Sondre Pettersen lives in one of the most expensive places in the world. At 25, he works as a cybersecurity incident response analyst in Oslo, Norway, earning about $78,000 a year. He recently purchased a $465,000 apartment and carefully manages his expenses, saving around $1,000 a month while prioritizing travel, skiing, and other hobbies.
In this episode of “The Pay Check,” Sondre breaks down his cost of living, sharing exactly how he earns, spends, budgets.
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00:00 – Intro
00:20 – Income & Work
03:20 – Housing & Utilities
07:52 – Transportation
09:41 – Food & Groceries
12:11 – Lifestyle & Leisure
15:08 – Health & Insurance
15:56 – Debt, Savings, & Investments
17:36 – City-Specific Costs & Quirks
20:36 – Credits
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Yes please to show you how bullshit your representation of Norwegian tax system is. Please!
Could you also do someone in Africa?
10 USD for AI im thinking you got opencode? 😏
I don’t know why but I’m watching this
He should go to Sweden for grocery shopping, it’s much cheaper there
He is a Mac Miller fan. Approved! Had Swimming on display,and balloonerism in the basket.
Finally someone who isn’t an expat, but a native, and even Norwegian, like me! Remember that Oslo is extremely expensive. For the price of his flat, I can buy _two_ 200 sqm houses here in rural Norway. My wife and I paid off our house in five years and we were debt free (incl. student loans) by age 33. Education and health being socialised means that his 78k USD salary would match a US living standard salary probably double that.
You can easily live on that as a single person in Oslo, as long as you live simply. It’s worse for me who still pay child support, dragging old debt with me and a wife who is not contributing that much.
Good day to you Sondre. I have been to Oslo, Norway, 2 times. I love Oslo. I also traveled to Flåm. A great video; thank you for sharing.
Also, I would count in pre-job financial perks of being born a Norwegian 🙂
That’s not normal or even average norwegian
Keep in mind this is straight-out-of-college entry level job and he already owns a home. Housing prices are rising constantly. And in a few years, his salary will be a LOT more than it is now. This is what a wealthy starts look like in Norway.
The salary growth is not as much as you might think tho. Countries like this want the least income disparity, works for dumb people but not smart ones like him.
LOVE HIM
I also live in Norway and he is underpaid… according to a new study if you earn below 750.000 nok you are underpaid. Cost of living is way to high and there’s even epople that earn below 500.000. this country is becoming unlivable.
Norwegians will see this and think he’s well off whereas the rest of the world thinks he’s being ripped off… how will he be able to raise a family?