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Maskinfører

Industry
Bygg og anlegg
Education
Trade certificate
Salary per year
approx. NOK 630,000
Where
Outdoors
Working hours
Daytime

Maskinfører (Norwegian name) is an occupation in Bygg og anlegg, in the group Teknikk og natur.

The usual way in is a trade certificate from upper secondary school or a vocational college.

The average salary for the occupational group was about NOK 630,000 a year in 2025, according to Statistics Norway. The figure covers the whole occupational group (8342 in STYRK-08), not only maskinfører, so pay can be both higher and lower.

The work usually takes place outdoors, and the working hours are in the daytime.Where and when the work takes place has been assessed by Søknadsbasen with the help of AI and may be imprecise.

The occupation is also called anleggsfører, anleggsmaskinfører, gravemaskinfører, gravemaskinsjåfør or kranbilsjåfør.

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Source: utdanning.no (NLOD 2.0) and Statistics Norway table 11418 (CC BY 4.0), 2025.

The occupational information is based on open data from utdanning.no, licensed under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). We have adapted it.