iPhone 18 Pro NOK 15,990
58 hours of work
The first week of January, and the next until Wednesday 11 am.
Joint sixth of 28. In Switzerland the same phone takes 30 hours; in Türkiye, 487.
The Hours Index · Norway mist.huliwood.com
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I take home a year.
That is the average worker's, after tax. Put in yours for a year, bonuses and extra months' pay included, and the card and the list redo the sums. It stays on this page.
The sums
The average full-time worker in Norway earns NOK 801,695 a year before tax and takes home NOK 576,239 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays NOK 277.04.
An iPhone 18 Pro: NOK 15,990 ÷ NOK 277.04 = 58 hours. The first week of January, and the next until Wednesday 11 am.
A Tesla Model Y: NOK 442,857.50 ÷ NOK 277.04 = 1,599 hours. January to early October.
A Big Mac: NOK 78 ÷ NOK 277.04 = 0.28 hours, or 17 minutes.
The Tesla: Tesla's Norwegian site lists NOK 399,990 before VAT and taxes. Norway charges 25% VAT on the part of an electric car's price above NOK 300,000 (from 2026), NOK 24,997.50 here, and a NOK 17,870 weight tax: NOK 442,857.50. Before the NOK 11,842 destination and documentation fee (and its VAT) and the NOK 2,400 scrap deposit (NOK 460,060 in all). Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Norway actually work. More in what the index leaves out.
Against the other 37
iPhone 18 Pro joint sixth of 28
- 1Switzerland CHF 1,199 30 hours
- 2 more
- 3Canada (see the note) C$1,749 53 hours
- 5Luxembourg €1,430.10 56 hours
- 6Norway NOK 15,990 58 hours
- 6United Kingdom £1,199 58 hours
- 8Netherlands €1,479 62 hours
- 19 more
- 28Türkiye (see the note) ₺137,999 487 hours
Tesla Model Y sixth of 37
- 1Switzerland CHF 40,990 1,033 hours
- 2 more
- 4United States (see the note) $39,990 1,495 hours
- 5Canada (see the note) C$50,090 1,516 hours
- 6Norway NOK 442,857.50 1,599 hours
- 7Luxembourg €40,990 1,611 hours
- 8Netherlands €39,990 1,670 hours
- 28 more
- 37Mexico MX$799,000 8,716 hours
Big Mac joint ninth of 36
Sources
Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (the OECD's own estimate, as for most countries).
Prices, checked 29 September 2026: Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro with 256 GB; Tesla, the cheapest Model Y on sale; The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).