I think this is mostly a US thing. Why use yearly salary? You’re not paid once a year, are you? Most likely once a month. Referencing monthly salary makes much more sense.

“I’m making 50k”. Great, now I have to guess - dollars? Monthly? Yearly? If yearly then what’s the monthly paycheck? Net? Gross?

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    Why not monthly? It seems the smallest unit to encompass them all, and is fairly standard.

    Monthly makes sense also since most bills are monthly.

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      Until you have people who get a yearly bonus. Or 13 or 14 monthly salaries a year, which is quite common in Germany (basically a bonus, but the employee is entitled to it).

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      Yes but a lot of work is seasonal and/or sporadic. Annual pay smoothes it out.

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      Most bills are monthly, most paychecks schedules are bi-weekly. To me this is the same issue as hot dogs and buns being sold in different quantities. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!?!?!?!?!

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      At every job I’ve ever had, I get paid every two weeks. So the amount I make per month varies.

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      I’d imagine that for some jobs (seasonal etc) there is too much variation in a month-to-month basis

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          Same in Hungary. Not a single person I know gets their salary weekly or biweekly. It’s absolutely not a thing.

          Also, your bills are monthly. You mortgage is monthly. Your credit card bill is monthly. Preschool is paid monthly. Everything is monthly.