Enter your pay and how long you worked. The calculator estimates your daily UIF benefit, how many days you could be paid and the total, using the formula in the Unemployment Insurance Act.
Use the average of your last six months. Pay above R17,712 a month is not counted.
I was already paid UIF in the last 4 years
Estimated UIF unemployment benefit
R0.00 a day
About R0 for every 30 days
- Paid for up to
- 0 days
- Share of your pay replaced
- 0%
- Total if every day is paid
- R0
Your pay is above the UIF ceiling, so R17,712 a month was used.
The days already paid use up all the credit days from this period. New credit days build up as you work again.
How this was worked out
This is an estimate, not a decision. Only the UIF can confirm your credit days and your amount.
UIF is 1% of your pay, and your employer pays another 1%.
The UIF line on your payslip should show about
R80.00 a month
- Your employer adds
- R80.00
- Paid to the UIF in total
- R160.00
You earn above the ceiling of R17,712 a month, so the deduction stops at R177.12.
Compare this with the UIF line on your payslip. Only the UIF can confirm what your employer declared.
How the estimate works
- Daily income. Your average monthly pay over the last six months, capped at R17,712, times 12, divided by 365.
- Replacement rate. A sliding scale from 60% for the lowest earners down to 38% at the ceiling.
- Daily benefit. Daily income times the replacement rate.
- Credit days. One day for every four days you worked and contributed in the last four years, up to 365. Days already paid to you in that period are subtracted.
- Step-down. The first 238 days are paid at your rate. Days 239 to 365 are paid at a flat 20% of daily income.
Worked example
Take pay of R8,000 a month and two years of work. Daily income is R263.01 and the rate is 43.67%, so the benefit is about R114.85 a day, or roughly R3,445 for every 30 days. Two years of work gives 182 credit days, for a total of about R20,900.
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Frequently asked questions
Why is the result lower than my salary?
UIF replaces part of your income, between 38% and 60%, and pay above R17,712 a month is not counted.
I earned more than R17,712. Does that raise my benefit?
No. The benefit stops rising at the ceiling, at about R221 a day.
Is this the amount I will receive?
Not necessarily. The UIF works from your employer's declarations and your claim history. Use this as a planning figure.
This website is an independent information site. It is not the UIF or the Department of Employment and Labour, and it is not affiliated with any government body. Only the UIF decides who qualifies and how much is paid. We never ask for payment.
