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Upwork overview

Industry
Online Media
Revenue
$769.3M
Headquarters
Employees
540
Founded In
1999
Organization Type
Public
CEO
Hayden Brown
Social Media
Upwork is the leading online talent solution offering the modern tools businesses need to source and manage a flexible workforce. We empower businesses with more flexible access to quality talent, on-demand. Through Upwork's matching technology and services, companies have access to a global pool of proven professionals so they can scale their teams dynamically to meet business needs. Upwork is also the number one destination for talented independent professionals to find, deliver and get securely paid for project- and role-based work for clients in 180 countries around the world. Upwork's mission is to create economic opportunities so people have better lives. The community of independent professionals working via Upwork spans many categories including software development, creative & design, finance & accounting, consulting, operations and customer support-over 8,000 skills are represented. More than thirty percent of the Fortune 500 use Upwork.
The staff at Upwork come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 55.6% female and 40.2% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Upwork employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Democratic Party, at 89.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Democratic Party. Upwork has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 6.1 years.The average employee at Upwork makes $62,492 per year. Pay at Upwork is significantly lower than some of its highest paying competitors, like DocuSign, Twilio, and Square, which pay $135,649, $132,264, and $119,615, respectively.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Upwork is a medium-sized media company with 540 employees and a revenue of $769.3M.

Upwork's Mission Statement

To create economic opportunities so people have better lives has taken us so much further. As a result, we've become the world's work marketplace where every day businesses of all sizes and independent talent from around the globe meet here to accomplish incredible things.

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Pros of working at Upwork

The benefits of Upwork is a friendly website for intermediate freelancers but not beginner

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Its likely to be a good and friendly person and this is ver nice man to collaborate and communication.

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The team at Upwork

  • The founders of Upwork is Odysseas Tsatalos.
  • The key people at Upwork are Hayden Brown and Odysseas Tsatalos.
Key People
Hayden Brown
Odysseas Tsatalos

Upwork Rankings

Upwork is ranked #10 on the Best Media Companies to Work For in America list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Upwork salaries

The average an Upwork salary in the United States is $62,492 per year. Upwork employees in the top 10 percent can make over $130,000 per year, while Upwork employees at the bottom 10 percent earn less than $29,000 per year.
Average Upwork Salary
$62,492
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$30.04 hourly
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Upwork diversity

9.7
Diversity Score
We calculated Upwork’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Upwork’s workforce.
Upwork diversity summary. Zippia estimates Upwork's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Upwork's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Upwork's workforce.
  • Upwork has 540 employees.
  • 56% of Upwork employees are women, while 44% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Upwork is White (60%).
  • 15% of Upwork employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of Upwork employees are Asian.
  • The average employee at Upwork makes $62,492 per year.
  • Upwork employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Upwork stay with the company for 6.1 years on average.

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Upwork Financial Performance

9.8
Performance Score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

Upwork currently has 618.3M in revenue. Upwork's most recent quarter produced 168.6m (q2'2023).

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Highest paying Upwork competitors

Compare Upwork salaries to competitors, including DocuSign, Twilio, and Square. Employees at DocuSign earn the highest average yearly salary of $135,649. The salaries at Twilio average $132,264 per year, and the salaries at Square come in at $119,615 per year.
RankCompanyAverage SalaryJobs
1DocuSign$135,649194
2Twilio$132,26476
3Square$119,6157
4Brafton$69,6649
5LA Weekly$68,2070
6Online News Association$63,7200
7Paizo$62,6920
8The Associated Press$62,3616
9Community Publishers Inc$61,2680
10Fiction$60,7610
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Updated March 14, 2024

Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Upwork, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Upwork. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Upwork. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Upwork. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Upwork and its employees or that of Zippia.

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