Is Oslo a deep talent market for tech/finance?

Oslo indexes 84/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with strong energy, sovereign-wealth, shipping, and tech talent.

Talent index: 84/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
Corporate tax: 22%.
Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

Oslo office talent and salary benchmarks

Oslo indexes 84/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with strong energy, sovereign-wealth, shipping, and tech talent.

TL;DR

Talent index: 84/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
Corporate tax: 22%.
Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

Talent depth

Strong energy, sovereign-wealth, shipping, and tech talent. Universitetet i Oslo, BI Norwegian Business School, and NTNU (Trondheim) anchor the pipeline. Multilingual (Norwegian, English) talent supports international tenancy.

Cost-to-locate

Total cost of locating in Oslo is the sum of rent, fit-out">fit-out, and salary delta vs. comparable markets. Use the City Comparator tool to benchmark Oslo against peer cities on a single normalised view.

Key facts

city	Oslo
country	Norway
region	EMEA
classARentLocal	5400 NOK/sqft/yr
classARentUsd	$510/sqft/yr
vacancy	6.4%
typicalLeaseYears	7
typicalRentFreeMonths	8
submarkets	5
primeYieldPct	4.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Oslo a deep talent market for tech/finance?: Strong energy, sovereign-wealth, shipping, and tech talent. Universitetet i Oslo, BI Norwegian Business School, and NTNU (Trondheim) anchor the pipeline. Multilingual (Norwegian, English) talent supports international tenancy.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Class A Atlas Editorial Desk — House byline · global editorial team. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

Primary sources for this page

CBRE Marketview reports — CBRE
JLL Office Insight — JLL
Cushman & Wakefield Marketbeat — Cushman & Wakefield
Savills World Research — Savills
Colliers Global Office Outlook — Colliers

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