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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	$159k↓14%	$490k	2	$245.2k	'26
🥈 Dan C.🇺🇸 Expert Reddit Marketing Specialist	$112k↓1%	$2.6M	1,145	$2.3k	'13
🥉 Atanu S.🇮🇳 AI & SaaS \| Custom Web, Mobile Apps & APIs \| WordPress, Shopify	$105k↓3%	$16.3M	6,357	$2.6k	'15
4 Orest A.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer & AI Developer \| SaaS, API & Automation Expert	$95k↑1%	$2.9M	697	$4.2k	'19
5 Dmytro K.🇺🇦 AI Developer \| AI Agents, LLM & RAG \| OpenAI API & AI Integration	$69k↓1%	$2.0M	152	$12.9k	'19
6 Ivan D.🇺🇦 Senior Game Development Expert \| Unity Developer & 2D/3D Game Artist	$63k0%	$1.8M	147	$11.9k	'23
7 Austin P.🇺🇸 Business and Corporate Lawyer	$61k↑1%	$1.5M	1,121	$1.3k	'22
8 John Tanner W.🇺🇸 Cold Email Expert \| Lead Generation	$61k↓2%	$2.1M	168	$12.4k	'23
9 Jon L.🇺🇸 SEO, LLM, GEO Expert - My Clients Outrank and Outperform.	$60k↑2%	$2.9M	117	$24.6k	'18
10 Xavi Carreras D.🇪🇸 Photography, Retouching, CGI, Creativity, Consultancy, Teaching,	$59k↑26%	$1.7M	98	$16.9k	'22
11 Antonis A.🇨🇭 Google Ads & Meta Ads \| AI Automation & AEO \| Worked with Google	$58k0%	$3.1M	926	$3.3k	'15
12 Vikas D.🇮🇳 SaaS & AI App Developer \| MVP to Scalable Products \| Node \| Flutter	$56k↑1%	$3.0M	540	$5.6k	'15
13 Ayan S.🇮🇳 AI-Integrated Web & SaaS Developer\|WordPress, Shopify & Custom WebApps	$55k↓6%	$5.3M	2,094	$2.5k	'17
14 Sam P.🇺🇸 Patent and Trademark Attorney	$54k↓3%	$2.8M	1,760	$1.6k	'23
15 Sakineh M.🇺🇸 Tax & Business Attorney	$52k↓1%	$947k	754	$1.3k	'17

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	$46k↑2%	$2.0M	87	$22.5k	'20
18 Sawyer B.🇺🇸 Technical Architect	$46k↑10%	$92k	1	$91.8k	'26
19 Matt C.🇺🇸 Bestseller Book Marketing Expert \| 4M+ Copies Sold \| PR \| Sales	$45k↑1%	$2.5M	2,013	$1.3k	'20
20 Dhaval S.🇮🇳 Full Stack Developer \| Web App \|Mobile Apps\|React Native\|PM\|AI\|Flutter	$44k0%	$1.9M	523	$3.7k	'12
21 Bhaval P.🇮🇳 Mobile App Developer \| React Native \| Flutter \| Next.js \| Node.js	$44k↓1%	$2.4M	527	$4.6k	'15
22 Dan D.🇺🇸 Conversion Optimization and Landing Page Specialist	$42k↑1%	$1.1M	102	$10.7k	'16
23 Gabriel H.🇺🇸 15+ Years Full-Stack Dev \| Mobile & Web \| Replit \| Lovable \| AI	$41k0%	$1.3M	25	$51.4k	'16
24 Rafael D.🇧🇷 Principal Architect \| Improving communication and architectures	$41k0%	$961k	2	$480.4k	'24
25 Jeffrey M.🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer/Full Stack	$41k↓2%	$1.5M	226	$6.9k	'17
26 Nichole M.🇺🇸 Power BI & Custom App Dev \| Google Ads & Marketing \| Seo	$40k↓2%	$2.0M	229	$8.5k	'18
27 Manny T.🇦🇺 Specializing in FMCG from design through to final production	$40k0%	$316k	26	$12.2k	'25
28 Abdul A.🇺🇸 Production AI systems that drive revenue \| AI Claude \| RAG \| LLM \| GPT	$39k0%	$752k	98	$7.7k	'23
29 Ruben V.🇳🇱 Meta Ads Expert \| Facebook Ads \| Google Ads \| PPC \| eCom & Lead Gen	$38k↓1%	$1.2M	393	$3.1k	'20
30 Chris H.🇺🇸 Practice Management, Revenue Cycle \| Harvard Health Data Scientist	$37k↓5%	$1.4M	20	$68.3k	'23

31 Alexander T.🇺🇸 IT Project Management Consultant	$36k↓2%	$1.7M	38	$45.8k	'17
32 Jose David H.🇨🇴 AI SEO & AEO Specialist\|Technical SEO GEO ChatGPT Gemini \|AI Overviews	$36k0%	$913k	398	$2.3k	'17
33 Rafael Sarim O.🇨🇭 #1 Growth Advisor \| xCXO, xVC \| Duke/LSE/HSG \| 150M+ Rev \| 11B Exit	$35k↑1%	$1.2M	67	$17.3k	'20
34 Jonathan G.🇺🇸 AI & Embedded Systems Architect \| Hardware, Edge, Agents & Cloud	$35k↓5%	$746k	65	$11.5k	'18
35 Serigne Saalihou Mbacké N.🇸🇳 Software Engineer	$35k0%	$1.6M	20	$77.7k	'15
36 Alyssa D.🇺🇸 Fractional Operations, Processes, AI and Automation Expert	$34k↓1%	$1.4M	311	$4.5k	'18
37 Adil H.🇺🇸 Mobile App Developer \| React Native, Flutter \| iOS, Android, AI	$34k↓1%	$415k	51	$8.1k	'20
38 Blake C.🇺🇸 Senior C# .NET Software Engineer	$34k↓2%	$1.9M	69	$27.3k	'17
39 Guy P.🇺🇸 AI Consultant \| Agentic AI, AI Development, Full-Stack Developer	$34k↓6%	$3.0M	213	$14.2k	'19
40 Trayvon P.🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA, Walmart, TEMU Expert	$34k↓2%	$124k	4	$31.0k	'26
41 Spencer R.🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA Expert \| SEO, Listing Optimization & Growth	$34k↓1%	$1.4M	392	$3.7k	'20
42 Balbinder S.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer \| AI-Powered Custom Development \| SaaS & Web Apps	$33k↓3%	$2.9M	136	$21.5k	'16
43 Paul P.🇻🇳 PCB Design and Firmware developer	$33k↓2%	$651k	558	$1.2k	'21
44 Antonio S.🇵🇪 Social Media Manager \| Strategy, Video Editing, Reels & Organic Growth	$33k0%	$1.3M	1,019	$1.3k	'20
45 Hannah L.🇺🇸 Feature Film/TV show business/creative packages	$33k↑1%	$577k	94	$6.1k	'23

46 Zach G.🇺🇸 Data Warehouse \| Integrations \| Custom Web Portals \| PowerBI	$33k↓1%	$1.7M	276	$6.1k	'16
47 Dima O.🇺🇦 WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify \| AI Automation \| Craft CMS	$32k↓1%	$1.4M	110	$12.4k	'16
48 Ernest D.🇺🇸 Sr Consultant for Cybersecurity Network Cloud IT Systems - CISSP CISM	$32k↑1%	$1.1M	39	$27.5k	'16
49 Jeffrey F.🇺🇸 Business Attorney \| Contracts \| Disputes \| Fractional GC	$32k↓2%	$1.7M	1,912	$908	'18
50 Angelo A.🇺🇸 Design & Creative	$32k0%	$624k	1	$623.9k	'25

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