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UIF calculator
See what you pay into the Unemployment Insurance Fund each month, and estimate what it could pay if you lose your job.
Your job
You pay each month
R150
Your employer pays
R150
Days of benefits built up
365
Benefit a day
R193
Estimated total
R58,395
Next step
Wondering how far a payout would go? Work out what your month costs.
How this works
- Based on the Unemployment Insurance Act benefit formula and the SARS contribution rules. It is an estimate, and only the UIF can confirm what you would receive.
- Unemployment benefits are for people who lose their job through no choice of their own. Resigning generally does not qualify.
- The monthly figure applies to up to the first 238 days. Any days after that pay 20% of your daily income, which the estimated total includes.
- Assumes you worked for the whole of the months you enter, and have not claimed in that time.
- Maternity, illness and death benefits use different rules.
- A planning tool, not financial advice.
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