Where are the best Upwork jobs from? — Upwork spending report.

Upwork client spending analysis. We analyzed 12 months of Upwork data to find out some surprising facts about the client's geography.

Upwork Client Spending by Country

It is common among freelancers to think of North America as a provider of the most paying clients.

We analyzed over 1 million Upwork clients to figure out that the juiciest freelance opportunities are not necessarily coming from the US.

Most of the jobs on Upwork, indeed, come from the United States. But how much do they pay?

Share of Upwork clients by country: United States 47.3%, United Kingdom 9.91%, Canada 7.95%, India 5.53%, Germany 2.89%, Israel 1.77%, Spain 1.06%

What if we take a look at the Spending Among Clients from Different Countries?

Quite surprisingly, the United States is only ranked #9 among average client expenditures with $93,400 per client, barely beating Hungary.

Average total spent per Upwork client by location: Dominica $383,144, Gibraltar $200,504, Estonia $176,475, Bermuda $140,790, Djibouti $136,485, Faroe Islands $127,476, Saint Kitts and Nevis $122,741, British Virgin Islands $98,350, United States $93,406, Hungary $88,682

The list is unexpectedly dominated by Dominica, Gibraltar, and Estonia where clients spend at least 2X of what US clients spend on average.

What about the average hourly rate?

The US didn't even make it to the Top-10 of Average Hourly Ratepayers by Country.

Average hourly paid by client country: Northern Mariana Islands $80.16, Gabon $60, Micronesia $51.47, Macao $49.11, United States Virgin Islands $45.05, Democratic Republic of the Congo $43.05, Maldives $42.75, Paraguay $40.37, Ethiopia $40.24, Gambia $40.00

Takeaway: consider setting up your GigRadar Scanners for less popular client locations: Macao, Estonia, Ethiopia, or the Maldives might be interesting niches to explore.

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