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How to work out Salary Prorata pay for employee?

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INTRODUCTION


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.


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.









Minimum Pay Recurrence

Country
or Region

Payable Units for full time equivalent

Payable Days for incomplete month

fx


"F"

"X"


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

Worked days + Paid
Holidays max at 21.67

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

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

Netherlands

Actual Working Days for the month

Actual Working Days of the months

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

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

=Round(Annual Base
Pay/260*X,2)

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)

Canada

260 days/year

Worked days + Paid
Holidays

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

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

United States

260 days/year

Worked days + Paid
Holidays

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






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