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Upwork rates by category — September 2026

Real numbers from 17,951 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$450$23/hr5,107Details ›
Web, Mobile & Software Dev$764$29/hr3,362Details ›
Sales & Marketing$1,284$20/hr4,191Details ›
Writing$441$29/hr470Details ›
Admin Support$273$13/hr1,399Details ›
Engineering & Architecture$589$27/hr940Details ›
Accounting & Consulting$600$27/hr786Details ›
Data Science & Analytics$695$29/hr495Details ›
IT & Networking$1,513$35/hr345Details ›
Customer Service$14,144$12/hr331Details ›
Translation$244$17/hr239Details ›
Legal$494$56/hr286Details ›

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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