Top freelancers in the United States

Of the freelancers from the United States on Upwork, 7,997 of 62,088 earn $1k+ a month; the typical one makes $2.5k, the top $150k.

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# Freelancer		SinceMember since
Jason S. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Branding & Design	$151k↓ 18%	Apr 2026Apr 24, 2026
Keith Y. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Consulting	$124k–	Oct 2026Oct 10, 2026
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 9, 2026.🇺🇸 Expert Reddit Marketing Specialist	≈$105k–	Jun 2013Jun 26, 2013
4 Orest A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer & AI Developer \| SaaS, API & Automation Expert	$100k↑ 7%	Oct 2019Oct 19, 2019
5 Austin P. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Business and Corporate Attorney	$62k↑ 1%	Oct 2022Oct 13, 2022
6 Jon L. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 SEO, LLM, GEO Expert - My Clients Outrank and Outperform.	$60k↑ 2%	Apr 2018Apr 19, 2018
7 John Tanner W. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Cold Email Expert \| Lead Generation	$59k↓ 5%	Sep 2023Sep 11, 2023
8 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 9, 2026.🇺🇸 Tax & Business Attorney	≈$54k–	Jan 2017Jan 9, 2017
9 Sawyer B. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Technical Architect	$52k↑ 25%	Jul 2026Jul 14, 2026
10 Vad M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Live Video App Development, Video Surveillance, WebRTC, Streaming & AI	$50k↑ 9%	Oct 2020Oct 8, 2020

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
11 Sam P. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Patent and Trademark Attorney	$47k↓ 15%	Jul 2023Jul 24, 2023
12 Dan D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Conversion Optimization and Landing Page Specialist	$43k↑ 4%	Jun 2016Jun 28, 2016
13 Matt C. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Bestseller Book Marketing Expert \| 4M+ Copies Sold \| PR \| Sales	$42k↓ 4%	Dec 2020Dec 13, 2020
14 Gabriel H. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 15+ Years Full-Stack Dev \| Mobile & Web \| Replit \| Lovable \| AI	$42k↑ 1%	Aug 2016Aug 9, 2016
15 Nichole M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Power BI Developer & Consultant \| Fractional CMO \| DAX & Fabric	$40k↓ 3%	May 2018May 11, 2018
16 Jeffrey M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer/Full Stack	$39k↓ 5%	May 2017May 18, 2017
17 Abdul A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior AI Engineer\| Production RAG & AI Agents Claude \| OpenAI\| Python	$39k↓ 1%	Nov 2023Nov 16, 2023
18 John D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Fractional CTO \| Cybersecurity, Email Security, DevOps & AI	$38k–	Oct 2020Oct 21, 2020
19 Alexander T. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 IT Project Management Consultant	$36k↓ 2%	Aug 2017Aug 14, 2017
20 Blake C. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior C# .NET Software Engineer	$35k0%	Jan 2017Jan 9, 2017

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
21 Spencer R. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & Account Management Expert \| Listing Optimization & Growth	$34k0%	Jan 2020Jan 17, 2020
22 Alyssa D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Fractional Operations, Processes, AI and Automation Expert	$34k↓ 2%	Nov 2018Nov 30, 2018
23 Chris H. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Practice Management, Revenue Cycle \| Harvard Health Data Scientist	$34k↓ 12%	Sep 2023Sep 13, 2023
24 Adil H. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Mobile App Developer \| React Native, Flutter \| iOS, Android, AI	$34k↓ 3%	Feb 2020Feb 2, 2020
25 Balbinder S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Full Stack Developer \| AI-Powered Custom Development \| SaaS & Web Apps	$33k↓ 3%	Nov 2016Nov 4, 2016
26 Hannah L. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Feature Film/TV show business/creative packages	$33k↑ 3%	Feb 2023Feb 15, 2023
27 Ernest D. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Sr Consultant for Cybersecurity Network Cloud IT Systems - CISSP CISM	$33k↑ 3%	Jan 2016Jan 28, 2016
28 Angelo A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Design & Creative	$33k↑ 3%	Apr 2025Apr 28, 2025
29 Guy P. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 AI Consultant \| Agentic AI, AI Development, Full-Stack Developer	$33k↓ 9%	Jul 2019Jul 16, 2019
30 Zach G. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Data Warehouse \| Integrations \| Custom Web Portals \| PowerBI	$32k↓ 2%	Oct 2016Oct 26, 2016

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
31 Aron K. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Podcast Production	$32k↑ 30%	Nov 2023Nov 3, 2023
32 Stephen S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior Email Designer & HTML Dev \| Klaviyo & HubSpot Expert	$32k↓ 2%	Sep 2017Sep 12, 2017
33 Jonathan G. 🇺🇸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 9, 2026.🇺🇸 AI & Embedded Systems Architect \| Hardware, Edge, Agents & Cloud	≈$32k–	Jul 2018Jul 13, 2018
34 Virgil N. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior AI Engineer & Full-Stack Developer \| SaaS MVP Technical Lead	$31k↑ 6%	May 2020May 24, 2020
35 Michael S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Enterprise Program Manager \| Digital Transformation \| ERP, Cloud & AI	$31k↑ 5%	Nov 2017Nov 8, 2017
36 Jesse Aiden S. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 AI Web and Mobile Developer \| 800+ Projects Delivered	$31k↑ 8%	Jun 2015Jun 26, 2015
37 Jeffrey F. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Business Attorney \| Contracts \| Disputes \| Fractional GC	$31k↓ 6%	Apr 2018Apr 4, 2018
38 Sam W. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Fractional CISO / vCISO \| SOC 2, HIPAA, NYDFS, CMMC & AI Security	$30k↑ 4%	Dec 2022Dec 14, 2022
39 Trayvon P. 🇺🇸 NewNew🇺🇸 Amazon PPC & FBA, Walmart, TEMU Expert	$30k↓ 13%	Mar 2026Mar 29, 2026
40 Adam N. 🇺🇸 NewPrivate 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 9, 2026.New🇺🇸 Full-Stack Engineer \| .NET, React/Angular, AWS/Azure, LLM & Healthcare	≈$29k–	May 2026May 21, 2026

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
41 Tucker M. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Google Ads \| SEM \| PPC \| GTM \| GA4 \| eCom \| Meta \| Google Tag Manager	$29k0%	Aug 2018Aug 2, 2018
42 Ted G. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Google Ads Expert \| Pmax + Google Shopping \| Merchant Center \| Adwords	$29k↓ 4%	Feb 2019Feb 2, 2019
43 Ilya B. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Expert-Vetted Google, Meta, and ChatGPT Ads Expert	$29k↑ 4%	Jun 2014Jun 12, 2014
44 Kolya T. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior Web Developer \| WordPress, Webflow, Shopify & Custom CMS	$29k↓ 1%	Feb 2014Feb 20, 2014
45 Marko R. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Leading Website Design & Development Expert \| WordPress \| Elementor	$28k↓ 8%	Jan 2019Jan 15, 2019
46 Dhruv B. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Senior AI Automation Engineer \| AI SaaS, Enterprise AI (Azure/On-prem)	$28k↓ 1%	Mar 2025Mar 13, 2025
47 Richard A. 🇺🇸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 9, 2026.🇺🇸 Cloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Security Architect, DevSecOps, AI	≈$27k–	Sep 2017Sep 28, 2017
48 Sheri B. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 AI-Driven Corporate Communications Leader	$27k↓ 2%	Jul 2014Jul 29, 2014
49 James B. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Results Driven Project Management and Project Controls	$27k↑ 2%	Dec 2024Dec 13, 2024
50 Jason G. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Lead Full-Stack Engineer \| Startups, SaaS & Finishing AI-Built Apps	$27k↓ 1%	Apr 2023Apr 24, 2023

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