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# Freelancer		SinceMember since
Jason S. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Branding & Design	$139k↓ 24%	Apr 2026Apr 24, 2026
Keith Y. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Consulting	$123k–	Oct 2026Oct 10, 2026
Usman Y. 🇵🇰🇵🇰 QA for SaaS Teams \| Manual + Automation \| Web & Mobile QA Testing	$117k–	Aug 2019Aug 30, 2019
4 Dan C. 🇺🇸Private profile: Upwork shows its earnings only to signed-in members, so we check it every few weeks, not daily. MRR here is a rough estimate (Upwork's six-month earnings ÷ months active). Last read Nov 12, 2026.🇺🇸 Expert Reddit Marketing Specialist	≈$105k–	Jun 2013Jun 26, 2013
5 Atanu S. 🇮🇳🇮🇳 AI & SaaS \| Custom Web, Mobile Apps & APIs \| WordPress, Shopify	$104k↓ 5%	Aug 2015Aug 14, 2015
6 Orest A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer & AI Developer \| SaaS, API & Automation Expert	$101k↑ 7%	Oct 2019Oct 19, 2019
7 Xavi Carreras D. 🇪🇸🇪🇸 Photography, Retouching, CGI, Creativity, Consultancy, Teaching,	$69k↑ 45%	Feb 2022Feb 17, 2022
8 Ivan D. 🇺🇦🇺🇦 Senior Game Development Expert \| Unity Developer & 2D/3D Game Artist	$67k↑ 6%	May 2023May 1, 2023
9 Dmytro K. 🇺🇦🇺🇦 AI Developer \| AI Agents, LLM & RAG \| OpenAI API & AI Integration	$64k↓ 8%	Mar 2019Mar 15, 2019
10 Austin P. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Business and Corporate Attorney	$62k↑ 1%	Oct 2022Oct 13, 2022

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
11 Jon L. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 SEO, LLM, GEO Expert - My Clients Outrank and Outperform.	$60k↑ 3%	Apr 2018Apr 19, 2018
12 Antonis A. 🇨🇭🇨🇭 Google Ads & Meta Ads \| AI Automation & AEO \| Worked with Google	$60k↑ 3%	Aug 2015Aug 28, 2015
13 John Tanner W. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Cold Email Expert \| Lead Generation	$59k↓ 5%	Sep 2023Sep 11, 2023
14 Sakineh M. 🇺🇸Private profile: Upwork shows its earnings only to signed-in members, so we check it every few weeks, not daily. MRR here is a rough estimate (Upwork's six-month earnings ÷ months active). Last read Nov 12, 2026.🇺🇸 Tax & Business Attorney	≈$54k–	Jan 2017Jan 9, 2017
15 Sawyer B. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Technical Architect	$54k↑ 30%	Jul 2026Jul 14, 2026
16 Vikas D. 🇮🇳🇮🇳 SaaS & AI App Developer \| MVP to Scalable Products \| Node \| Flutter	$53k↓ 4%	Nov 2015Nov 22, 2015
17 Ayan S. 🇮🇳🇮🇳 AI-Integrated Web & SaaS Developer\|WordPress, Shopify & Custom WebApps	$52k↓ 11%	Mar 2017Mar 17, 2017
18 Umair B. 🇵🇰🇵🇰 Senior Fullstack \| Supabase \| NextJS \| AI Engineer	$52k–	Jul 2019Jul 16, 2019
19 Vad M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Live Video App Development, Video Surveillance, WebRTC, Streaming & AI	$50k↑ 11%	Oct 2020Oct 8, 2020
20 Sam P. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Patent and Trademark Attorney	$46k↓ 17%	Jul 2023Jul 24, 2023

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
21 Dan D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Conversion Optimization and Landing Page Specialist	$44k↑ 5%	Jun 2016Jun 28, 2016
22 Gabriel H. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 15+ Years Full-Stack Dev \| Mobile & Web \| Replit \| Lovable \| AI	$42k↑ 2%	Aug 2016Aug 9, 2016
23 Dhaval S. 🇮🇳🇮🇳 Full Stack Developer \| Web App \|Mobile Apps\|React Native\|PM\|AI\|Flutter	$42k↓ 4%	Feb 2012Feb 13, 2012
24 Matt C. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Bestseller Book Marketing Expert \| 4M+ Copies Sold \| PR \| Sales	$42k↓ 6%	Dec 2020Dec 13, 2020
25 Bhaval P. 🇮🇳🇮🇳 Claude Certified Developers \| Mobile App \| Web \| AI agents \| AI/ML	$41k↓ 6%	Apr 2015Apr 3, 2015
26 Raza R. 🇨🇦Private profile: Upwork shows its earnings only to signed-in members, so we check it every few weeks, not daily. MRR here is a rough estimate (Upwork's six-month earnings ÷ months active). Last read Oct 7, 2026.🇨🇦 Expert AI/Full-Stack Engineer, React, LangChain, Claude, MCP, Voice AI	≈$41k–	Feb 2025Feb 14, 2025
27 Nichole M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Power BI Developer & Consultant \| Fractional CMO \| DAX & Fabric	$41k0%	May 2018May 11, 2018
28 Manny T. 🇦🇺🇦🇺 Specializing in FMCG from design through to final production	$39k↓ 1%	Feb 2025Feb 20, 2025
29 Jeffrey M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer/Full Stack	$39k↓ 6%	May 2017May 18, 2017
30 Abdul A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior AI Engineer\| Production RAG & AI Agents Claude \| OpenAI\| Python	$39k↓ 1%	Nov 2023Nov 16, 2023

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
31 Ruben V. 🇳🇱🇳🇱 Meta Ads Expert \| Facebook Ads \| Google Ads \| PPC \| eCom & Lead Gen	$39k↑ 1%	Oct 2020Oct 3, 2020
32 John D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Fractional CTO \| Cybersecurity, Email Security, DevOps & AI	$38k–	Oct 2020Oct 21, 2020
33 Rafael Sarim O. 🇨🇭🇨🇭 #1 Growth Advisor \| xCXO, xVC \| Duke/LSE/HSG \| 150M+ Rev \| 11B Exit	$37k↑ 5%	Aug 2020Aug 10, 2020
34 Alexander T. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 IT Project Management Consultant	$37k↓ 2%	Aug 2017Aug 14, 2017
35 Jose David H. 🇨🇴🇨🇴 AI SEO & AEO Expert \| GEO, Technical SEO & AI Overviews \| Local SEO	$36k0%	Apr 2017Apr 20, 2017
36 Blake C. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior C# .NET Software Engineer	$35k↑ 1%	Jan 2017Jan 9, 2017
37 Spencer R. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & Account Management Expert \| Listing Optimization & Growth	$35k↑ 2%	Jan 2020Jan 17, 2020
38 Alyssa D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Fractional Operations, Processes, AI and Automation Expert	$34k↓ 1%	Nov 2018Nov 30, 2018
39 Antonio S. 🇵🇪🇵🇪 Social Media Manager \| Strategy, Video Editing, Reels & Organic Growth	$34k↑ 2%	Apr 2020Apr 4, 2020
40 Ernest D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Sr Consultant for Cybersecurity Network Cloud IT Systems - CISSP CISM	$34k↑ 5%	Jan 2016Jan 28, 2016

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
41 Balbinder S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer \| AI-Powered Custom Development \| SaaS & Web Apps	$34k↓ 2%	Nov 2016Nov 4, 2016
42 Paul P. 🇻🇳🇻🇳 PCB Design and Firmware developer	$34k↓ 2%	Sep 2021Sep 16, 2021
43 Angelo A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Design & Creative	$34k↑ 4%	Apr 2025Apr 28, 2025
44 Adil H. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Mobile App Developer \| React Native, Flutter \| iOS, Android, AI	$33k↓ 5%	Feb 2020Feb 2, 2020
45 Chris H. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Practice Management, Revenue Cycle \| Harvard Health Data Scientist	$33k↓ 15%	Sep 2023Sep 13, 2023
46 Jesse Aiden S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 AI Web and Mobile Developer \| 800+ Projects Delivered	$33k↑ 14%	Jun 2015Jun 26, 2015
47 Hannah L. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Feature Film/TV show business/creative packages	$32k0%	Feb 2023Feb 15, 2023
48 Stephen S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior Email Designer & HTML Dev \| Klaviyo & HubSpot Expert	$32k↓ 1%	Sep 2017Sep 12, 2017
49 Michael S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Enterprise Program Manager \| Digital Transformation \| ERP, Cloud & AI	$32k↑ 8%	Nov 2017Nov 8, 2017
50 Rafael D. 🇧🇷🇧🇷 Principal Architect \| Improving communication and architectures	$32k↓ 21%	Aug 2024Aug 8, 2024

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