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50 of 363,151 freelancersData updated Sep 25

# 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
🥇 Atanu S.🇮🇳 AI & SaaS \| Custom Web, Mobile Apps & APIs \| WordPress, Shopify	$113k↓3%	$16.2M	6,338	$2.6k	'15
🥈 Dan C.🇺🇸 Expert Reddit Marketing Specialist	$112k↓9%	$2.5M	1,121	$2.3k	'13
🥉 Orest A.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer & AI Developer \| SaaS, API & Automation Expert	$98k0%	$2.8M	666	$4.2k	'19
4 Dmytro K.🇺🇦 AI Developer \| AI Agents, LLM & RAG \| SaaS Full-Stack Engineer	$73k↓2%	$1.9M	150	$12.9k	'19
5 John Tanner W.🇺🇸 Cold Email Expert \| Lead Generation	$72k↓8%	$2.0M	163	$12.5k	'23
6 Kelly M.🇺🇸 Commercial Photography	$69k↑21%	$1.0M	3	$348.1k	'24
7 Ivan D.🇺🇦 Senior Game Development Expert \| Unity Developer & 2D/3D Game Artist	$67k0%	$1.7M	145	$11.8k	'23
8 Ayan S.🇮🇳 AI-Integrated Web & SaaS Developer\|WordPress, Shopify & Custom WebApps	$61k↓5%	$5.3M	2,088	$2.5k	'17
9 Antonis A.🇨🇭 Google Ads & Meta Ads \| AI Automation & AEO \| Worked with Google	$61k↓14%	$3.0M	918	$3.3k	'15
10 Jon L.🇺🇸 SEO, LLM, GEO Expert - My Clients Outrank and Outperform.	$61k↓3%	$2.8M	117	$24.2k	'18
11 Sam P.🇺🇸 Patent and Trademark Attorney	$60k↓3%	$2.8M	1,761	$1.6k	'23
12 Austin P.🇺🇸 Business and Corporate Lawyer	$60k↑7%	$1.4M	1,091	$1.3k	'22
13 Sakineh M.🇺🇸 Tax & Business Attorney	$53k↑4%	$914k	749	$1.2k	'17
14 Vikas D.🇮🇳 SaaS & AI App Developer \| MVP to Scalable Products \| Node \| Flutter	$52k↑6%	$3.0M	537	$5.5k	'15
15 Raza R.🇨🇦 Expert AI/Full-Stack Engineer, React, LangChain, Claude, MCP, Voice AI	$50k↓2%	$374k	113	$3.3k	'25

16 Dhaval S.🇮🇳 Full Stack Developer \| Web App \|Mobile Apps\|React Native\|PM\|AI\|Flutter	$45k↑1%	$1.9M	519	$3.6k	'12
17 Chris H.🇺🇸 Practice Management, Revenue Cycle \| Harvard Health Data Scientist	$45k↓10%	$1.4M	20	$68.3k	'23
18 Jeffrey M.🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer/Full Stack	$44k↓1%	$1.5M	226	$6.7k	'17
19 Matt C.🇺🇸 Bestseller Book Marketing Expert \| 4M+ Copies Sold \| PR \| Sales	$43k↓6%	$2.5M	1,981	$1.3k	'20
20 Bhaval P.🇮🇳 Mobile App Developer \| React Native \| Flutter \| Next.js \| Node.js	$43k↑7%	$2.4M	524	$4.6k	'15
21 Nichole M.🇺🇸 Power BI & Custom App Dev \| Google Ads & Marketing \| Expert-Vetted	$43k↓7%	$1.9M	227	$8.5k	'18
22 Guy P.🇺🇸 AI Consultant \| Agentic AI, AI Development, Full-Stack Developer	$43k↓8%	$3.0M	207	$14.5k	'19
23 Vad M.🇺🇸 Live Video App Development, Video Surveillance, WebRTC, Streaming & AI	$43k↑4%	$1.9M	87	$21.8k	'20
24 Dan D.🇺🇸 Conversion Optimization and Landing Page Specialist	$43k↑1%	$1.0M	102	$10.3k	'16
25 Gabriel H.🇺🇸 AI, Mobile, & Full-Stack Engineer \| React, React Native, TypeScript	$42k↑2%	$1.2M	24	$52.0k	'16
26 Xavi Carreras D.🇪🇸 Photography, Retouching, CGI, Creativity, Consultancy, Teaching,	$42k↑22%	$1.5M	92	$16.2k	'22
27 Manny T.🇦🇺 Specializing in FMCG from design through to final production	$41k↑1%	$308k	26	$11.8k	'25
28 Abdul A.🇺🇸 Build AI systems that drive revenue \| AI Engineer \| RAG \| LLM Apps	$40k↓3%	$723k	96	$7.5k	'23
29 Jonathan G.🇺🇸 AI Systems Architect \| Voice, Agents & High-Stakes Automation	$38k↑2%	$725k	65	$11.2k	'18
30 Blake C.🇺🇸 Senior C# .NET Software Engineer	$37k↓11%	$1.9M	70	$26.5k	'17

31 Jennifer G.🇺🇸 Appeals \| Civil + Criminal + Corporate \| Paralegal \| Divorce \| Tax	$37k↓5%	$667k	110	$6.1k	'24
32 Alexander T.🇺🇸 IT Project Management Consultant	$36k↓5%	$1.7M	38	$45.0k	'17
33 Jeffrey F.🇺🇸 Business Attorney \| Contracts \| Disputes \| Fractional GC	$35k↓4%	$1.7M	1,889	$902	'18
34 Zach G.🇺🇸 Data Warehouse \| Integrations \| Custom Web Portals \| PowerBI	$35k↓5%	$1.7M	276	$6.0k	'16
35 Spencer R.🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA Expert \| SEO, Listing Optimization & Growth	$35k↑2%	$1.4M	383	$3.7k	'20
36 Alyssa D.🇺🇸 Fractional Operations Management + Process and System Expert	$35k↓1%	$1.4M	310	$4.4k	'18
37 Tucker M.🇺🇸 Google Ads \| SEM \| PPC \| GTM \| GA4 \| eCom \| Meta \| Google Tag Manager	$35k↓6%	$2.1M	146	$14.7k	'18
38 Adil H.🇺🇸 Mobile App Developer \| React Native, Flutter \| iOS & Android	$34k↑5%	$385k	47	$8.2k	'20
39 Balbinder S.🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer \| AI-Powered Custom Development \| SaaS & Web Apps	$34k↓4%	$2.9M	136	$21.3k	'16
40 Angelo A.🇺🇸 Design & Creative	$34k↓3%	$592k	1	$591.9k	'25
41 Ted G.🇺🇸 Google Ads Expert \| Pmax + Google Shopping \| Merchant Center \| Adwords	$33k0%	$1.3M	943	$1.3k	'19
42 Davor K.🇭🇷 Expert AI Engineer \| LLMs \| Voice AI \| Data Science \| Machine Learning	$33k↓8%	$460k	12	$38.3k	'24
43 Rafael Sarim O.🇨🇭 #1 Growth Advisor \| xCXO, xVC \| Duke/LSE/HSG \| 150M+ Rev \| 11B Exit	$33k↓7%	$1.1M	67	$16.6k	'20
44 Stephen S.🇺🇸 Senior Email Designer & HTML Dev \| Klaviyo & HubSpot Expert	$33k↓4%	$1.1M	126	$8.4k	'17
45 Antonio S.🇵🇪 Social Media Manager \| Strategy, Video Editing, Reels & Organic Growth	$33k↓2%	$1.3M	1,003	$1.3k	'20

46 Frank O.🇮🇪 Google Ads / PPC Expert - Former GOOGLE Employee	$33k↑4%	$3.8M	561	$6.8k	'15
47 Dima O.🇺🇦 Craft CMS Verified Partner \| Page Speed, Core Web Vitals, AI Agents	$33k↓3%	$1.3M	110	$12.1k	'16
48 Rafael D.🇧🇷 Principal Architect \| Improving communication and architectures	$33k↓16%	$912k	2	$456.2k	'24
49 Gaurav S.🇮🇳 Shopify Expert \| Shopify Developer \| Shopify CRO & Shopify Designer	$33k↓2%	$2.3M	2,457	$944	'12
50 John M.🇺🇸 Yale PhD, AI Engineer, Agentic Software, Claude Code, Codex, UX Design	$33k↑1%	$319k	31	$10.3k	'21

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