EIS Unemployment Benefits Estimator
If you have faced retrenchment, the Employee Insurance System (EIS) provides a monthly Job Search Allowance (JSA). Estimate your eligibility and monthly payouts here.
Assumes the same wage throughout the last six contribution months. Varying wages require PERKESO’s average assumed wage.
Act 800 counts contributions in the 24 consecutive months before you lost your job, not across your whole career. Minimum of 12 required.
Total Estimated EIS Payout (JSA)
RM13,365.00
Monthly Allowance Payout Schedule (Sliding Scale)
* Payout percentages scale down sequentially (80% -> 50% -> 40% -> 40% -> 30% -> 30%) to provide critical initial support while incentivizing quick re-employment.
Assumptions
- Job Search Allowance (JSA) payout rate schedule follows PERKESO rules: Month 1 (80%), Month 2 (50%), Month 3-4 (40%), Month 5-6 (30%).
- The statutory wage band is applied before the benefit percentages; maximum assumed monthly wage is RM5,950.
- Assumes the same monthly wage throughout the six contribution months before job loss. PERKESO averages the corresponding assumed wages when earnings vary.
- Contribution months are counted over the 24 consecutive months before the loss of employment, as Act 800 requires, not over a whole working life.
- First claims only. A second claim is assessed over 36 months on a different table.
- Assumes that the claimant is unemployed, actively looking for a job, and complies with all PERKESO conditions.
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Information last reviewed: 2026-09-18 · Result type: user-input estimate