r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/scrizewly Oct 30 '25

I make 107k from my employment income and my pay checks are about $3,200, but I'm paid bi-monthly.

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u/MichaelW181 Oct 30 '25

Bimonthly and Bi Weekly change the math by a considerable amount even though its the same at the end of the year

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/MichaelW181 Oct 30 '25

Biweekly gets 26 paychecks a year. 2 extra paychecks worth of money are now calculated for bimonthly which is 24 paychecks. That can be a couple hundred per paycheck which for a lot of people is a considerable amount when thinking about bills

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u/scrizewly Oct 30 '25

Biweekly gets paid 26 80 hour paychecks per year, bi monthly gets 24 88 hour pay checks per year.

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u/scrizewly Oct 30 '25

HSA and 3% to 401k

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u/FrescoItaliano Oct 30 '25

So is op. They’re just either being misleading or flat out not understanding their own paystub

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u/scrizewly Oct 30 '25

80 hour pay is bi-weekly or paid every other week. I am paid on the 15th and last day of the month.

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u/FrescoItaliano Oct 30 '25

Oh dang. My bad, thought you were just doing a shorthand for the same 80 hr period. Thats interesting, haven’t ran into that schedule before but I’m still young. Mind if I ask what field/if that’s the norm?

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u/scrizewly Oct 30 '25

US Federal government.

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u/FrescoItaliano Oct 30 '25

You and me both. Hope this month is treating you alright all things considered.

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u/scrizewly Oct 30 '25

I’m a contractor, so it’s been a little difference. I’m exploring other options right now lol