Hiring cost calculator

Type the monthly pay and see what one employee costs you each month and each year: UIF, SDL, COIDA, the PAYE to hold back and what they take home, with the minimum wage check. Free.

The rules in short

• UIF: 1% from you and 1% from the employee, on pay up to R17 712 a month.
• SDL: 1% of pay once your payroll is over R500 000 a year.
• COIDA: your industry's rate on earnings up to R668 000 a year (from 1 March 2026), at least R1 621 a year.
• Minimum wage: R30,23 an hour from 1 March 2026, domestic and farm workers included.

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