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Upwork rates by category — August 2026

Real numbers from 16,798 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$676$24/hr4,751Details ›
Web, Mobile & Software Dev$912$27/hr3,325Details ›
Sales & Marketing$691$20/hr3,914Details ›
Writing$404$30/hr492Details ›
Admin Support$286$12/hr1,233Details ›
Engineering & Architecture$464$25/hr883Details ›
Accounting & Consulting$576$28/hr743Details ›
Data Science & Analytics$612$30/hr415Details ›
IT & Networking$484$32/hr305Details ›
Customer Service$326$13/hr288Details ›
Translation$1,671$15/hr220Details ›
Legal$617$54/hr229Details ›

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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