I've been looking at my paystubs lately, and compared to other longer-tenured coworkers, I make 8.40/hr.
When I work 40hrs for one week, my check is around $253. When I work 35 hours one week, my check is $226. The difference is $27 for five additional hours of work.
Since this is the net after taxes, why isn't it closer to a $40 difference, e.g. 8x5=45, not 27. That would seem to make sense. I usually get night premium every week since I work late, and these two paystubs are for non-holiday, "normal" weeks, so there is no unique holiday pay or anything that would skew it.
Is this just the way of taxes? I pay $8 to the union evey check, i.e. lose one hour, but that doesn't explain it.
So why would I work 40 hours instead of 35, if I'm not being paid accurately for it according to my wage? $27 is almost like working at $5/hr for those five extra hours.
Are you getting Sunday pay during the 35 hour week? It is $1-2 extra an hour here.
You want 40 hours. 35 is ok if you don't need the money. Overtime is when the taxes start to eat your wage.
$253=40 x $6.33.
$226=35 x $6.46.
The Sunday pay could easily account for the difference in pay per hour. Also, here, if most of your hours are worked from midnight to 5am, you get all the hours paid for the night premium. If not, then you only get partial hours paid at night premium.
