Top freelancers in Shanghai

The top earner in Shanghai makes $12k a month, the 10th $3.2k. 151 freelancers earn on Upwork there; the top 100 by MRR below.Data updated Nov 7

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#Freelancer	MRR	Lifetime	Projects
HLHua L.software architect & senior developer with 16 years+ R&D experience	$12k	$963k	4
HSHuang S.Multi-Media Developer,Flash,Director	$11k	$557k	1
LZLei Z.Mobile, Web & Micro Service	$10k	$801k	5
4CFCong F.Certified English-Chinese & Cantonese Translator \| Legal, Medical & IT	$8.9k	$889k	2,364
5XSXiaoming S.Certified Translator(E-C, C-E/CATTI-2)/Market Research	$5.4k	$238k	9
6XZXingchun Z.Senior QA Engineer \| AI Automation \| Business Logic Specialist	$5.0k	$52k	3
7HLHeng L.Full-Stack Engineer for Agricultural Auto-Steering & Guidance Systems	$5.0k	$30k	3
8JHJiayi H.Growth-Focused PR Consultant \| B2B & Global Markets	$3.8k	$25k	2
9JLJim L.China Production Partner \| Commercial Director \| Producer \| Voiceover	$3.3k	$68k	195
10WLWU L.Senior Software Test Engineer	$3.2k	$20k	1
11AKAnton K.Unity Developer \| C# Programmer \| XR / VR \| Animation & Game Tools	$3.2k	$28k	20
12YWYifan W.Branding, Marketing, Campaign Idea, Transcreation	$3.1k	$39k	17
13XLXue L.QA Testing \| Apache JMeter, Burp Suite, API Testing, Penetration Testi	$2.7k	$16k	1
14XZXin Z.Product Development & AI Automation \| Technical Partner	$2.6k	$155k	94
15ZZZoe Z.Finance and Controlling	$2.5k	$67k	8
16YLYi L.Investor Pitch Deck \| Startup Pitch Deck\| Business Presentation Design	$2.4k	$172k	114
17AZAlisa Z.Chinese Social Media Marketing/WeChat/RedNote/WeCom/China Marketing	$2.3k	$329k	34
18RZRui Z.China Sourcing Expert\|Supply Chain Management\|Project Management.	$2.3k	$131k	159
19LZLei Z.China Digital Marketing Expert + 17 years' experience	$2.3k	$32k	49
20KQKent Q.Top Rated Plus- Drop-shipping/ Product Sourcing	$2.3k	$37k	99
21SDShi D.Supply Chain Expert & Engineer \|Tech Sourcing \| ISO Quality Management	$2.2k	$54k	30
22YCyunyun c.User Experience Designer	$2.1k	$75k	1
23KHKaylyn H.Graphic Designer	$2.0k	$18k	20
24KZKelly Z.Senior Pitch Deck & Presentation Designer \| Strategy & Storytelling	$1.9k	$64k	60
25YQYue Qi S.China Sourcing \| E-Commerce Photography \| Virtual Assistant	$1.5k	$127k	47
26SCSunny C.Sourcing Expert / Complex projects Sniper / Amazon / drop shipping	$1.5k	$66k	23
27XGXin G.Computational-Socio-Linguist, Conversation Design, Localization, Data	$1.4k	$24k	1
28JZJiyong Z.China CPA \| Fractional CFO \| AI-Powered Finance Automation	$1.2k	$7.5k	2
29YZYina Z.Social Media Strategist &Experienced Chinese Content Creator	$1.2k	$10k	14
30JPJax P.Python Developer \| Web Scraping, AI Agents & Automation	$1.2k	$45k	114
31JZJosie Z.Expert in Gaming Community Management and User Engagement	$1.1k	$14k	15
32XWXiaoning W. structural engineer	$1.0k	$8.5k	3
33SXShen X.China Market Strategy \| GTM, Research & Digital Strategy	$968	$31k	80
34DXDaniel X.AI-Driven China Marketing Expert \| WeChat \| XHS	$944	$14k	15
35SYSHUMIN Y.Design	$931	$5.6k	2
36ASAmadou S.Versatile Project & E-Co Manager \| China based \| EN,FR,CH	$929	$29k	15
37SSSkylar S.Well Known the whole process of international trade	$907	$12k	1
38SLSina L.Sales Operation Specialist	$868	$12k	8
39JLJun L.Automotive Smart Seat Consultant \| AI \| TPM	$863	$5.2k	2
40CYChen Y.Senior Packaging & B2B Brand Architect \| Factory-Level Print Specialis	$843	$5.1k	1
41BMBridget M.Fractional CMO CRO \| GTM Engineer \| AI Automation \| Claude Code	$828	$5.0k	3
42SSShiyu S.Apparel Graphics & Fashion Identity Designer \| Logos & Visual Systems	$811	$5.0k	14
43PCPaul C.Expert VO translation subtitle Cantonese, Chinese Mandarin, English	$803	$90k	88
44CXChunhui X.Senior Mechanical Engineer \| DFM, Antenna Design & Mass Production	$787	$4.8k	11
45LKLude K.UI Artist	$762	$8.4k	1
46ZLZexi L.Customer Service	$711	$29k	1
47YGYuan G.Experienced English<->Chinese Translator and Writer	$706	$117k	226
48EGElaine G.Virtual Assistance \| Executive Support, Business Management	$696	$5.0k	1
49GLGonghui L.Chinese-Speaking Shopify/WordPress Dev \| Async Production Rescue	$687	$4.2k	6
50HRHusnain R.Structural Engineer PE \| US, UK, EU & AU Code Compliant Design	$675	$4.4k	17
51RCRui C.China Lawyer, Patent, Trademark, Contract, Dispute Resolution	$671	$26k	44
52HXHaonan X.English-Chinese Translator \| Localization & China Market Research	$656	$9.3k	27
53YFYan F.Senior QA Automation Engineer \| Playwright, Selenium,API Testing,CI/CD	$637	$7.2k	5
54ZJZhu J.Software Engineer with many languages	$628	$30k	2
55XPXiao P.Big Data Architect & Backend Architect	$619	$155k	7
56MOMinling O.Brand & Market Specialist \| Content, Localization & China Sourcing	$605	$5.3k	5
57XHXin H.Expert Vetted \|AI deep learning \|ChatGPT \|Full-stack \|C++/Python	$591	$76k	17
58XLXue L.data processing \| Communications, client service	$585	$14k	1
59CCChenyao C.DaVinci Resolve Colorist \| Video Editing \| Social Media Specialist	$581	$3.5k	2
60RDRongrong D.Mandarin/Cantonese and English translation (10 years experience)	$579	$6.0k	34
61HDHaitao D.Game & Web QA Tester \| Manual, API ,Client Perfermance& LOCTesting	$571	$3.6k	4
62THTony H.Education, transcription, translation and cross-language VA	$556	$22k	2
63XLXiao L.Experienced Videographer & Editor \| News, Documentaries, Commercials	$554	$4.9k	5
64LWLyuyang W.Translation/Proofreading/Voice-recording/Video-editing/Teaching	$548	$288k	141
65LBLine B.Translator: Mandarin Chinese to English and Norwegian	$533	$21k	41
66UUUmair U.Mobile App & Ecommerce Developer \| Flutter \| Shopify \| WooCommerce	$520	$7.2k	17
67XRXiaoyi R.Video Editing \| Graphic design \| Logo design \| Layout design	$517	$3.5k	2
68GLGuYan L.Greater China Market Research Expert\| FGD&IDI Moderation\| Chinese VO	$510	$22k	83
69GYGary Y.Senior 2D Game Developer\|Full Stack\|Web Crawler\|C++\|Unity\|GameMaker	$502	$116k	7
70SKSean K.E-commerce & Social Media Operations Specialist \| CRM Customer Support	$500	$3.0k	1
71JFJianjun F.China Market Entry & Sourcing Consultant \| E-Commerce, RED & Logistics	$493	$52k	70
72CHChen H.WordPress & WooCommerce Developer \| Automation-Powered Workflows & API	$434	$2.8k	7
73KXKean X.TikTok Influencer Outreach & Creator Partnerships \| UGC Briefs	$414	$2.5k	2
74CHChenqian H.Mechanical Engineer \| SolidWorks, CAD & Manufacturing Support	$414	$2.5k	1
75LLLuyuan L.Full-Stack AI & SaaS Developer \| Data Pipelines & Financial Systems	$413	$2.5k	1
76WHWenxiu H.English-Chinese Translator/Sourcing Agent	$406	$67k	238
77ZWZhu W.Fullstack Dev, Wechat & Alibaba Specialist, China Market Localization	$404	$34k	121
78CZChijing Z.Translator,Voice Talent	$387	$105k	450
79JWJun W.Project Support \| English & Mandarin\| Overseas Execution (Philippines)	$356	$2.2k	2
80ZMZhu M.Design&Creative	$340	$15k	15
81SLSong L.UX/UI Designer & Graphic Designer & Front-end Developer	$330	$16k	16
82SCSherman C.Robotics algorithm/software/hardware	$330	$36k	9
83HLHanson L.China Sourcing & Supply Chain Management	$320	$2.2k	9
84KWKelly W.Design & Creative	$311	$1.9k	1
85NYNikki Y.Executive Assistant	$285	$3.5k	5
86LLLia L.Datacenter design & operations \| AWS \| Tesla \| Microsoft	$264	$1.7k	4
87XSXiaochun S.Bilingual Chinese\| Virtual Assistant \|Customer Service \|Finance expert	$244	$5.7k	32
88ZWZhen W.An experienced linguist with finance background	$234	$3.6k	36
89ZCZhengyi C.Procurement Agent	$227	$3.6k	10
90MYMINXIAO Y.Marketing	$223	$1.8k	1
91PDPENGCHENG D.Data Engineer/Processing	$218	$23k	3
92YCYing C.Foreigner companies service in CHINA	$210	$2.6k	5
93DMDeng M.AI Trainer \| Voice Recording \| Chinese Data Annotation \| Finance	$185	$1.1k	3
94XJXUanyu J.Xiaohongshu (RED) Specialist \| Lead Generation	$174	$5.2k	7
95JTJIAQI T.Full Stack Senior Developer in both Software and Game (15 years+)	$172	$11k	3
96ZWZiqian W.China Sourcing Expert\|Supply Chain Management\|Export Agent	$171	$10k	17
97YLYiqing L.UX/UI Designer & Consultant	$170	$20k	6
98ZNZhigang N.Data scraping expert	$165	$1.1k	2
99SJShihao J.Experienced Graphic & Web Design \| Online Marketing Expert	$164	$6.5k	19
100YDYi D.China Market Strategy and Execution \| Sales & Online Marketing	$158	$186k	6

Top earners in Shanghai