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50 of 400,123 freelancersData updated Oct 12

# 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	$183k↓9%	$490k	2	$245.2k	'26
🥈 Atanu S.🇮🇳 AI & SaaS \| Custom Web, Mobile Apps & APIs \| WordPress, Shopify	$109k↓1%	$16.3M	6,353	$2.6k	'15
🥉 Dan C.🇺🇸 Expert Reddit Marketing Specialist	$109k0%	$2.6M	1,135	$2.3k	'13
4 Orest A.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer & AI Developer \| SaaS, API & Automation Expert	$96k↑1%	$2.9M	686	$4.2k	'19
5 Dmytro K.🇺🇦 AI Developer \| AI Agents, LLM & RAG \| SaaS Full-Stack Engineer	$71k0%	$2.0M	151	$12.9k	'19
6 John Tanner W.🇺🇸 Cold Email Expert \| Lead Generation	$67k0%	$2.1M	164	$12.6k	'23
7 Ivan D.🇺🇦 Senior Game Development Expert \| Unity Developer & 2D/3D Game Artist	$65k0%	$1.7M	145	$12.0k	'23
8 Austin P.🇺🇸 Business and Corporate Lawyer	$61k0%	$1.5M	1,107	$1.3k	'22
9 Jon L.🇺🇸 SEO, LLM, GEO Expert - My Clients Outrank and Outperform.	$60k0%	$2.9M	117	$24.4k	'18
10 Ayan S.🇮🇳 AI-Integrated Web & SaaS Developer\|WordPress, Shopify & Custom WebApps	$60k↓1%	$5.3M	2,090	$2.5k	'17
11 Antonis A.🇨🇭 Google Ads & Meta Ads \| AI Automation & AEO \| Worked with Google	$59k0%	$3.0M	923	$3.3k	'15
12 Sam P.🇺🇸 Patent and Trademark Attorney	$58k0%	$2.8M	1,761	$1.6k	'23
13 Vikas D.🇮🇳 SaaS & AI App Developer \| MVP to Scalable Products \| Node \| Flutter	$56k0%	$3.0M	539	$5.6k	'15
14 Sakineh M.🇺🇸 Tax & Business Attorney	$53k0%	$939k	753	$1.2k	'17
15 Raza R.🇨🇦 Expert AI/Full-Stack Engineer, React, LangChain, Claude, MCP, Voice AI	$50k0%	$384k	115	$3.3k	'25

16 Vad M.🇺🇸 Live Video App Development, Video Surveillance, WebRTC, Streaming & AI	$44k0%	$1.9M	87	$22.1k	'20
17 Matt C.🇺🇸 Bestseller Book Marketing Expert \| 4M+ Copies Sold \| PR \| Sales	$44k↓1%	$2.5M	1,999	$1.3k	'20
18 Dhaval S.🇮🇳 Full Stack Developer \| Web App \|Mobile Apps\|React Native\|PM\|AI\|Flutter	$43k0%	$1.9M	520	$3.6k	'12
19 Bhaval P.🇮🇳 Mobile App Developer \| React Native \| Flutter \| Next.js \| Node.js	$43k0%	$2.4M	526	$4.6k	'15
20 Jeffrey M.🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer/Full Stack	$42k0%	$1.5M	226	$6.8k	'17
21 Gabriel H.🇺🇸 AI, Mobile, & Full-Stack Engineer \| React, React Native, TypeScript	$42k0%	$1.3M	24	$52.8k	'16
22 Dan D.🇺🇸 Conversion Optimization and Landing Page Specialist	$41k0%	$1.1M	102	$10.5k	'16
23 Nichole M.🇺🇸 AI Automation & Power BI \| Agents, Apps & Integrations \| Expert-Vetted	$41k0%	$1.9M	228	$8.5k	'18
24 Rafael D.🇧🇷 Principal Architect \| Improving communication and architectures	$41k0%	$961k	2	$480.4k	'24
25 Chris H.🇺🇸 Practice Management, Revenue Cycle \| Harvard Health Data Scientist	$41k0%	$1.4M	20	$68.3k	'23
26 Manny T.🇦🇺 Specializing in FMCG from design through to final production	$40k0%	$316k	26	$12.2k	'25
27 Xavi Carreras D.🇪🇸 Photography, Retouching, CGI, Creativity, Consultancy, Teaching,	$40k0%	$1.5M	93	$16.2k	'22
28 Ruben V.🇳🇱 Meta Ads Expert \| Facebook Ads \| Google Ads \| PPC \| eCom & Lead Gen	$39k0%	$1.2M	394	$3.0k	'20
29 Abdul A.🇺🇸 I build AI systems that drive revenue \| AI \| Claude \| RAG \| LLM \| GPT	$38k↓1%	$735k	97	$7.6k	'23
30 Sawyer B.🇺🇸 Technical Architect	$38k0%	$75k	1	$75.2k	'26

31 Jonathan G.🇺🇸 AI & Embedded Systems Architect \| Hardware, Edge, Agents & Cloud	$37k0%	$741k	65	$11.4k	'18
32 Guy P.🇺🇸 AI Consultant \| Agentic AI, AI Development, Full-Stack Developer	$37k0%	$3.0M	211	$14.3k	'19
33 Blake C.🇺🇸 Senior C# .NET Software Engineer	$36k0%	$1.9M	69	$27.1k	'17
34 Alexander T.🇺🇸 IT Project Management Consultant	$36k0%	$1.7M	38	$45.5k	'17
35 Alyssa D.🇺🇸 Fractional Operations Management + Process and System Expert	$35k0%	$1.4M	310	$4.5k	'18
36 Jose David H.🇨🇴 AI SEO & AEO Specialist\|Technical SEO GEO ChatGPT Gemini \|AI Overviews	$35k0%	$895k	395	$2.3k	'17
37 Adil H.🇺🇸 Mobile App Developer \| React Native, Flutter \| iOS, Android, AI	$35k0%	$401k	49	$8.2k	'20
38 Balbinder S.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer \| AI-Powered Custom Development \| SaaS & Web Apps	$35k0%	$2.9M	136	$21.4k	'16
39 Rafael Sarim O.🇨🇭 #1 Growth Advisor \| xCXO, xVC \| Duke/LSE/HSG \| 150M+ Rev \| 11B Exit	$34k0%	$1.1M	67	$17.0k	'20
40 Spencer R.🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA Expert \| SEO, Listing Optimization & Growth	$34k0%	$1.4M	386	$3.7k	'20
41 Paul P.🇻🇳 PCB Design and Firmware developer	$34k0%	$639k	556	$1.1k	'21
42 Jeffrey F.🇺🇸 Business Attorney \| Contracts \| Disputes \| Fractional GC	$34k0%	$1.7M	1,903	$904	'18
43 Zach G.🇺🇸 Data Warehouse \| Integrations \| Custom Web Portals \| PowerBI	$33k0%	$1.7M	276	$6.1k	'16
44 Dima O.🇺🇦 Craft CMS Verified Partner \| Page Speed, Core Web Vitals, AI Agents	$33k0%	$1.3M	110	$12.3k	'16
45 Antonio S.🇵🇪 Social Media Manager \| Strategy, Video Editing, Reels & Organic Growth	$33k0%	$1.3M	1,007	$1.3k	'20

46 Stephen S.🇺🇸 Senior Email Designer & HTML Dev \| Klaviyo & HubSpot Expert	$33k0%	$1.1M	129	$8.3k	'17
47 Hannah L.🇺🇸 Feature Film/TV show business/creative packages	$33k0%	$576k	94	$6.1k	'23
48 Gaurav S.🇮🇳 Shopify Developer \| Shopify Expert \| Shopify Plus Developer \| CRO	$32k↓1%	$2.3M	2,463	$947	'12
49 Fatima A.🇨🇦 Email Marketing Expert \| Klaviyo, Omnisend & Mailchimp Specialist	$32k0%	$1.4M	663	$2.1k	'20
50 Angelo A.🇺🇸 Design & Creative	$32k0%	$608k	1	$607.9k	'25

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