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As in, I remember that back in my apprentice days I knew how much I got paid per hour.
Now recently I had to look trough my documents to find out what my monthly salary even is because it's raise season and I have to give my manager a number higher than that so that he can advocate for it to the board of directors.

I still remember my yearly salary semi-accurately (like within 10%), but I bet super rich people either go by decades or don't know at all what they make in a year.

On the other side, my friends who work retail jobs have a decent estimate of what they make per week or two week span, even if they are paid monthly.

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[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 12 points 1 day ago

And as a self-employed I only know how much I earned at the end of the year which could be wildly different than the year before.

[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I think it just means youre well off and dont have to stress about money. I'm not sure there is a timescale element, I'm confident there are plenty if middle aged folk working paycheck to paycheck stressing about their income.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 1 day ago

I've never known my hourly rate ever. I've always been paid monthly while salary negotiations have been over the yearly amount.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

hmm. I know the exact number of my salary as that is how I do finances month to month.

Now when it comes to total earnings that is a bit vague for me as I only tally that when I do my annual tax filings.

I think you are correct OP.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

This holds true for me as well. I get paid monthly, but is a functional of my yearly salary and how many days there are in the month. I know roughly what this means after taxes. I have no idea what this means weekly/daily/hourly.