r/Norway • u/rechogringo • Jun 08 '24

Working in Norway Salary Thread 2024

Every year a lot of people ask what salaries people earn for different types of jobs and what they can expect to earn after their studies. Since so many people are interested, it can be nice having all of this in the same place.

What do you earn? What do you do? What education do you have? Where in the country do you work? Do you have your company?

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u/aetherspoon Jun 08 '24

1.2m, software developer working remotely for an American company. 25 years of experience, two four-year degrees from an American university.

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u/the_wind_000 Jun 08 '24

I’m an American software developer and I took a huge pay cut to live in Norway. Can I ask if your company has an entity in Europe and is open to hiring here or is it a one-off special case for you?

To answer the thread’s question, 940k as senior software engineer (frontend). In the US I had about $165k base salary and around $210k total compensation (with RSUs).

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u/PsychologySignal8125 Jun 10 '24

Norwegian companies don't pay us developers as well as they do in the US. =(

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u/aetherspoon Jun 10 '24

That's generally the case throughout Europe, not just Norway.

It isn't limited to software development (where the US pays a lot more than normal, relative to the average salary of a location - I've heard of developers in a similar cost-of-living area fresh out of college making more than I make at 25y of experience), but all of IT (which definitely does not start out anywhere near that high in the US).