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# Rank by selected metric Freelancer	MRR Monthly Recurring Revenue (6-month avg)	Lifetime All-time lifetime earnings on Upwork	Jobs Total number of completed contracts	Per Job Average earnings per contract	Joined Year joined Upwork
🥇 Jason S.🇺🇸 Branding & Design	$153k↓9%	$490k	2	$245.2k	'26
🥈 Dan C.🇺🇸 Expert Reddit Marketing Specialist	$109k↓2%	$2.6M	1,145	$2.3k	'13
🥉 Atanu S.🇮🇳 AI & SaaS \| Custom Web, Mobile Apps & APIs \| WordPress, Shopify	$104k↓1%	$16.3M	6,357	$2.6k	'15
4 Orest A.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer & AI Developer \| SaaS, API & Automation Expert	$101k↑6%	$3.0M	697	$4.3k	'19
5 Xavi Carreras D.🇪🇸 Photography, Retouching, CGI, Creativity, Consultancy, Teaching,	$72k↑22%	$1.7M	98	$17.7k	'22
6 Ivan D.🇺🇦 Senior Game Development Expert \| Unity Developer & 2D/3D Game Artist	$68k↑8%	$1.8M	147	$12.1k	'23
7 Dmytro K.🇺🇦 AI Developer \| AI Agents, LLM & RAG \| OpenAI API & AI Integration	$67k0%	$2.0M	152	$13.0k	'19
8 John Tanner W.🇺🇸 Cold Email Expert \| Lead Generation	$63k↑3%	$2.1M	168	$12.5k	'23
9 Austin P.🇺🇸 Business and Corporate Attorney	$62k↑2%	$1.5M	1,123	$1.3k	'22
10 Jon L.🇺🇸 SEO, LLM, GEO Expert - My Clients Outrank and Outperform.	$62k↑3%	$2.9M	117	$24.7k	'18
11 Antonis A.🇨🇭 Google Ads & Meta Ads \| AI Automation & AEO \| Worked with Google	$61k↑4%	$3.1M	926	$3.3k	'15
12 Vikas D.🇮🇳 SaaS & AI App Developer \| MVP to Scalable Products \| Node \| Flutter	$59k↑5%	$3.1M	540	$5.7k	'15
13 Ayan S.🇮🇳 AI-Integrated Web & SaaS Developer\|WordPress, Shopify & Custom WebApps	$54k↓1%	$5.3M	2,094	$2.5k	'17
14 Sakineh M.🇺🇸 Tax & Business Attorney	$53k↑2%	$956k	754	$1.3k	'17
15 Sam P.🇺🇸 Patent and Trademark Attorney	$53k↓1%	$2.8M	1,760	$1.6k	'23

16 Raza R.🇨🇦 Expert AI/Full-Stack Engineer, React, LangChain, Claude, MCP, Voice AI	$50k0%	$384k	115	$3.3k	'25
17 Vad M.🇺🇸 Live Video App Development, Video Surveillance, WebRTC, Streaming & AI	$49k↑6%	$2.0M	87	$22.7k	'20
18 Sawyer B.🇺🇸 Technical Architect	$49k↑7%	$99k	1	$98.5k	'26
19 Dan D.🇺🇸 Conversion Optimization and Landing Page Specialist	$44k↑4%	$1.1M	102	$10.8k	'16
20 Bhaval P.🇮🇳 Mobile App Developer \| React Native \| Flutter \| Next.js \| Node.js	$44k0%	$2.4M	527	$4.6k	'15
21 Dhaval S.🇮🇳 Full Stack Developer \| Web App \|Mobile Apps\|React Native\|PM\|AI\|Flutter	$43k0%	$1.9M	523	$3.7k	'12
22 Matt C.🇺🇸 Bestseller Book Marketing Expert \| 4M+ Copies Sold \| PR \| Sales	$43k↓2%	$2.5M	2,013	$1.3k	'20
23 Gabriel H.🇺🇸 15+ Years Full-Stack Dev \| Mobile & Web \| Replit \| Lovable \| AI	$43k↑4%	$1.3M	25	$51.8k	'16
24 Jeffrey M.🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer/Full Stack	$42k↑2%	$1.6M	226	$6.9k	'17
25 Rafael D.🇧🇷 Principal Architect \| Improving communication and architectures	$41k0%	$961k	2	$480.4k	'24
26 Nichole M.🇺🇸 Power BI & Custom App Dev \| Google Ads & Marketing \| Seo	$41k↑3%	$2.0M	229	$8.6k	'18
27 Abdul A.🇺🇸 Production AI systems that drive revenue \| AI Claude \| RAG \| LLM \| GPT	$40k↑3%	$760k	99	$7.7k	'23
28 Ruben V.🇳🇱 Meta Ads Expert \| Facebook Ads \| Google Ads \| PPC \| eCom & Lead Gen	$40k↑3%	$1.2M	393	$3.1k	'20
29 Keith Y.🇺🇸 Consulting	$38k0%	$76k	1	$76.2k	'26
30 Manny T.🇦🇺 Specializing in FMCG from design through to final production	$38k↓4%	$324k	27	$12.0k	'25

31 Rafael Sarim O.🇨🇭 #1 Growth Advisor \| xCXO, xVC \| Duke/LSE/HSG \| 150M+ Rev \| 11B Exit	$37k↑5%	$1.2M	67	$17.5k	'20
32 Alexander T.🇺🇸 IT Project Management Consultant	$37k↑2%	$1.7M	38	$45.9k	'17
33 Chris H.🇺🇸 Practice Management, Revenue Cycle \| Harvard Health Data Scientist	$37k0%	$1.4M	20	$68.3k	'23
34 Jose David H.🇨🇴 AI SEO & AEO Expert \| GEO, Technical SEO & AI Overviews \| Local SEO	$36k↑2%	$920k	398	$2.3k	'17
35 Blake C.🇺🇸 Senior C# .NET Software Engineer	$36k↑4%	$1.9M	70	$27.1k	'17
36 Adil H.🇺🇸 Mobile App Developer \| React Native, Flutter \| iOS, Android, AI	$35k↑3%	$420k	52	$8.1k	'20
37 Alyssa D.🇺🇸 Fractional Operations, Processes, AI and Automation Expert	$35k↑2%	$1.4M	311	$4.5k	'18
38 Jonathan G.🇺🇸 AI & Embedded Systems Architect \| Hardware, Edge, Agents & Cloud	$35k0%	$746k	65	$11.5k	'18
39 Spencer R.🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA Expert \| SEO, Listing Optimization & Growth	$35k↑3%	$1.4M	393	$3.7k	'20
40 Balbinder S.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer \| AI-Powered Custom Development \| SaaS & Web Apps	$35k↑4%	$2.9M	136	$21.6k	'16
41 Trayvon P.🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA, Walmart, TEMU Expert	$34k↓3%	$130k	4	$32.5k	'26
42 Hannah L.🇺🇸 Feature Film/TV show business/creative packages	$34k↑5%	$592k	95	$6.2k	'23
43 Antonio S.🇵🇪 Social Media Manager \| Strategy, Video Editing, Reels & Organic Growth	$34k↑4%	$1.3M	1,023	$1.3k	'20
44 Guy P.🇺🇸 AI Consultant \| Agentic AI, AI Development, Full-Stack Developer	$34k0%	$3.0M	214	$14.1k	'19
45 Ernest D.🇺🇸 Sr Consultant for Cybersecurity Network Cloud IT Systems - CISSP CISM	$34k↑4%	$1.1M	39	$27.7k	'16

46 Dima O.🇺🇦 WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify \| AI Automation \| Craft CMS	$34k↑3%	$1.4M	110	$12.4k	'16
47 Paul P.🇻🇳 PCB Design and Firmware developer	$34k↑1%	$653k	558	$1.2k	'21
48 Angelo A.🇺🇸 Design & Creative	$33k↑4%	$632k	1	$631.9k	'25
49 Stephen S.🇺🇸 Senior Email Designer & HTML Dev \| Klaviyo & HubSpot Expert	$33k↑4%	$1.1M	129	$8.4k	'17
50 Zach G.🇺🇸 Data Warehouse \| Integrations \| Custom Web Portals \| PowerBI	$33k↑1%	$1.7M	276	$6.1k	'16

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