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UIF payout on a R5 500 salary

If your average salary was R5 500 a month, UIF pays about R2 559.56 a month while your claim is at the full rate. That is 46.5% of your salary. With four full years of contributions, the whole claim comes to about R24 620.02.

R2 559.56per month, while your claim is paid at the full rate

Per day: R84.15
Share of salary replaced: 46.5%
Credit days: 365 days
Paid at the full rate: 238 days
Paid at the reduced 20% rate: 127 days
Total over the whole claim: R24 620.02

How the payout on R5 500 is worked out

Daily income: R5 500 × 12 ÷ 365 = R180.82.
Income replacement rate: 29.2 + 7173.92 ÷ (232.92 + 180.82) = 46.54%.
Daily benefit: R180.82 × 46.54% = R84.15, or about R2 559.56 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 R84.15 a day. Days after that are paid at a flat 20% of your daily income, which is R36.16 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	R3 786.75
1 year	91	91	0	R7 657.65
2 years	182	182	0	R15 315.30
3 years	273	238	35	R21 293.30
4 years	365	238	127	R24 620.02

Salaries close to R5 500

Monthly salary	Rate	Per day	Per month	Total after 4 years of work
R4 500	48.0%	R71.07	R2 161.71	R20 672.59
R5 000	47.3%	R77.68	R2 362.77	R22 663.60
R5 500	46.5%	R84.15	R2 559.56	R24 620.02
R6 000	45.9%	R90.50	R2 752.71	R26 549.15
R6 500	45.3%	R96.73	R2 942.20	R28 449.72

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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.