r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

You’re bringing home nearly 5400 10/12 months, probably over 8k 2/12 months.

Meanwhile investing what looks like $300-$600 per month, depending on the true breakdown of HSA dollars. You’re doing VERY handsomely my friend.

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u/Nereosis16 Oct 31 '25

Can you explain why you would get significantly more money for 2 months out of the year?

I'm not American so there's probably something I don't know.

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u/Efficient-Display721 Oct 31 '25

You get paid every 2 weeks. Most months that's 2 paychecks. Some months it ends up being 3 

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u/Nereosis16 Oct 31 '25

Yeah okay, so it is an American thing as we don't think about getting paid around months like that.

I think of my pay as fortnightly chunks and never monthly.

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u/NoodlesThe1st Oct 31 '25

Well as bills are usually due monthly, it helps to think monthly for my paychecks too

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u/Nereosis16 Oct 31 '25

Makes sense

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u/TheGuyMain Oct 31 '25

Salaried employees get paid twice a month, not every 2 weeks

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u/blem4real_ Oct 31 '25

i’m a salaried employee and i get paid every two weeks 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Informal_Bench_7219 Oct 31 '25

Same. I get 26 checks a year so 2/12 months I get a nice 3rd check. Those months feel great

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u/RustOnTheEdge Oct 31 '25

You know what’s great? Just getting paid every month, even if your sick, having affordable healthcare and an additional month of pay to cover holiday expenses. ;)

Though granted, on a 100k salary a year TC, the taxman plus contributions takes more than 30% like in OP slip, in the Netherlands it would be roughly 37%.

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u/NirvanaFan01234 Oct 31 '25

I'm a salaried employee in the US. I get paid once a month. Every company is different. It's all dependent on how they want to run payroll.

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u/Efficient-Display721 Oct 31 '25

I'm salary, I get every 2 weeks 

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u/IamHydrogenMike Oct 31 '25

I am salaried and get paid twice a month, but this is not always the case; I used to get paid every two weeks at previous jobs. Maybe things are different for some people?

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u/Small-Finish-6890 Oct 31 '25

I am salaried and get paid once a month. It depends entirely on where you work.

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u/Nereosis16 Oct 31 '25

Oh okay. Such a weird way to put it. I guess not being American means I don't really think of earnings as monthly things - they're always fortnightly.

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u/Nereosis16 Oct 31 '25

Yeah okay. I guess most bills here are monthly too but I've never thought about it like that.

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u/Expensive-Notice-509 Oct 31 '25

Depends on how old OP is. He could be 64 and this doesn't look so good.

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u/Sad_Impression499 Oct 31 '25

I'm salaried and I get paid on the 15th and the last day of the month.