How to work out Salary Prorata pay for employee？

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)
	Spain	30 days/month	Calendar days valid for employment max at 30	=Round(Monthly Pay/30*X,2)
	South Africa	21.67 days/month	Worked days + Paid Holidays max at 21.67	=Round(Monthly Pay/21.67*X,2)
	United Kingdom	21.67 days/month	Worked days + Paid Holidays max at 21.67	=Round(Monthly Pay/21.67*X,2)
	Netherlands	Actual Working Days for the month	Actual Working Days of the months	=Round(Monthly Pay/F*X,2)
	Taiwan	30 days/month	Calendar days valid for employment max at 30	=Round(Monthly Pay/30*X,2)
	South Korea	30 days/month	Calendar days valid for employment max at 30	=Round(Monthly Pay/30*X,2)
	Japan	30 days/month	Worked days + Paid Holidays max at 20	=Round(Monthly Pay/20*X,2)
	Norway	260 days/year	Worked days + Paid Holidays	=Round(Annual Base Pay/260*X,2)
	Sweden	365 days/year	Worked days + Paid Holidays max at 30.4167	=Round(Annual Base Pay/365*X,2)
	Colombia	30 days/month	Calendar days valid for employment max at 30	=Round(Monthly Pay/30*X,2)
	Chile	30 days/month	Calendar days valid for employment max at 30	=Round(Monthly Pay/30*X,2)
	New Zealand	173.3333hours/month	Worked days + Paid Holiday	=Round(Monthly Pay/173.33(X8),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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