What rate should I enter for a current Marketplace contract?

Use the percentage Upwork displays for that specific contract. Current Marketplace rates can range from 0% to 15%, so this calculator leaves the rate blank until you enter it. A 0% rate is valid. The tool applies your entry to the full contract amount and does not look up the rate for you.

When should I choose the 10% legacy option?

Choose it only for a pre-May-2025 Marketplace contract that is eligible for the legacy 10% fee. Eligibility depends on the specific contract and is not determined by this calculator. If Upwork shows a current Marketplace contract at 10%, leave Current Marketplace selected and enter 10% instead.

Does the fee depend on whether a contract is hourly or fixed-price?

This calculator applies the selected Marketplace percentage to the amount you enter. Use the amount you want to estimate for the contract or payment, along with the fee basis and rate shown for that contract. The calculator does not model separate hourly or milestone schedules.

Are taxes on Upwork fees or income taxes included?

No. The result estimates the Marketplace service fee and subtracts the business expenses you enter. Any tax charged on Upwork's fee and your own income taxes are separate. Add a fee tax to expenses if you want it reflected in this estimate.

Are Connects and other Upwork costs included?

No. Connects, memberships, withdrawals, and currency conversion are separate costs and can depend on your account and payment method. Add the costs that apply to you in the expenses field to see net earnings after those costs.

Upwork Fee Calculator

Upwork's Marketplace service fee can vary by contract. Enter the contract amount and the rate Upwork shows for it to see the fee, take-home, and net after your own costs. Current Marketplace rates can range from 0% to 15%. A separate 10% legacy choice is available only for an eligible pre-May-2025 Marketplace contract; the calculator does not infer eligibility.

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Make the next pricing or planning decision with context

Estimate what Upwork keeps from each sale before you set a price or list a product. It covers the Upwork Marketplace fee on a contract using the rate shown for that specific contract.

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Inputs

Values update results instantly. Adjust fee assumptions to match your seller dashboard.

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Currency

Contract details

Contract amount

USD

The full contract amount or payment you want to model, before the Upwork fee.

Upwork service fee

Marketplace fee basis

Use the basis shown for this specific contract. Legacy eligibility is not inferred.

Current Marketplace fee rate

Enter the rate shown for this contract, from 0% to 15%, with up to two decimals. Required for Current Marketplace; ignored when the eligible legacy option is selected.

Enter the fee rate shown for this contract, from 0% to 15%.

Your expenses

Your costs to complete the work

USD

Tools, software, subcontractors, and other costs for this contract.

Results

Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.

Fix the highlighted inputs to calculate accurate results.

Client pays (contract total)

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The contract amount before the Upwork fee.

Upwork Marketplace service fee

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Selected percentage applied to the full contract amount.

Fee rate used

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The current rate you entered, or 10% in the eligible legacy mode.

Your take-home after Upwork

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Contract amount minus the selected Marketplace service fee.

Your business expenses

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Your costs to deliver the work.

Net earnings

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Take-home after Upwork minus your listed expenses.

Upwork contract earnings breakdown

Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.

Enter valid inputs to generate the breakdown chart.

Upwork Fee Calculator

Generated 10/25/2026, 11:45:31 AM · Currency USD

Inputs

Contract amount: 1000
Marketplace fee basis: current_marketplace
Current Marketplace fee rate:
Your costs to complete the work: 50

How it works

Methodology & formulas

This calculator is transparent by design. Review the steps and formulas so you can trust the estimate and adjust assumptions when your dashboard differs.

Calculation steps

1Use the current Marketplace rate entered for this contract, or 10% only when the eligible pre-May-2025 legacy option is explicitly selected.
2Upwork fee equals the selected rate multiplied by the full contract amount.
3Take-home after Upwork equals contract amount minus the service fee.
4Net earnings equal take-home minus the business expenses entered.
5The fee rate shown is the selected rate applied to this contract amount.

Formulas

Upwork fee = contractAmount × selectedFeeRate ÷ 100
Selected fee rate = entered current Marketplace rate (0%–15%) or 10% for an explicitly selected eligible legacy contract
Your take-home = contractAmount − upworkFee
Net earnings = takeHome − businessExpenses
Fee rate used = upworkFee ÷ contractAmount × 100

Important assumptions

For a current Marketplace contract, enter the contract-specific rate shown by Upwork. The calculator accepts 0% to 15%, in increments of up to 0.01 percentage points, and starts with no rate selected.
The separate 10% legacy choice is only for an eligible pre-May-2025 Marketplace contract. Select it only when that specific contract is eligible; the current-rate input is ignored in legacy mode.
The selected percentage applies to the full contract amount entered here.
Connects, membership, withdrawal, currency-conversion, and other account costs are separate from the service fee. Add applicable costs to business expenses if you want them included in net earnings.
This estimate excludes any tax charged on Upwork's fee and your own income taxes. Add any applicable fee tax to your costs separately.

Sources & review

Know what this estimate is built on

Use these official references to locate the policy, plan, or help details behind the editable inputs.

Calculator model reviewed: August 9, 2026

Official references

Upwork freelancer service fees(opens in a new tab)

Use the current terms

These official references are starting points for published policies, pricing, or help. They do not validate every default in this calculator. Rates, plans, eligibility, regions, and account terms can change, so compare the editable fields with your account before relying on the result.

Defaults are editable estimates. Match them to your current account, provider statement, official authority, lender, or adviser before making a pricing or investment decision.

Calculator model reviewed: August 9, 2026. This date covers the page and calculator guidance, not a guarantee that every live platform rate or term was re-audited on that date.

Worked example

$1,000 contract with a 10% rate entered

A $1,000 contract, an illustrative 10% Current Marketplace rate entered for this example, and $50 in delivery costs. The 10% is an example input, not the calculator's default.

With 10% entered for this example, the fee is $100. Take-home after Upwork is $900, and net earnings are $850 after $50 in costs. For a real contract, enter the rate Upwork shows you.

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