Have I been over paid? Or is this correct. Confused

[thelostcoin]

For context - this is my first pay check in aus, I’ve just moved over from the U.K. I get paid every 2 weeks (that’s new to me), and I haven’t even worked a whole two weeks yet. My salary is roughly at $96k before it should go up soon. Anyway, for my first two weeks (actually less) I got $3475. From all my online calculators I’ve used, I thought I was going to get roughly $2.7 - 3k every two weeks. A little help would be grand. I could be missing something clear and stupid.

Edit - I’m a teacher on a 12 month contract if that helps. Maybe should have made that clearer.

 

[koketso]

@thelostcoin You should have received a payslip to show the breakdown - does that reveal anything?

 

[thelostcoin]

@koketso It’s not massively clear I won’t lie.

 

[koketso]

@thelostcoin If you share a redacted image or just the lines of it, we might be able to help more?

 

[thelostcoin]

@koketso I’ll try add that to the original post now

 

[koketso]

@thelostcoin I think whatever happens the best place to check would be your hr area, just to be sure! In theory they should be able to explain.

 

[stephenb]

@thelostcoin It might be because your first payslip is for more than a fortnight to get you onto that cycle. Like you are being paid for 19 days as you started a few days before the usual payroll cycle.

 

[troybionic]

@thelostcoin They designed to be hard to read, don’t feel bad.

 

[thelostcoin]

@koketso My taxable gross says 4759.99

 

[lifeisablessing]

@thelostcoin That's $123,759 gross pay per year. Unless there is some allowances something doesn't match to what your expected salary is.

 

[thelostcoin]

@lifeisablessing Yeah I’m thinking maybe I’ve been paid my annual leave then? Was is that, 21 days?

 

[lifeisablessing]

@thelostcoin You wouldn't have been paid that out. That accumulates a couple hours per week. Normally 2.88 hours per week for 4 weeks annual leave. Should be a line on you payslip for that.

As others have said. It's likely that the 12 weeks of breaks will be unpaid. $4759 X 20 is $95k ish.

 

[thelostcoin]

@lifeisablessing Hmmm ok. I thought I’d get my annual leave over Christmas, and then a quarter of the 7 weeks paid for a quarter of the year I have worked.

I should then start being paid over the holidays next year, autumn, winter etc as I would have worked at the school for longer. Still confused but yeah must be something to do with the holidays and those 20 weeks you’ve said

 

[lifeisablessing]

@thelostcoin The 20 is how many fortnight's in the year minus the 6 taken from school breaks.

 

[cooldude12344]

@lifeisablessing Teachers are paid for their school holidays. They accrue their normal annual leave and then additional leave that covers holidays after the four weeks are used.

 

[zastari]

@thelostcoin That’s too high, your gross salary should be $3,700 ($96k / 26 fortnight pa)

 

[radioactive7]

@zastari It’s 26.2 fortnight’s per annum actually

 

[sammy2244]

@radioactive7 Achktually what about presses glasses up leap years

 

[radioactive7]

@sammy2244 I’m only going to 1 decimal point accuracy

 

[sammy2244]

@radioactive7 Solid answer