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Upwork rates by category — July 2026

Real numbers from 19,257 Upwork job posts tracked in the last 30 days. No surveys, no guesses — average budgets and hourly rates computed directly from live job data.

CategoryAvg fixed budgetAvg hourly rateJobs tracked (30d)
Design & Creative$316$23/hr5,523Details ›
Web, Mobile & Software Dev$644$26/hr4,057Details ›
Sales & Marketing$1,152$21/hr4,310Details ›
Writing$417$27/hr551Details ›
Admin Support$387$14/hr1,380Details ›
Engineering & Architecture$633$25/hr933Details ›
Accounting & Consulting$772$26/hr811Details ›
Data Science & Analytics$1,321$32/hr536Details ›
IT & Networking$1,321$36/hr359Details ›
Customer Service$549$12/hr314Details ›
Translation$238$18/hr260Details ›
Legal$617$53/hr223Details ›

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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