In Western Europe there doesn't seem to be a clear 'standard' of when ppl get paid. I know several people who are paid on the 10th each month, for example. (I happen to know this because they negotioted their rent payments to be on the 11th for properties they rent from me). Others are around 22-24; I used to get paid 28-30 in various jobs. There is probably a reason for this clustering, or maybe my sample size is too small and there is no clustering.