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Upwork rates by category — July 2026

Real numbers from 19,621 Upwork job posts tracked in the last 30 days. No surveys, no guesses — average budgets and hourly rates computed directly from live job data.

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CategoryAvg fixed budgetAvg hourly rateJobs tracked (30d)
Design & Creative$379$23/hr5,736Details ›
Web, Mobile & Software Dev$1,025$26/hr4,074Details ›
Sales & Marketing$507$20/hr4,404Details ›
Writing$441$29/hr525Details ›
Admin Support$351$13/hr1,341Details ›
Engineering & Architecture$527$28/hr956Details ›
Accounting & Consulting$1,097$26/hr805Details ›
Data Science & Analytics$701$30/hr538Details ›
IT & Networking$4,341$35/hr372Details ›
Customer Service$210$14/hr370Details ›
Translation$246$17/hr222Details ›
Legal$388$56/hr278Details ›

Methodology: averages are computed from budgets stated in public Upwork job posts collected by the SnipeWork scanner (official Upwork API) over a rolling 30-day window. Fixed averages use the midpoint of stated ranges; hourly averages use the midpoint of the client's stated hourly range. Data refreshes continuously.

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