[eu-tech-tak]

>if anyone wants to help me land my first gig over in Oslo, I'm conviniently next-next door in Finland

I made a website to help non-norwegian speakers find a tech/it/software job in Norway. All the job posts should be in English and only a few jobs require some Norwegian knowledge.

If you know Java, .NET or JavaScript/Typescript there are a lot of well(-enough) paid jobs in Norway.

https://nordictechjobs.com/jobs

[gwervc]

Interesting but without salary ranges it's hard to know if it worth applying. What are typical bracket for software engineer as junior, 3 years, and 5 years of experience?

[eu-tech-tak]

>What are typical bracket for software engineer as junior, 3 years, and 5 years of experience?

For Oslo the salary range is something like this, a bit lower in smaller cities. These are the "typical" brackets, but you can definitively get a lot more:

- 0 YOE - €45k-€60k

- 3 YOE - €55k-€90k

- 5 YOE - €70k-€150k and up

A "median" salary in Oslo for a developer with 3-8 YOE is around €70k-80k. Anyone who has 5 YOE and actually asks for a higher salary can easily get 1 million NOK or €90k++.

Expect a 32%-38% tax rate on your income.

If you earn 1 million NOK (€85k) you will pay €27k in tax.

Here is the tax calculator from the official tax office: https://skattekalkulator.app.skatteetaten.no/

EDIT: Here is an article in Norwegian about software developer salaries. It shows about the same numbers as mine, just a lower ceiling.

https://witted.com/blog/software-freelancing/lonnsniva-for-u...

[DeathArrow]

>If you earn 1 million NOK (€85k) you will pay €27k in tax.

That leaves €58k. After paying all taxes I make €53k in Romania. So moving to Norway means I would lose a lot since the prices are much higher there.

[fardinahsan]

Are you making a quantile-quantile comparison? It's probably likely that you are making way more than the average romanian dev and the same is likely to apply in norway.

[badpun]

Eastern Europe is one of the best place to live as a developer.

[DeathArrow]

Outside of US, yes. And I've heard developers in China and India are doing pretty good, too.

[gwervc]

Thanks for the detailed answer and adding information about taxes! I've to adjust to the cost of living but at first glance that seems still quite higher than what are practiced in my country, especially with some experience.

[sfn42]

Anywhere from 500-600k NOK with a fresh bachelor's degree to well over a million NOK with experience.

The best paying jobs are usually provision-based consultant/contractor positions. Some companies go hard in that direction, others lean more towards job security and stuff like that. You get paid less, but you get paid the same amount regardless of whether you have work to do. They spend more money on social things like company trips and other events etc. Then there's various benefits like pension, insurance, they might pay for internet and gym memberships, lots of stuff like that.

You pretty much just have to see what they offer.

[wafflemaker]

You would have to find a junior or more experience eng and check his earnings online.

As to earnings by industry, you can check them on the statistics bureau website: https://www.ssb.no/arbeid-og-lonn/lonn-og-arbeidskraftkostna...

[hiAndrewQuinn]

Wonderful! Glad I got my reps in with C# and Azure last year.