
Estimate unemployment benefit from your previous income and benefit duration.
Quick math
Use this for quick arithmetic, percentages, or to check figures while filling in the main tool, without leaving the page.
Estimate
Estimated gross benefit: 405,600 NOK
- Monthly benefit
- 33,800 NOK
- For selected duration
- 405,600 NOK
- Benefit months
- 12
Illustration uses 62.4% of income up to 6 G. NAV's qualifying income, work history, waiting days, child supplement and duration rules are not assessed.
How to use this tool
- Use Unemployment Benefit Tool for the question described above, and check that the inputs match your records and time period.
- Enter previous annual income.
- Enter benefit months.
- Change previous annual income, benefit months to compare scenarios, then check the units in the result.
Worked example with the prefilled values
This example shows how Unemployment Benefit Tool uses its starting values. Change the calculator inputs to estimate your own situation.
- Previous annual income
- 650000 NOK
- Benefit months
- 12 months
Estimated gross benefit: 405,600 NOK
- Monthly benefit33,800 NOK
- For selected duration405,600 NOK
- Benefit months12
Illustration uses 62.4% of income up to 6 G. NAV's qualifying income, work history, waiting days, child supplement and duration rules are not assessed.
Formula and calculation logic
Benefit basis = min(previous annual income, 6 × G)
Estimated annual benefit = benefit basis × 62.4%
Estimated period benefit = annual benefit × selected months ÷ 12
Estimate unemployment benefit from your previous income and benefit duration.
The estimate applies 62.4% to income up to 6 G, then scales it to the selected number of months.
Assumptions
- Uses annual salary as a proxy for NAV's eligible income basis and ignores waiting days, child supplement, work reduction, and eligibility. NAV may use the best of 12- or 36-month income.
Published sources
Further reading for checking current rules and information. These links are not live inputs to the tool.
Questions about this tool
Is this an official NAV decision?
No. NAV decides eligibility and calculates the benefit basis from qualifying income.
Why is the estimate 62.4%?
It illustrates the ordinary rate applied to qualifying income, subject to a 6 G cap.
Does it include waiting days or child supplement?
No. Those items and other eligibility rules are not included.
Why can my NAV amount differ?
NAV may use the better qualifying income from 12 or 36 months, and applies its own rules.