<prompt> Human: I just switched companies after 7 years and now I will be getting paid every other friday bi weekly for a total of 26 paychecks a year. Previously, I was getting paid semi monthly 1st and 15th which would be 24 paychecks in a year. My question is this: since my health insurance is being deducted from every paycheck, does it not end up costing the employee more money per year when they get paid bi weekly as compared to semi monthly? There will be 2 additional paychecks a year where my insurance and other benefits will be deducted per year which should end up costing me more per year. Is this assumption correct or am I missing something? Assistant: Theres two possible ways to handle this. Most companies will take your annual premium and divide it by 26 so that an equal amount is withheld from each check and it would be less than the amount withheld when you received 24 paychecks. Others might continue to withhold the annual amount divided by 24, and then not withhold anything from the two extra paychecks. Ive only seen small companies do this though.Human: Makes sense. Its just unfortunate because the per paycheck cost of health insurance is not only higher at the new company but now it will be distributed over 26 checks which will cost me even more. This raise i got at my new job is quickly being eaten away. But whatever. It was still a 25k bump from my previous job. Went from making 60k to 85k. Assistant: now it will be distributed over 26 checks which will cost me even more. If you slice a pizza into 8 slices or 6 slices, it doesnt change the amount of pizza.Human: True but if your insurance has increased then the entire pie is more. I will be going from paying 190 per check 24 checks to 260 per check for potentially 26 checks. So the math is:190 x 24 4560to260 x 26 6760So in conclusion, the health plan at the new place is not only more but the plan itself isnt as good as what i was getting before 500 deductible vs a 2500 deductible now. Taking this into account, the raise I got has already been greatly affected. Such is life though.  <response>: Well, then the reason its costing you more is the cost, not the number of pay periods. I am just disputing your use of the phrase even more above.Theres no question that you are paying more. And even though you have more pay periods, it looks like your per-paycheck amount is still greater than what you were accustomed to. Im not disputing that. Its definitely a new reality for your budget. 