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Upwork rates by category — October 2026

Real numbers from 23,998 Upwork job posts tracked in the last 7 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 (7d)
Design & Creative$538$24/hr6,629Details ›
Web, Mobile & Software Dev$1,224$28/hr4,178Details ›
Sales & Marketing$644$22/hr5,483Details ›
Writing$484$27/hr802Details ›
Admin Support$466$14/hr2,076Details ›
Engineering & Architecture$554$26/hr1,266Details ›
Accounting & Consulting$1,148$28/hr1,148Details ›
Data Science & Analytics$4,702$32/hr624Details ›
IT & Networking$1,686$36/hr453Details ›
Customer Service$553$14/hr520Details ›
Translation$589$20/hr472Details ›
Legal$460$57/hr347Details ›

Methodology: averages are computed from budgets stated in public Upwork job posts collected by the SnipeWork scanner (official Upwork API) over a rolling 7-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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