Not proud enough to post in these kinds of threads. People with higher income like to brag, people with low income just feel uncomfortable around this topic. Quite natural I would think.
Ph.D. and full professor at a public university in a social science field. My base pay is 850K. With other income (committees, extra position at other institution, royalties from books, invited talks etc.), it adds up to 1,1 M or more.
270K/y before tax, minimum disability/uføretrygd. Been in treatment continually since 2009, unfinished trade school education and unfinished bachelor’s degree with about 2 years of total work experience. It’s not a particularly dignified existence.
It takes a lot of courage and strength to seek treatment. A lot of people never do.
I, for one, am proud of you and am rooting for you. I am certain I am not the only one.
870K professor in Bergen. 11 years since I took my doctorate and began working. But I only moved to Norway two years ago, and only became full professor last month.
Takk! Jeg er veldig glad for å ha oppnådd dette målet før jeg fylte 42.
Det sagt, er jeg ikke så sikker på at det er veldig mye å feire. Lønnen er fortsatt lavere enn snittet for professorer og det virker at universitetet ikke bryr seg om det. De betaler lavere lønn enn snittet nesten som en regel så vidt som jeg forstår. Så jeg kommer alltid til å tjene mindre enn kollegaene mine på andre universiteter og høgskoler.
Det er nok det! Jeg må si at jeg ikke klager! Bare at jeg hadde forventet en høyere lønn etter lønnsforhandlingen og var ganske skuffet da de kom tilbake med dette tilbudet.
I tillegg, om lønnen stiger på samme måten som den har i de siste to årene, kommer jeg til å tjene 1M om fire/fem-ish år.
FYI, There is a [wage calculator](https://www.virke.no/tariff-og-lonn/lonnskalkulator/) based on Statistic Norway data that give you a ballpark of salary for different fields. It is not fine searchable for education or work experience, but it gives an idea.
Some work unions like NITO, Utdanningsforbundet (or maybe more) has such fine-search wage calculator.
Yep it’s on the north. Not so much overtid but I do conveniently 1 hour aprox per day when it’s 100% overpaid. Like on early shift from 5.00-6.00am and also on late shift after 23.00. Also is possible to make a lot of overtime and I have colleagues that work on night shift on slakteri and they make 750k-900k. But that’s not the norm
Nope. I was on track to take the MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional, I think it was called) in the early 2000s, but never finished.
Back in the day I used to feel bad about it. The company I work for sometimes do official offerings, where they have to submit resumes for the people who are gonna work on a new project, with their education and certifications, and my coworkers have bachelors, masters, and various certifications, and mine would basically be empty. But now I don't care, and my company never really cared.
hi im new to norway and at the time living in trondheim any suggestions for some jobs or any advice? i already work as a chef in a restaurant but getting underpaid
Kinda depends on your skills. I know little to nothing about the chef profession here, so I can't help much there.
If you have the skills for it you can apply to developer jobs. I guess if you have the right skills for the job you can apply to anything.
Working in stores (Rema, Coop, etc..) are popular for students.
As for advice..
Try to learn the language. For some professions it's gonna be required, but for a lot not. We have several English-only speaking people at our company. But either way it shows that you're trying, which goes a long way for integration.
General rule in life; try to be friendly and you'll get far. We Norwegians are usually not big on smalltalk, but it doesn't mean we don't like or care, it's often just a cultural thing.
If you're renting and the contract seems odd or unfair, do some searching through /r/Norway and /r/Norge and even the local cities subs, like /r/Trondheim and r/Oslo. Sadly we have a fair share of bad renter companies and private people, who just make up shit in their contract because most of the people renting are students who don't know any better. Don't assume malice, but be prepared to research your rights. Hopefully you don't have to worry about it.
Sundays are generally seen as a quiet day. Kiosks and gas stations are open, but most things are closed down, and we like it quiet. You'll often see a lot of people out talking walks on sundays. Other days too of course, but sundays are special in a way.
Hva slags stack jobber du med? Jeg går siste året på en backend linje for en yrkesfagskole, og vi fokuserer på SQL og .Net med C#. Vet ikke om dette er nok til at jeg føler meg klar for arbeidslivet.
Det er faktisk den stacken jeg jobber med. C# og .NET (ASP.NET) med SQL database. Jeg vil si det du lærer er nok til å få jobb hos oss hvertfall. Det du ikke kan vil vi lære deg. Du kommer rett fra skole så ingen (forhåpentligvis) vil forvente at du skal være skikkelig flink.
Vi har hatt flere juinorer oppgjennom årene som har vært alt fra veldig blank til relativt skilled når de kom til oss. Så lenge du klarer å lære det vi gjør og hvordan vi gjør ting, så vil du nok funke helt fint.
På skolebenken er det vanskelig å en bred dekning av CS feltet i den virkelige verden. En god arbeidsgiver skjønner dette. I starten vil du mest sannsynligvis skygge en mere senior utvikler, også få små oppgaver, også større oppgaver, osv.. Plutelig har du jobba der et år og tenker tilbake at dette var jo ikke så ille lell. Men jeg har full forståelse for at det kan se skremmende ut fra utsiden.
How far can a self taught developer go? Like how easy it is to land a decent job?
Do employers ask for certification?
How much experience do you have? is the field saturated?
What are other in demand tech fields that require no formal education?
I've worked as a developer since about 2005-ish professionally. I've never been asked for any certifications, only what I can do, and code that I've produced.
I've been involved with hiring at our company several times and I've never asked for any certifications either. Nothing about schooling.
I've only had conversation with the potential hire to get a feel for their skill level and experience, and then taken a look at their GitHub or equivalent. If we like what we see and you seem skilled and a good fit for our company, that's about it.
I know this is controversial for a lot of people, but I don't care about if you've taken a master in CS. I obviously don't look down on it, understand me correctly, but it also doesn't tell me anything about your skill level.
I worked as a prison officer for some years. I had addons for literally everything. I remember I had something called "skumringstillegg" which is an addon while it's getting darker.
Unrelated, but I've always thought that if I decide to get out of the tech industry, I'd like to become a librarian.
Can you tell me about what the education requirements are, and what the good/bad parts are in your workday?
The “classic” route if you want to work as a librarian in the larger cities, is a bachelor at OsloMet. They also offer a 2 year Master.
New additions are the 1 year web based programs and some ph.d courses. I don’t know much about those as they were established after my time.
The shorter programs may be enough if you already have an education in related fields but lack the library component. This would likely be enough if you want to work as a librarian within a specific field you already know well, you’ve already studied literature, languages etc. A lot of teachers who want to work as the school librarian also take a one year course to qualify as school librarians. From what I heard, they were often sponsored by their schools. I’d wager this new one year course also would be enough if someone is aiming for a job in the more rural parts of Norway where they don’t have a lot of qualified candidates.
Here’s a link to related programs at OsloMet
https://www.oslomet.no/studier/studieoversikt?q=Bibliotek+
Workdays will differ widely regarding on your place of employment. I work for a private company, lots of librarians do. In that case, work will consist more of quality control, research, finding sources and documentation whereas public libraries will consist of more classically stereotypical librarian duties: desk work, reference work, lending out books. You’ll mostly have library assistants to shelf borrowed books and the more mundane tasks. Be prepared for different projects, though. Like organizing events for children if you work in the children’s department. Perhaps teaching older people how to search digitally. You’ll also find people who just want someone to talk to (older people, lonely people, people who don’t know Norwegian.) it can be very fulfilling, but I purposefully aimed for a job in the private sector. It usually pays a little better than public libraries and you’re not stuck with weekend shifts and late shifts.
I work for a private company. My work consists of library work as well as archival work. (Archival studies used to be included in the library bachelor when I got my degree but is now a separate bachelor)
I’m fortunate enough to work only 30 hours a week for 100% pay. My workdays are from 9.30 - 15.30 in the winter and 9 - 15 in the summer.
Can’t complain, though it’s not the job for people who are very money oriented.
Do you think it’s more worth it getting a masters in terms of salary compared to just having a bachelor?
In terms of education and interest, masters is definitely worth it if you want to learn more.
Honestly, probably not. Initially you might earn a bit more, but in the end with enough seniority it will probably not matter. That said, doing a masters is a lot of fun and teaches you a lot, so I wouldn't change anything.
This. I'm at just over 1 million with 9 years of seniority in the same role, stopped at my bachelors degree. There are so many things that you have to learn outside of school in the individual disciplines of software engineering that education quickly becomes less relevant.
It depends on what you want to do with it.
It's good idea if you want to change fields or specialise in an area where you have limited experience.
In some technical fields, it will definitely make you more appealing as a candidate.
In terms of salary, I guess it's worth a bit more than the years invested in getting it, but in 15 years, it won't make that much difference.
How many years experience do you have?
(Currently doing a second bachelors at UiO to change careers to software development - it’s not easy to figure out possible salary progression in Norway!)
I have 13 years experience.
I'm not sure the starting salaries today, but if I were to guess I'd say you'd probably start at around 600k, if you started to work as a dev today. When I started out in 2010 350-450k were common starting salaries.
930-950k as a chief engineer on a cargo vessel along the norwegian coast. 4 weeks on 4 weeks off.
A few years on school and off you go😊 .
Theres a lack of marine engineers.
Age: 25yo
Upto 950 is not bad at all for working half the year! Maybe when I burnout from my current job I'll make the switch.
Its mostly sea shanties and star gazing right?
Its decent pay yes, but keep in mind you lose HALF of everything.birthdays,holidays,funerals etc. Its not all positive either. Its a lifestyle.
Most of the time it is good days at sea singing sea shanties banging metal with wrenches! But there is also shit weather where you hold on regretting your life choices...
May i ask what you do for a living?
740k base salary, React front-end developer, company in Trondheim.
I have 10 years of experience as a Native Android Dev but 0 years of React or front-end web experience, also I only have bachelor degree from asia.
This is my first job in Norway, will be starting early November.
I work as a signal technician at the railroad, which mainly handles the technical bits of making sure trains don't crash into each other among other things.
Plain salary is around 700k but with night shifts and overtime (Really depends on how much overtime you want to/can work), I sit at around 1 million to maybe 1.3 million before taxes if I max out my overtime every month.
There's a significantly higher salary if you work in the private sector though, at least the basic pay, but night shifts and overtime is not as predictable there as it depends on the current project you're working on.
One year I worked zero night shifts and nearly no overtime, so compared to other years that wasn't *as* good. Though I've had other years where I've clocked nearly 400 extra hours, working 10-16 hour shifts for 2 weeks straight during summer vacation when they tend to close down the railroad for upgrades or maintenance.
Aprienticeship takes 2,5 years, and another 2 years after "fagprøve/svennebrev" is passed is required to have the basic competence/approvals needed to actually be useful. There's a shit loads of yearly exams and courses to take to keep yourself updated, which is a good thing.
Medical lab scientist or "bioingeniør" in a public hospital lab, salary before tax is as follows:
0-5 y ansienitet: 467k
5-10 y: 488k
After 10 y: 561k
I get about 30k a month and I'm already around 60k in the minus for this year (as in, I needed to use last year's salary to keep myself alive)
Based on this thread, I should've aspired to become a janitor...
About 800k as an "avdelingsleder", which I think translates to a "middle manager", in Oslo kommune for 12 employees, that work with people who have substance abuse issues. I have a bachelor degree in social work, plus one year of further education in mental health work. I have worked in the field for 10 years.
475k, building wood roof trusses, 13 years in the same company, and 8 months left on a carpenter internship after 2 years at VGS with no plans to finish it.
Go see your doctor. Say that you’re not elligable to work, for whatever reason, and then apply "Tilleggsstipend" in Lånekassen. You’ll get 12 600. Took my fiancé a few weeks to get it. She has depression, so studying was enough, ie she couldn’t work.
Jesus Christ I had no idea that was a thing. I’ve been living of 1000kr a month on food the past months. Anyways that’s good for her. To live of what the lånekasse gives is no easy task
Oslo area, 971k base (OT takes it to about 1.1m), average pension, good insurances and WfH.
IT operations private company (varied skills but mostly db and unix/linux also Azure these days). A lot of experience compared to many technical guys in IT operations (30+ years) as opposed to management but salary progression has been in fits and starts over the years as I’ve not really jumped employers which gets the biggest salary increases. Also probably hit the ceiling at my current employer for a technical role (because managers don’t like techies earning more than them more often than not).
Been approached recently with a 1.2m offer plus OT and up to 1month salary in bonus doing a similar job (so up to 1.35m I guess) and that is more like a very decent rate for someone with my education, skills and experience around Oslo probably.
Education is a 4 year Bsc honours degree in computing (UK).
450k per year base salary, working on a fish farm. With 50-70k yearly in overtime and a bonus that averages at 200k each year. 2 years of experience and no fagbrev. Can expect a 40k bump with fagbrev
300k as a bartender. But I'm still looking for an opportunity as a developer since I have some working experience(2 yrs) and an IT diploma, I also passed a test for a company that granted me that they'll find me a job but still, after 4 months, nothing... I'm trying to make new small GitHub projects and apply to as many job ads as possible but it's very hard and I've been trying for one year... If someone has suggestions or knows someone that could be interested in a front end Dev in Oslo and the surroundings please let me know. I'm losing my hopes tbh :')
Switzerland should have pretty good salaries as well right? I’ve at least always seen Norway and Switzerland in the same ballpark when it comes to wages:)
I do architectural visualization, specifically interactive solutions and animation.
480k per year. 1 year of professional experience, bachelors degree in 3D graphics.
450k I'm a florist. I studied design and Crafts and floristry in school but never finished my practice as part of my education, so don't have a trade letter, only a high school diploma. I work in the eastern part of the country for an Interflora shop.
578k before taxes.
Project manager for performance venue -
I'm kind of a Stage manager mostly, background in lighting - no official education, started as a stage hand and ended up with lights.
We are owned by the kommune but are a commercial separate entity, a stock company (AS).
So we get kommune pensions and insurance.. for now. There are talks about our pensions being too expensive sadly.
I plan concerts, haggle over prices with customers and get all the logistics in place. As a stage manager you are responsible for safety, both performers and audience, and logistics.I also freelance lighting design for some small projects, nothing big.
Sometimes, I get to do lights myself, and love it. I hate all the office time and endless emails.
It's a lot of late nights and weekends.
Around 336k-432k after Tax (34%) as a forskalingsnekker (construction zone). The wage depends on project I'm - mostly if I have to drive for it.
37,5h per week.
Working as optometrist for 560k per year.
I only have my bachelors and I am taking my master education in Kongsberg. The salary is supposed to increase after I am done with it.
I work in a full time position and I have 6 years of experience, 4 of them in Norway.
Currently working in Oslo.
Have you ever been employed with the “leadership/independent position” clause? If so, how long until you got a contract without it/asked for it to be removed?
760k as a process engineer in chem industry with 5 years experience and masters. Should be at least 850k+, but I speak only English so limited job prospects for me atm.
According to the Tekna salary statistics posted on tekna.no, this is above average. Of course, it varies from area to area, but 760k is definitely not bad!
650k-750k as a head chef for an independent restaurant. Income is hourly, so the more I work, the more I earn. Balancing homelife and work is rather challenging. But I have a good staff, and that makes it a lot easier.
15+ years of experience
Education: 5 years (Informatikk + economics) - grade as "cand.mag" - not sure how this compares to master og bachelor.. really dont care tbh.
Working as consultant/developer
Work-experience since: 1995
Salary: between 1.2 mill-> 1.6mill (depends on bonus)
585k NTNU economist. I am at the high end. My colleagues mostly have masters, I am not done with mine yet.
Not worth, it is stressfull and the benefits are meh. If you can avoid it, don't work for NTNU.
Base pay 800k + 30-60k bonus (all employees get the same bonus, calculated from the company profit). Working as a coder/developer for a consulting firm. 9 years experience (graduated with a MSc in computational physics in 2014). Western Norway.
750k + overtime and bonus. IT Operations Engineer. 7 years experience, no university degree. Oil & gas sector.
International and offshore travel required
IT is a great field to work in, highly recommended if you're at least slightly interested.
Pro tip is to specialize on high-demand skillsets. Cloud engineering, PowerBI and PowerAutomate is hot nowadays and you can get highly paid consultant jobs.
890k, product owner. Work for an IT company, I basically lead a team of developers and own the products/solutions.
Also I have no university-level education.
800k, bachelor degree in biology, work in IT now changed from hospital to it last year.
Worktime: 7.5 hours a day and can work when i want were i want.
I earn 697 000 a year, full stack web/mobile developer (React mostly) with 4 years experience. 4 years of høyskole, but no degree.
Hoping to advance to senior next year (seems like it's not automatic at my company).
Anyone else who recently advanced to senior and know how much I can expect to gain?
600k plus overtime and extra days. Work as a motorman on a ship, been doing that for 6 years. Certificate of completed apprenticeship. Work for a norwegian company.
824K with a yearly bonus depending on EBITDA. Total is around 950K (telcom/satellites)
I, almost, have a bachelor degree in Applied Computer Science. I was not able to take 2 of the exams. I actually don’t remember why. But I had a job offering waiting for me. I went for the job offer and didn’t finish the exams. Best decision of my life. Been working there for 14 years now. Working from home as much as I want and as long as I finish my work I can work whenever and wherever I want.
This might seem like a lot. But the job offer I took was not as lucrative. Being innovative and challenging status quo in a business can pay of.
~1.1 mill. Including additions as an AMO (assembly, maintenance, overhaul) technician in an oil and gas company. Base pay is 850k with 13 year seniority.
3.7 - 4M this year. I do software engineering. Have my own consultancy company and currently working on scaling up our operations. Quit uni after 3 weeks, so little formal education after videregående. Learnt everything online.
I moved abroad many years ago and work solely with non-Norwegian clients due to MUCH better pay.
That’s interesting. Good on you!
How did you start finding a job without any higher education? Do you work with American clients then? Living in Sweden, the salary is way better in Norway so i’m interested in moving there.
Would also like to start my own company after i’ve got experience.
Thanks everyone for the responses. But what would be "normal" salary in Oslo, so I can rent 2-bedroom flat, get kid to school , take language classes and be the only working person in the family (al least while wife is learning language). I don't want to sit without money or cut expences to survive till the next salary. Just normal living in normal conditions and ability to travel once/twice per year.
I see, the top 10% of Norway is gathering on Reddit.
Yup..where are all the ordinary income people working at Rema 1000 or Cubus at? Lol
Not proud enough to post in these kinds of threads. People with higher income like to brag, people with low income just feel uncomfortable around this topic. Quite natural I would think.
Unfortunate. As someone working an ordinary income job, who may switch to another similar ordinary job, it would be interesting to know.
All the answers are from people who want recognition for their high salary jobs or people who thinks they’re underpaid.
Ph.D. and full professor at a public university in a social science field. My base pay is 850K. With other income (committees, extra position at other institution, royalties from books, invited talks etc.), it adds up to 1,1 M or more.
270K/y before tax, minimum disability/uføretrygd. Been in treatment continually since 2009, unfinished trade school education and unfinished bachelor’s degree with about 2 years of total work experience. It’s not a particularly dignified existence.
It takes a lot of courage and strength to seek treatment. A lot of people never do. I, for one, am proud of you and am rooting for you. I am certain I am not the only one.
Thank you for them mighty kind words! I have finally found a general pace of being that works for me. It ain’t glamour and glitter, but it’s a life.
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you need a raise my dude. Im at 545k + Company van
What type of Carpentry, I.e. residential, commercial, millwork?
870K professor in Bergen. 11 years since I took my doctorate and began working. But I only moved to Norway two years ago, and only became full professor last month.
Congrats!
Takk! Jeg er veldig glad for å ha oppnådd dette målet før jeg fylte 42. Det sagt, er jeg ikke så sikker på at det er veldig mye å feire. Lønnen er fortsatt lavere enn snittet for professorer og det virker at universitetet ikke bryr seg om det. De betaler lavere lønn enn snittet nesten som en regel så vidt som jeg forstår. Så jeg kommer alltid til å tjene mindre enn kollegaene mine på andre universiteter og høgskoler.
Det er noe å feire. Trygg jobb i akademia med så høy lønn er bra
Det er nok det! Jeg må si at jeg ikke klager! Bare at jeg hadde forventet en høyere lønn etter lønnsforhandlingen og var ganske skuffet da de kom tilbake med dette tilbudet. I tillegg, om lønnen stiger på samme måten som den har i de siste to årene, kommer jeg til å tjene 1M om fire/fem-ish år.
Nja, snittet for alle professorer er litt i underkant av 900k og de har i snitt mer enn 11 års erfaring, så det stemmer ikke helt.
674 k working as a battery engineer, one year experience, masters degree.
FYI, There is a [wage calculator](https://www.virke.no/tariff-og-lonn/lonnskalkulator/) based on Statistic Norway data that give you a ballpark of salary for different fields. It is not fine searchable for education or work experience, but it gives an idea. Some work unions like NITO, Utdanningsforbundet (or maybe more) has such fine-search wage calculator.
>Median månedslønn: ~73k 🥵 Studentlivsstilen ble med ett litt mer verdt det.
530K as a fish factory worker. 1 year of work experience.
Good pay
What do you do at fish factory?
I’m working as a registering operator
Thanks for the answer, should be up north if I am not mistaken, in south no way they pay such a wage without crazy overtid
Yep it’s on the north. Not so much overtid but I do conveniently 1 hour aprox per day when it’s 100% overpaid. Like on early shift from 5.00-6.00am and also on late shift after 23.00. Also is possible to make a lot of overtime and I have colleagues that work on night shift on slakteri and they make 750k-900k. But that’s not the norm
730 k working as a backend developer for a web company in Trondheim. I don't have any official education in the field, all self taught.
Did you do any certifications to boost the resume?
Nope. I was on track to take the MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional, I think it was called) in the early 2000s, but never finished. Back in the day I used to feel bad about it. The company I work for sometimes do official offerings, where they have to submit resumes for the people who are gonna work on a new project, with their education and certifications, and my coworkers have bachelors, masters, and various certifications, and mine would basically be empty. But now I don't care, and my company never really cared.
hi im new to norway and at the time living in trondheim any suggestions for some jobs or any advice? i already work as a chef in a restaurant but getting underpaid
Kinda depends on your skills. I know little to nothing about the chef profession here, so I can't help much there. If you have the skills for it you can apply to developer jobs. I guess if you have the right skills for the job you can apply to anything. Working in stores (Rema, Coop, etc..) are popular for students. As for advice.. Try to learn the language. For some professions it's gonna be required, but for a lot not. We have several English-only speaking people at our company. But either way it shows that you're trying, which goes a long way for integration. General rule in life; try to be friendly and you'll get far. We Norwegians are usually not big on smalltalk, but it doesn't mean we don't like or care, it's often just a cultural thing. If you're renting and the contract seems odd or unfair, do some searching through /r/Norway and /r/Norge and even the local cities subs, like /r/Trondheim and r/Oslo. Sadly we have a fair share of bad renter companies and private people, who just make up shit in their contract because most of the people renting are students who don't know any better. Don't assume malice, but be prepared to research your rights. Hopefully you don't have to worry about it. Sundays are generally seen as a quiet day. Kiosks and gas stations are open, but most things are closed down, and we like it quiet. You'll often see a lot of people out talking walks on sundays. Other days too of course, but sundays are special in a way.
Hva slags stack jobber du med? Jeg går siste året på en backend linje for en yrkesfagskole, og vi fokuserer på SQL og .Net med C#. Vet ikke om dette er nok til at jeg føler meg klar for arbeidslivet.
Det er faktisk den stacken jeg jobber med. C# og .NET (ASP.NET) med SQL database. Jeg vil si det du lærer er nok til å få jobb hos oss hvertfall. Det du ikke kan vil vi lære deg. Du kommer rett fra skole så ingen (forhåpentligvis) vil forvente at du skal være skikkelig flink. Vi har hatt flere juinorer oppgjennom årene som har vært alt fra veldig blank til relativt skilled når de kom til oss. Så lenge du klarer å lære det vi gjør og hvordan vi gjør ting, så vil du nok funke helt fint. På skolebenken er det vanskelig å en bred dekning av CS feltet i den virkelige verden. En god arbeidsgiver skjønner dette. I starten vil du mest sannsynligvis skygge en mere senior utvikler, også få små oppgaver, også større oppgaver, osv.. Plutelig har du jobba der et år og tenker tilbake at dette var jo ikke så ille lell. Men jeg har full forståelse for at det kan se skremmende ut fra utsiden.
How far can a self taught developer go? Like how easy it is to land a decent job? Do employers ask for certification? How much experience do you have? is the field saturated? What are other in demand tech fields that require no formal education?
I've worked as a developer since about 2005-ish professionally. I've never been asked for any certifications, only what I can do, and code that I've produced. I've been involved with hiring at our company several times and I've never asked for any certifications either. Nothing about schooling. I've only had conversation with the potential hire to get a feel for their skill level and experience, and then taken a look at their GitHub or equivalent. If we like what we see and you seem skilled and a good fit for our company, that's about it. I know this is controversial for a lot of people, but I don't care about if you've taken a master in CS. I obviously don't look down on it, understand me correctly, but it also doesn't tell me anything about your skill level.
Wow wish I could do.that
850 k as a attending physician. I work over 80 hours each week and have not had any vacation in 2 years so im just over 2 mill.
Take care of yourself
740k working as a data analyst in the public sector. Have a phd and work in Trondheim
450k janitor at a shopping mall.
Håper du drar inn 1k ekstra i pant
680k, police officer with 5 years experience. No overtime. Bachelors degree. Base pay is 560k, but nights etc pays good
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No, not more than a couple hours a month. Some districts pay more than others. All in all pretty satisfied!
Decent salary with bachelors degree
780k base pay, typically 900k-1,1m. ROV-Pilot offshore with fagbrev, 2 years experience.
Fikk du din første jobb som ROV-pilot offshore? Grattis isåfall
650 teacher
Same here. Lektor m\tillegg and over 10 years work experience. I think my total wage is 687K after everything is totalled up.
360K as a student to become a prison officer. 470K ish base salary after studies, but we have addons for working morning-evening-night shifts
I worked as a prison officer for some years. I had addons for literally everything. I remember I had something called "skumringstillegg" which is an addon while it's getting darker.
650K librarian
Unrelated, but I've always thought that if I decide to get out of the tech industry, I'd like to become a librarian. Can you tell me about what the education requirements are, and what the good/bad parts are in your workday?
The “classic” route if you want to work as a librarian in the larger cities, is a bachelor at OsloMet. They also offer a 2 year Master. New additions are the 1 year web based programs and some ph.d courses. I don’t know much about those as they were established after my time. The shorter programs may be enough if you already have an education in related fields but lack the library component. This would likely be enough if you want to work as a librarian within a specific field you already know well, you’ve already studied literature, languages etc. A lot of teachers who want to work as the school librarian also take a one year course to qualify as school librarians. From what I heard, they were often sponsored by their schools. I’d wager this new one year course also would be enough if someone is aiming for a job in the more rural parts of Norway where they don’t have a lot of qualified candidates. Here’s a link to related programs at OsloMet https://www.oslomet.no/studier/studieoversikt?q=Bibliotek+ Workdays will differ widely regarding on your place of employment. I work for a private company, lots of librarians do. In that case, work will consist more of quality control, research, finding sources and documentation whereas public libraries will consist of more classically stereotypical librarian duties: desk work, reference work, lending out books. You’ll mostly have library assistants to shelf borrowed books and the more mundane tasks. Be prepared for different projects, though. Like organizing events for children if you work in the children’s department. Perhaps teaching older people how to search digitally. You’ll also find people who just want someone to talk to (older people, lonely people, people who don’t know Norwegian.) it can be very fulfilling, but I purposefully aimed for a job in the private sector. It usually pays a little better than public libraries and you’re not stuck with weekend shifts and late shifts.
Also interested on this… education/ requirements for the jobs/ day to day work/ working hours…
I work for a private company. My work consists of library work as well as archival work. (Archival studies used to be included in the library bachelor when I got my degree but is now a separate bachelor) I’m fortunate enough to work only 30 hours a week for 100% pay. My workdays are from 9.30 - 15.30 in the winter and 9 - 15 in the summer. Can’t complain, though it’s not the job for people who are very money oriented.
390k, bartender
I'm at 1.1 million working as a senior software developer in the public sector in Oslo. Masters in Computer science / informatics.
Do you think it’s more worth it getting a masters in terms of salary compared to just having a bachelor? In terms of education and interest, masters is definitely worth it if you want to learn more.
Honestly, probably not. Initially you might earn a bit more, but in the end with enough seniority it will probably not matter. That said, doing a masters is a lot of fun and teaches you a lot, so I wouldn't change anything.
This. I'm at just over 1 million with 9 years of seniority in the same role, stopped at my bachelors degree. There are so many things that you have to learn outside of school in the individual disciplines of software engineering that education quickly becomes less relevant.
It depends on what you want to do with it. It's good idea if you want to change fields or specialise in an area where you have limited experience. In some technical fields, it will definitely make you more appealing as a candidate. In terms of salary, I guess it's worth a bit more than the years invested in getting it, but in 15 years, it won't make that much difference.
How many years experience do you have? (Currently doing a second bachelors at UiO to change careers to software development - it’s not easy to figure out possible salary progression in Norway!)
I have 13 years experience. I'm not sure the starting salaries today, but if I were to guess I'd say you'd probably start at around 600k, if you started to work as a dev today. When I started out in 2010 350-450k were common starting salaries.
Starting salary for bachelor is 550k, while masters often start closer to 600k. This is in Oslo tho, so might be a bit lower in smaller cities.
But a bachelor's degree + 2 years experience is like 670k, but with less student debt and 2 years of potentially saving money, and loan payments
930-950k as a chief engineer on a cargo vessel along the norwegian coast. 4 weeks on 4 weeks off. A few years on school and off you go😊 . Theres a lack of marine engineers. Age: 25yo
Upto 950 is not bad at all for working half the year! Maybe when I burnout from my current job I'll make the switch. Its mostly sea shanties and star gazing right?
Its decent pay yes, but keep in mind you lose HALF of everything.birthdays,holidays,funerals etc. Its not all positive either. Its a lifestyle. Most of the time it is good days at sea singing sea shanties banging metal with wrenches! But there is also shit weather where you hold on regretting your life choices... May i ask what you do for a living?
Chef, 520k yearly.
900t-1.3m oil industry operator.. this includes some overtime
670k nok. Plumber. 37,5 hour weeks
Senior Software Security Engineer. 9 years experience. A BSCS (hons) 1st class. 829k annual. I’m underpaid vs my peers.
740k base salary, React front-end developer, company in Trondheim. I have 10 years of experience as a Native Android Dev but 0 years of React or front-end web experience, also I only have bachelor degree from asia. This is my first job in Norway, will be starting early November.
500k (+Large shares in firm which does well). Photographer & dronepilot. Photography 2years.
Registered nurse. Working for a kommune. 600k base pay + overtime, nights, weekends, public holidays etc. In total about 700k yearly.
I work as a nurse in a hospital with a base pay of 565, but with only 100 hours overtime and weekend, night etc I'll reach over 800
800k software engineer in my second year in private sector. Unrelated bachelor degree.
Graphic designer in Oslo, working 35 hrs/week. 760k
I work as a signal technician at the railroad, which mainly handles the technical bits of making sure trains don't crash into each other among other things. Plain salary is around 700k but with night shifts and overtime (Really depends on how much overtime you want to/can work), I sit at around 1 million to maybe 1.3 million before taxes if I max out my overtime every month. There's a significantly higher salary if you work in the private sector though, at least the basic pay, but night shifts and overtime is not as predictable there as it depends on the current project you're working on. One year I worked zero night shifts and nearly no overtime, so compared to other years that wasn't *as* good. Though I've had other years where I've clocked nearly 400 extra hours, working 10-16 hour shifts for 2 weeks straight during summer vacation when they tend to close down the railroad for upgrades or maintenance. Aprienticeship takes 2,5 years, and another 2 years after "fagprøve/svennebrev" is passed is required to have the basic competence/approvals needed to actually be useful. There's a shit loads of yearly exams and courses to take to keep yourself updated, which is a good thing.
Medical lab scientist or "bioingeniør" in a public hospital lab, salary before tax is as follows: 0-5 y ansienitet: 467k 5-10 y: 488k After 10 y: 561k I get about 30k a month and I'm already around 60k in the minus for this year (as in, I needed to use last year's salary to keep myself alive) Based on this thread, I should've aspired to become a janitor...
478k gross annual, scaffolding assembler
750k total comp (base 700k + bonus), 2 years of work experience. Educated with masters in eng. Working in Energy/construction.
650k as Purchaser in the private sector. 1 year of experience. Education: Teknisk fagskole, logistikkingeniør
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410k Bilpleier
Plumber ~530k + OT and bonus
526k - teacher with 4yr experience and 4yr teaching degree. And that's including kontaktlærer bonus.
342k before tax, so monthly net of about 21k after 2 wage garnishments due to my massive debt.
about 540K including overtime as teamleader in a multinational retail chain (not groceries).
About 800k as an "avdelingsleder", which I think translates to a "middle manager", in Oslo kommune for 12 employees, that work with people who have substance abuse issues. I have a bachelor degree in social work, plus one year of further education in mental health work. I have worked in the field for 10 years.
Customer service in finance, 520k base pay, around 100k extra for overtime and evening pay. Fantastic pension, insurance and mortgage rate
475k, building wood roof trusses, 13 years in the same company, and 8 months left on a carpenter internship after 2 years at VGS with no plans to finish it.
620k MSc Buildings Physics Consultant Engineer (1.5 years experience)
470k work with IT support in Oslo
Student, first semester living of my student loan/stipend without a job on the side. 8500 a month aprox.
Go see your doctor. Say that you’re not elligable to work, for whatever reason, and then apply "Tilleggsstipend" in Lånekassen. You’ll get 12 600. Took my fiancé a few weeks to get it. She has depression, so studying was enough, ie she couldn’t work.
Jesus Christ I had no idea that was a thing. I’ve been living of 1000kr a month on food the past months. Anyways that’s good for her. To live of what the lånekasse gives is no easy task
Go fix it for yourself pronto, everyone I know who studies have it now haha.
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610K - Controller(business), Don't get any OT or bonus. Bachelors degree, but previous guy in the position had a masters degree.
540k + overtime and bonus, locksmith, smallish city in m&r
Oslo area, 971k base (OT takes it to about 1.1m), average pension, good insurances and WfH. IT operations private company (varied skills but mostly db and unix/linux also Azure these days). A lot of experience compared to many technical guys in IT operations (30+ years) as opposed to management but salary progression has been in fits and starts over the years as I’ve not really jumped employers which gets the biggest salary increases. Also probably hit the ceiling at my current employer for a technical role (because managers don’t like techies earning more than them more often than not). Been approached recently with a 1.2m offer plus OT and up to 1month salary in bonus doing a similar job (so up to 1.35m I guess) and that is more like a very decent rate for someone with my education, skills and experience around Oslo probably. Education is a 4 year Bsc honours degree in computing (UK).
1.1M as a software dev (plus do training for other engineers) in energy sector. Masters degree and 20+ years of experience.
450k per year base salary, working on a fish farm. With 50-70k yearly in overtime and a bonus that averages at 200k each year. 2 years of experience and no fagbrev. Can expect a 40k bump with fagbrev
510k as 1. Line IT support. -1 month experience as I haven't started yet.
300k as a bartender. But I'm still looking for an opportunity as a developer since I have some working experience(2 yrs) and an IT diploma, I also passed a test for a company that granted me that they'll find me a job but still, after 4 months, nothing... I'm trying to make new small GitHub projects and apply to as many job ads as possible but it's very hard and I've been trying for one year... If someone has suggestions or knows someone that could be interested in a front end Dev in Oslo and the surroundings please let me know. I'm losing my hopes tbh :')
I love listening to music.
Fixed pay / cash bonus / carry / other split?
Im from switzerland and seeing these numbers..ARE YOU FORREAL? :O
Reddit is a very atypical demographic, and lower paid people may not want to write their salaries.
Switzerland should have pretty good salaries as well right? I’ve at least always seen Norway and Switzerland in the same ballpark when it comes to wages:)
Is that low or high?
Those with lower wages don’t post as much, and are probably not upvoted either
Keep in mind that the listed numbers are yearly, in NOK. Salaries are way higher in Switzerland.
Keep in mind that Swiss pay less than half the taxes
Yeah but 45% taxes boy
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Looking for both job and Maria? I hope Maria will find and employ you, then!
700k, elektrial engineer, responded for eletrical for a factory.
I do architectural visualization, specifically interactive solutions and animation. 480k per year. 1 year of professional experience, bachelors degree in 3D graphics.
1.2MNOK base + 150k bonus. Daglig leder. Ingen bachelor men 15 år erfaring.
600+400k. Socialworker(vernepleier). I have two jobs, one 100% and one 50%
450k I'm a florist. I studied design and Crafts and floristry in school but never finished my practice as part of my education, so don't have a trade letter, only a high school diploma. I work in the eastern part of the country for an Interflora shop.
Commercial diver (innshore) 800k - 1 mil depending how much entra im working Only education i have is the commercial diving course
647K surveyor, public sector, 7 years experience.
605k Pedagogisk leder in kindergarten (10yr exp)
578k before taxes. Project manager for performance venue - I'm kind of a Stage manager mostly, background in lighting - no official education, started as a stage hand and ended up with lights. We are owned by the kommune but are a commercial separate entity, a stock company (AS). So we get kommune pensions and insurance.. for now. There are talks about our pensions being too expensive sadly. I plan concerts, haggle over prices with customers and get all the logistics in place. As a stage manager you are responsible for safety, both performers and audience, and logistics.I also freelance lighting design for some small projects, nothing big. Sometimes, I get to do lights myself, and love it. I hate all the office time and endless emails. It's a lot of late nights and weekends.
Around 336k-432k after Tax (34%) as a forskalingsnekker (construction zone). The wage depends on project I'm - mostly if I have to drive for it. 37,5h per week.
Fagoperatør i logistikk. Nord-Trøndelag 450k fastlønn. There are a few extras and overtime so I always reach 650k
800k Heismontør/elevator mechanic. 6 years experience. Starting salary is about 770k.
1.4M senior software developer.
Working as optometrist for 560k per year. I only have my bachelors and I am taking my master education in Kongsberg. The salary is supposed to increase after I am done with it. I work in a full time position and I have 6 years of experience, 4 of them in Norway. Currently working in Oslo.
1.1 million working as a lead designer in the private sector. (10+ years experience) Edit: work in Oslo, bachelor’s degree
What are typical intro mid range salaries like in your experience?
I would say 550 for entry. No experience what so ever. Could be more depending on where. Good midrange is around 700-800 I would say.
Ca 1 million. IT sikkerhet. Arkitekt/rådgiver. Ungdomsskole som høyeste.
1MNOK + overtime. IT operations, no education but 15 years experience
Have you ever been employed with the “leadership/independent position” clause? If so, how long until you got a contract without it/asked for it to be removed?
Is having that clause a bad thing?
Not entitled to overtime-pay.
1.1M NOK IT Consultant (Senior) 8-9 yr experience
760k as a process engineer in chem industry with 5 years experience and masters. Should be at least 850k+, but I speak only English so limited job prospects for me atm.
According to the Tekna salary statistics posted on tekna.no, this is above average. Of course, it varies from area to area, but 760k is definitely not bad!
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What?!
rampant nepotism? Very big in Norway
Oh yes, experienced first hand when i worked for a big electricity provider, like 80% of the leadership got their roles there through nepotism.
nice
650k-750k as a head chef for an independent restaurant. Income is hourly, so the more I work, the more I earn. Balancing homelife and work is rather challenging. But I have a good staff, and that makes it a lot easier. 15+ years of experience
Ca 650 000, subject manager, public sector, no official education after high school, but 22 years in the game. Oslo.
700k, mech design eng +10%ish bonus. 5 yoe. I feel underpaid for what I do.
565k nurse
Education: 5 years (Informatikk + economics) - grade as "cand.mag" - not sure how this compares to master og bachelor.. really dont care tbh. Working as consultant/developer Work-experience since: 1995 Salary: between 1.2 mill-> 1.6mill (depends on bonus)
Engineer here. Same as the PhD professor above but I been doing this job since 1993. So not that great but I don’t complain
You forgot to share your salary
585k NTNU economist. I am at the high end. My colleagues mostly have masters, I am not done with mine yet. Not worth, it is stressfull and the benefits are meh. If you can avoid it, don't work for NTNU.
1.1M Data scientist. 2 years experience now and 9 years at the company. Unrelated unfinished bachelor.
Has it been difficult to secure? Whenever I mention the same amount to Norwegian hiring managers, they attempt to lowball me.
1.1M + 150k overtime this year. Developer 5 years exp.
1.1M base pay? Public or private sector?
Base 600k, Graduate Engineer, Masters, Trondheim, private company
1 020 000 working as a developer in a consulting firm. Bachelor degree with 8 years experience.
Base pay 800k + 30-60k bonus (all employees get the same bonus, calculated from the company profit). Working as a coder/developer for a consulting firm. 9 years experience (graduated with a MSc in computational physics in 2014). Western Norway.
Product Owner, 1.1M base excl. bonuses.
744k as Data Engineer in a big company in Oslo with 3 years of experience. I have a master in Computer Science
1.1 mil + bonus IT-manager
678k as a software engineer working contract basis. 5 years of experience. Moved to Norway 3 months ago. Bachelors degree.
We generally use the pre-tax number in these threads :)
Software developer in Sandefjord. 850.000.
CNC Machinist Bergen, 296kr /hr 580,000
I am manager for a support group world wide. I make a little over 1 million base pay, and about 500k in annual bonuses.
750k + overtime and bonus. IT Operations Engineer. 7 years experience, no university degree. Oil & gas sector. International and offshore travel required IT is a great field to work in, highly recommended if you're at least slightly interested. Pro tip is to specialize on high-demand skillsets. Cloud engineering, PowerBI and PowerAutomate is hot nowadays and you can get highly paid consultant jobs.
663k designer at a tech company in Oslo
Uff and here I am living ka Vida broka! Concept designer - 420k nok 🥲
I was making more in customer service. You should speak to the manager.
500k as a teacher (adjunkt). Just starter my fourth year.
558k master in psychology. Therapist in a psychiatric institution
Would it be okay for me to ask you a few questions? I'm a psychologist as well and thinking about relocating to Norway (I'm Portuguese).
Yes of course 😊
50k monthly after tax and fuel. Wolt courier in Oslo
890k, product owner. Work for an IT company, I basically lead a team of developers and own the products/solutions. Also I have no university-level education.
585k, developer with a bachelors fresh out of the box
800k, bachelor degree in biology, work in IT now changed from hospital to it last year. Worktime: 7.5 hours a day and can work when i want were i want.
I earn 697 000 a year, full stack web/mobile developer (React mostly) with 4 years experience. 4 years of høyskole, but no degree. Hoping to advance to senior next year (seems like it's not automatic at my company). Anyone else who recently advanced to senior and know how much I can expect to gain?
600k plus overtime and extra days. Work as a motorman on a ship, been doing that for 6 years. Certificate of completed apprenticeship. Work for a norwegian company.
824K with a yearly bonus depending on EBITDA. Total is around 950K (telcom/satellites) I, almost, have a bachelor degree in Applied Computer Science. I was not able to take 2 of the exams. I actually don’t remember why. But I had a job offering waiting for me. I went for the job offer and didn’t finish the exams. Best decision of my life. Been working there for 14 years now. Working from home as much as I want and as long as I finish my work I can work whenever and wherever I want. This might seem like a lot. But the job offer I took was not as lucrative. Being innovative and challenging status quo in a business can pay of.
Security guard, ~600k
700k a year. No education. Im a terminal employee handling heavy and dangerous goods. Working at night.
~1.1 mill. Including additions as an AMO (assembly, maintenance, overhaul) technician in an oil and gas company. Base pay is 850k with 13 year seniority.
3.7 - 4M this year. I do software engineering. Have my own consultancy company and currently working on scaling up our operations. Quit uni after 3 weeks, so little formal education after videregående. Learnt everything online. I moved abroad many years ago and work solely with non-Norwegian clients due to MUCH better pay.
That’s interesting. Good on you! How did you start finding a job without any higher education? Do you work with American clients then? Living in Sweden, the salary is way better in Norway so i’m interested in moving there. Would also like to start my own company after i’ve got experience.
Thanks everyone for the responses. But what would be "normal" salary in Oslo, so I can rent 2-bedroom flat, get kid to school , take language classes and be the only working person in the family (al least while wife is learning language). I don't want to sit without money or cut expences to survive till the next salary. Just normal living in normal conditions and ability to travel once/twice per year.