Upwork, formerly Elance-oDesk, is an American freelancing platform where enterprises and individuals connect in order to conduct business.
How it works
- Create your profile (it’s free)
Explore ways to earn
Work and earn in different ways. Bid for jobs. Pitch your projects. Discuss your in-demand skills with our recruiters so they can find opportunities aligned with your passions and career goals. Do all three. Create a predictable pipeline and build your network.
Search on Talent Marketplace™ for the hourly or fixed-price work you’re looking for. Submit a proposal, set your rate, and show how great you’ll be. Give a little extra by sharing your unique approach and offering a rapport-building interview.
Find Jobs
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Find your next opportunity
Sell what you do best
Create easy-to-buy projects with Project Catalog™. Match your projects to what clients need. Be clear upfront by defining your scope, timing, price, and terms. Once we’ve approved your project, clients can start to buy.
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How payments work
Get paid securely
Choose how you get paid. Our fixed-price protection releases client payments at project milestones. Hourly protection bills clients every week. However you work, our service fees are the same. Spend less time chasing, more earning.
Whether you’re paid hourly or on a fixed-price contract, all the work you complete comes with payment protection.
All in one place
Invoice clients and track your earnings on Upwork for a simple and streamlined process.
Choose how you get paid
Use what works best for you—including direct deposit, PayPal, Payoneer, wire transfer, and more.
No fees until you complete your work
Our service fees are taken as a percentage of your earnings. We charge you based on lifetime earnings with each client:
20% for the first $500 you bill your client
10% for total billings between $500.01 and $10,000
5% for total billings over $10,000
Freelancer Service Fees
As a freelancer, you’re charged a sliding fee based on your lifetime billings with each non-Enterprise client. This includes all contracts you’ve ever had with that client. Service fees are the same whether the contracts are hourly, fixed-price, or projects on Project Catalog
$0-$500: 20%
$500.01-$10,000: 10%
$10,000.01 or more: 5%
Example: On a $600 project with a new client, a freelancer’s service fee would be 20% on the first $500 and 10% on the remaining $100. Their earnings after fees would be $490.
You can check your progress towards payment milestones under Reports › Lifetime Billings by Client.
Note: If you worked with someone under two different companies, those are considered different relationships and your lifetime billings with each company will be counted separately. However, working with someone under two different teams within the same company is considered a single relationship and therefore combined in your lifetime billings.
Agency Service Fees
Agencies working with non-Enterprise clients are subject to the same pricing structure. We calculate agency service fees based on total agency billings with a client across all contracts. This means that all agency contracts that any of the agency’s freelancers have had with a single client count towards an agency’s lifetime billings with that client.
An agency freelancer's non-agency contracts with a client, whether as a non-exclusive independent or prior to joining the agency, will not count towards the agency's lifetime billings with that client.
Rounding Estimated Earnings
The rate calculator estimates your net take-home pay after fees to assist you in bidding accordingly. We charge the client the exact billing rate you enter, but sometimes the resulting fee is a number with more than two decimal points that must be rounded to the nearest cent with each transaction.
Rounding results in earnings slightly less than estimated
Example: You want to take home $20 per hour after fees, so you charge the client $22.22 per hour. 10% of that rounds to $2.22 per hour. Let’s say you bill 12 hours.
Your client is charged $266.64 (12 hours x $22.22)
The 10% fee is $26.664 or $26.66 when rounded down
Your net earnings are $239.98 ($0.02 less than estimated, 12 x $20 = $240)
Rounding results in earnings slightly more than estimated
Example: You want to take home $25 per hour, so you charge the client $27.78 per hour. 10% of that rounds to $2.78 per hour. Let’s say you bill 12 hours.
Your client is charged $333.36 (12 hours x $27.78).
The 10% fee is $33.336 or $33.34 when rounded up.
Your net earnings are $300.02 ($0.02 more than estimated, 12 x $25 = $300).
Exceptions
Featured Jobs
Freelancers hired for Featured Jobs pay a reduced freelancer service fee if they are Top Rated or a Rising Talent.
Upwork Payroll
Freelancers participating in the Upwork Payroll service are paid through a third-party staffing firm and are therefore excluded from paying Upwork Service Fees.
Enterprise Clients
These sliding fees don’t apply to contracts with Enterprise clients. This is because Upwork negotiates individual contracts with those companies on a case by case basis. In general, Enterprise contracts have a flat 10% service fee. Enterprise clients are designated by a badge on their client profiles.
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