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How to work out Salary Prorata pay for employee?

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INTRODUCTION


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Pro rata means 'proportionally' or a 'proportion of'. But what does pro rate mean in salary terms? It typically comes up in reference to incomplete payable period, when a salary is quoted as being pro rata, it means the pay is proportionate to the number of hours or days worked vs. a full time equivalent. We'll explain more in a moment.


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There are various rules of salary prorate in the country of employment by Law or common practice. You may browser this page and press Ctrl+F to find out the rules you are looking for in the certain countries or regions.


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Minimum Pay Recurrence

Country
or Region

Payable Units for full time equivalent

Payable Days for incomplete month

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"F"

"X"
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MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

China

21.75 days/month

Worked days + Paid
Holidays max at 21.75

=Round(Monthly
Pay/21.75*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Spain

30 days/month

Calendar days valid for
employment max at 30

=Round(Monthly
Pay/30*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

South Africa

21.67 days/month

Worked days + Paid
Holidays max at 21.67

=Round(Monthly
Pay/21.67*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

United Kingdom

21.67 days/month
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Worked days + Paid
Holidays max at 21.67
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=Round(Monthly
Pay/21.67*X,2)
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MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Netherlands

Actual Working Days for the month

Actual Working Days of the months

=Round(Monthly
Pay/F*X,2)
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MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Taiwan

30 days/month

Calendar days valid for
employment max at 30

=Round(Monthly
Pay/30*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

South Korea

30 days/month

Calendar days valid for
employment max at 30

=Round(Monthly
Pay/30*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Japan

30 days/month

Worked days + Paid
Holidays max at 20

=Round(Monthly
Pay/20*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Norway

260 days/year

Worked days + Paid
Holidays
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=Round(Annual Base
Pay/260*X,2)
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MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Sweden

365 days/year

Worked days + Paid
Holidays max at 30.4167

=Round(Annual Base
Pay/365*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Colombia

30 days/month

Calendar days valid for
employment max at 30

=Round(Monthly
Pay/30*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

Chile

30 days/month

Calendar days valid for
employment max at 30

=Round(Monthly
Pay/30*X,2)

MONTHLY
(1st -28/30/31st)

New Zealand

173.3333hours/month

Worked days +
Paid Holiday

=Round(Monthly
Pay/173.33*(X*8),2)

Semi-month
(1st -28/30/31st)

Mexico

15*2 days/month

Calendar days valid for
employment max at 30

=Round(Monthly
Pay/30*X,2)

Semi-month
1st Half = 26th-10th
2nd Half = 11th - 25th

Philippines

261 days/year
(5 days with 2 rest day per week)

Worked days valid

=ROUND(Annual Base
Pay/261*X,2)

Bi-weekly
(ref →US & CA payroll calendar)
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Canada

260 days/year

Worked days + Paid
Holidays

= Round(Annual salary/
260* X,2)

Bi-weekly
(ref →US & CA payroll calendar)
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United States

260 days/year

Worked days + Paid
Holidays

= Round(Annual salary/
260* X,2)


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