# What is your pay schedule? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884 "2010-03-26T15:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/1 "2010-03-26T15:19:25Z")
When do you get paid and how often? The last of the month? The 15th and the 30th? Ever other Friday? I currently pay myself once a month, on the last Friday of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/2 "2010-03-26T15:38:02Z")
15th and last. Or whatever’s closest, if those fall on weekends. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/3 "2010-03-26T15:40:22Z")
Bi-weekly. Commonwealth law prohibits longer periods. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/4 "2010-03-26T15:40:55Z")
Every other Friday. Three paychecks in April! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/5 "2010-03-26T15:41:21Z")
Monthly on the last Friday of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/6 "2010-03-26T15:41:29Z")
Same as **CS** , although we get paid on the preceding day rather than the closest day if it’s a weekend (or holiday). We also have some part-time staff who are paid biweekly. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/7 "2010-03-26T15:42:04Z")
I pay us (me and two others) every Monday. It’s direct deposit and it usually gets to the bank by Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/8 "2010-03-26T15:44:32Z")
Last Friday and next Friday. Husband gets paid today and continues to alternate. Direct deposit usually arrives Thursday in both cases. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/9 "2010-03-26T16:11:59Z")
Every two weeks, on Friday. Twenty-six pay periods annually. Back in the pre-kids days when my wife worked, she got paid the same way but on alternate Fridays. It was nice getting a new direct deposit every week. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/10 "2010-03-26T16:13:04Z")
Monthly. Technically on the 1st, but the county makes electronic deposits on the last work day of the month, so if you use that option (and I do) you get paid up to 3 days earlier than the 1st, depending on the month. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/11 "2010-03-26T16:18:00Z")
Self employed. My employees are paid every two weeks. I take a draw when I need $$. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/12 "2010-03-26T16:26:41Z")
Semi-monthly, 7th and 22nd. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/13 "2010-03-26T16:34:26Z")
We’re paid on the 5th and the 20th, and it totally sucks. Nobody seems to get that the 5th check is not the first check of the current month, but the last check of the previous. I wish, I wish we were paid every two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/14 "2010-03-26T16:40:49Z")
Every other Friday, but I preferred it when I was getting paid on the 1st and 15th. ---
**Author:** ![breaking-reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/15 "2010-03-26T16:42:56Z")
Every other Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/16 "2010-03-26T16:50:50Z")
Annually on the 13th of November we all receive our salaries in gold bullion. What? Y’all have something against gold? \ OK, every other Friday. Three paychecks in April! \ ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/17 "2010-03-26T16:52:32Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > 15th and last. Or whatever’s closest, if those fall on weekends. This. And the direct deposit usually hits a day before “pay day”. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/18 "2010-03-26T16:55:07Z")
15th and last day. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/19 "2010-03-26T16:59:45Z")
Every other Friday. I occasionally work a part-time job and that check comes every Friday. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884/20 "2010-03-26T16:59:56Z")
The wife and I are both on SSDI. 2nd and 4th Wednesday. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pay-schedule/533884.md?page=2)