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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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[โ€“] w2qw@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Where do they do it otherwise? In Australia it's also yearly.

People might also get bonus so in some sense you get paid once a year.

[โ€“] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Czechia, it's definitely normal to say salary per month.

Same in Poland, it's definitely more common to discuss monthly salaries. I had to adjust when moved to Germany, as almost everyone uses yearly base. Though I would say it makes sense considering yearly bonuses etc.

[โ€“] christophski@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

South Africa do it monthly