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Top freelancers in San Jose

The top earner in San Jose makes $22k a month, the 10th $6.7k. 82 freelancers earn on Upwork there; the top 100 by MRR below.Data updated Nov 7

Top earners in San Jose

#FreelancerMRR
1JRJoseph R.Director of Engineering$22k
2JSJason S.Executive Producer | B2B Video Retainers & Live Streaming$18k
3UAUsama A.Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack Developer, Mobile Apps, SaaS, AI$18k
4BNBobby N.Recruiter for Startups, Private Equity, VC, & Consulting Firms$13k
5SBShivani B.Masters Intern Distributed Systems / AI Infrastructure$10k
6MMMrunali Mohan K.Data Entry & Transcription Services | Apache Airflow, Amazon EC2, API$10k
7VSVishnu S.Hardware, Software, Web, Mobile & AI development$8.1k
8JPJennifer P.Experienced Product Consultant | Mobile Expert $7.5k
9RDRaj D.Data Privacy Lawyer$7.2k
10CCClayton C.Business Consultant - Finance, Sales, Real Estate, Executive Support$6.7k
11BPBrendan P.Bring your ideas into reality - Physical Product Creation & Innovation$5.5k
12NLNichole L.Executive Assistant | Operations, Events & Travel Coordination$5.2k
13ADAmazing D.Experienced Paralegal | Legal Document Drafting & Court Filing agent$3.9k
14KNKylie N.Product Designer | Social Media Specialist | UX Researcher$2.1k
15CJChristina J.Project Management | Adobe Inc., Anaplan, Applicant Tracking Systems$1.9k
16SSSmriti S.Human Resources Administration | HR Operations$1.9k
17SVStephanie V.Text/Chat Wellness Coach$1.8k
18TTTayyab T.AI/ML Engineer | Machine Learning, NLP, AI Agents, AI Automation, RAG$1.7k
19TATonoya A.Data Science$1.4k
20SDShreyas D.AI & Machine Learning | Backend Engineering$1.2k
21DBDaniel B.Master Writer/Editor (Harvard Grad & PhD) with 30+ Years' Experience$1.0k
22ADAndy D.Visual Designer | Branding, Social, & Illustrations$1.0k
23MMMelodi M.Virtual Assistant | Technology, Operations, & Public Policy$884
24KOKofi O.Data Analyst & Tableau Developer | Expert in BI, Tableau, SQL, Python$858
25AFAndrew F.Logistics $846
26AHAndrew H.Editor and Writer with Journalistic Background$842
27JDJeffrey D.Salesforce Consultant$841
28JCJaihyung C.SDR/RF Signal Processing Engineer | ESP32 Firmware | Tracking, Ranging$825
29KNKingsley N.Want an Award-Winning Author to Write or Edit Your Book?$811
30JNJessica N.Digital Campaign Manager, Content Creator, Strategist$792
31STSebastian T.Product Design | Product Development, Mechanical Design, CAD$752
32LTLiying T.Photographer/Videographer$729
33MVMela V.Executive Assistant | Operations & Project Manager$689
34PHPatrick H.Expert Photo Retoucher and Graphic Designer$676
35OOOleg O.SEO Specialist$643
36ACAnnie C.Data Analyst$578
37ZCZachary C.Software Engineer$558
38MKMi K.Expert Squarespace Web Designer | Website Developer$446
39DEDamilola E.Senior Finance Writer and Journalist | Yahoo Finance, TheStreet, MSN..$367
40EHEric H.B2B Sales Leader | RevOps & HubSpot | Sales Coach$356
41OBOlayemi B.Graphic Designer$347
42LLLizzette Lyla V.Senior Full-Stack Engineer | AI Integration & Automation Specialist$341
43DUDaniyal U.Graphic Design | CMS Development | Presentation | Logo | Web Design |$338
44RYRoue Y.AI Automation Architect | Custom Agents (RAG) | LLM Business Workflows$330
45BKBrian K.quality graphic design$328
46AAAmy A.Data Entry and Web Research Expert, Administrative professional$313
47JMJazmin M.EN-SP Translator - MD - Legal, Education & Multimedia Specialist$277
48JAJulie A.Videographer$264
49MSMegan S.Graphic Designer$256
50PCPaul C.Media Producer with 20+ years experience$246
51DCDenise C.Content Writer & Product Marketer$234
52MCMouli C.Video & Animation | Film Editing, Documentary Video, Video Editing$220
53SBSheela B.AI Automation Engineer | Claude, ChatGPT, GHL, AI Integration | Python$206
54CLClaire L.Illustration and Design | Procreate, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator$206
55GPGayithri P.AI Engineer for RAG Assistants, Support Chatbots & Workflow Automation$205
56PPParth P.Programmer$204
57YWYizhe W.Unreal, Game Art | 3D Game Art, 3D Art,Environment Art, Unity, Maya$203
58PGPrachi G.STEAM Curriculum Developer | K-8 Engineering & PBL Design Projects$201
59SPSwetha P.QA Engineer | Manual & Automation Testing | Selenium | Playwright | US$187
60NBNaveen B.Expert in Web App, Mobile Apps, DevOps, QA Automation, Cloud Security.$156
61ESEthan S.Unity & Unreal VR/AR Developer - Multiplayer, Optimization, C#/C++$153
62SFSharareh F.Architectural Designer | Residential & Commercial Design |Revit$140
63GGGayle G.Aesthetic, Beauty & Lifestyle Marketing Strategist | Brand Positioning$102
64JDJoshua D.AI Systems Engineer | Agentic AI, RAG, Python Backend & DevOps$83
65SZShamshad Z.Senior Web Developer | WordPress, Laravel & React Specialist$74
66SJShayan Jamshid N.Building High Quality AI automations$67
67KSKellie S.Admin Support and Data Entry$63
68YWYueyue W.Senior Product Designer | AI, SaaS & Design Systems$45
69TSThomas S.Claude Expert | MCP, AI Integrations, GenAI & Full-Stack AI, AI Agents$41
70ZUZakari U.Professional Video Editor$38
71FJFawale J.iGaming & Sports Betting Content Writer || SEO Expert || 8+ Years Exp$36
72DDDeborah D.Ghostwriter | Health & Self-Help Books | Romance Novels$35
73DMDanielle M.College Admissions Consultant (IEC)$33
74OMOlutumo M.#1 Resume Writing Expert | ATS Specialist/CV + Linkedin + Cover letter$33
75LCLuis C.Mechatronic Engineer$21
76IGIlona G.Illustrator/Graphic Designer$17
77SDSunila D.UX Consultant | Usability Testing, UX Research & Conversion Audits$11
78DGDerek G.Web Development for Squarespace, Wix, & WordPress$8
79DHDiego H.UI UX Designer | Web Designer | Graphic Design$7
80SCSasha C.English American Voice Over Talent$4
81SAStanley A.Full Stack Software Engineer | Django, React, Next$2
82KOKaileigh O.Crafting Conversions (Tech Writing)$1