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Data investigations into the Upwork job market.

Published July 7, 2026

Do Upwork Jobs Actually Hire? An Outcome Analysis of 617,336 Resolved Postings

43.9% of resolved Upwork postings end in an observed hire; 56.1% resolve without one. Why published estimates differ, and which visible attributes are associated with the result.

Published July 3, 2026

How Many Upwork Jobs Are Real? A Client-Quality Analysis of 1.5 Million Postings

Just under 80% of monitored Upwork postings come from payment-verified clients with an observed prior hire. The remainder includes newcomers and small proxy-defined risk groups.

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Published August 18, 2026

Average Upwork Hourly Rate: What Job Posts Advertise

Upwork hourly rates from live job posts: the site-wide median advertised rate, the median by category, and the fixed-price budget alongside it.

Published August 18, 2026

Is Upwork Good for Beginners? Demand and Hire Rates

Upwork carries entry-level work, and entry-level postings end in hires. Here is the data on beginner demand and hire rates by experience level.

Published August 17, 2026

Is Upwork Dead? What Hire Rates by Client Country Show

Upwork is not dead, but it is uneven. Posting shares and settled-cohort hire rates by client country show where the marketplace delivers hires.

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