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UIF payout on a R12 000 salary

If your average salary was R12 000 a month, UIF pays about R4 876.10 a month while your claim is at the full rate. That is 40.6% of your salary. With four full years of contributions, the whole claim comes to about R48 174.08.

R4 876.10per month, while your claim is paid at the full rate

Per day: R160.31
Share of salary replaced: 40.6%
Credit days: 365 days
Paid at the full rate: 238 days
Paid at the reduced 20% rate: 127 days
Total over the whole claim: R48 174.08

How the payout on R12 000 is worked out

Daily income: R12 000 × 12 ÷ 365 = R394.52.
Income replacement rate: 29.2 + 7173.92 ÷ (232.92 + 394.52) = 40.63%.
Daily benefit: R394.52 × 40.63% = R160.31, or about R4 876.10 a month.
Credit days: 1 for every 4 days you worked and paid UIF, up to 365 over the last 4 years.
The first 238 credit days are paid at R160.31 a day. Days after that are paid at a flat 20% of your daily income, which is R78.90 a day.

How much you get for how long you worked

You worked	Credit days	At full rate	At 20% rate	Total payout
6 months	45	45	0	R7 213.95
1 year	91	91	0	R14 588.21
2 years	182	182	0	R29 176.42
3 years	273	238	35	R40 915.28
4 years	365	238	127	R48 174.08

Salaries close to R12 000

Monthly salary	Rate	Per day	Per month	Total after 4 years of work
R9 000	42.8%	R126.54	R3 848.93	R37 632.38
R10 000	42.0%	R137.99	R4 197.20	R41 191.87
R12 000	40.6%	R160.31	R4 876.10	R48 174.08
R15 000	39.1%	R192.73	R5 862.20	R58 395.75
R18 000	38.0%	R221.28	R6 730.60	R67 455.06

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Before you claim

You can claim if you were retrenched or dismissed, or if your contract ended. You cannot claim if you resigned.
Apply within 12 months of your last working day, at a labour centre or online through uFiling.
UIF works from what your employer declared, so the amount it pays can differ from this estimate.

Official information: Department of Employment and Labour and uFiling.