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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
• Approximately one-third of Upwork GSV is generated from clients whose industries are classified by Goldman Sachs as Low Exposure to recession risk. Another one-third come from industries classified as Moderate Exposure while only 1% come from High Exposure classification(Hayden Brown, Q1 2020).


Approximately 80% of the work in the platform comes from categories considered as essential or somewhat essential(Hayden Brown, Q2 2020).
* Approximately one-third of Upwork GSV is generated from clients whose industries are classified by Goldman Sachs as Low Exposure to recession risk. Another one-third come from industries classified as Moderate Exposure while only 1% come from High Exposure classification(Hayden Brown, Q1 2020).
 
* Approximately 80% of the work in the platform comes from categories considered as essential or somewhat essential(Hayden Brown, Q2 2020).
Historically disclosed mixed of Upwork GSV is 65% being larger jobs, 20% agency spends, and 15% on gig work(Stifel analyst Logan Thomas, Q3 2020).
* Historically disclosed mixed of Upwork GSV is 65% being larger jobs, 20% agency spends, and 15% on gig work(Stifel analyst Logan Thomas, Q3 2020).
 
* Enterprise plan customers spend on average $1 million per year(Hayden Brown, Q3 2020).
Enterprise plan customers spend on average $1 million per year(Hayden Brown, Q3 2020).
* Every day there’s over 10,000 people who apply to join Upwork as freelancers, but only have jobs for about 2% of them(Stephane Kastriel, Q1 2019).
 
* In Q2 2019, U.S clients hiring U.S freelancers accounted for 20% of GSV and were growing at 35% y/y. However, their spend retention was declining when compared to U.S clients hiring internationally.
Every day there’s over 10,000 people who apply to join Upwork as freelancers, but only have jobs for about 2% of them(Stephane Kastriel, Q1 2019).
* In Q2 2019, Stephane Kastriel noted that Upwork has extremely low awareness within the traditional buyers of staffing services and that these buyers don’t consider them as alternatives to staffing agencies.
 
* Each day they get 2,500 buyer sign-ups, half coming from people that sign up using their personal emails or simply people who won’t spend much or contribute much to overall GSV(Stephane Kasriel, Q2 2019).
In Q2 2019, U.S clients hiring U.S freelancers accounted for 20% of GSV and were growing at 35% y/y. However, their spend retention was declining when compared to U.S clients hiring internationally.
* Hourly projects have been growing at a faster rate than fixed price projects and the number of hours within those projects has been increasing over time(former CFO Jefff MCcombs, Q4 2021).
 
* Upwork 100 report found that the average hourly rate for the top 100 skills in Q3 2019 were $43.72, higher than the average hourly rate of 88 percent of U.S workers and all freelancers average hourly rate of $28.
In Q2 2019, Stephane Kastriel noted that Upwork has extremely low awareness within the traditional buyers of staffing services and that these buyers don’t consider them as alternatives to staffing agencies.
 
Each day they get 2,500 buyer sign-ups, half coming from people that sign up using their personal emails or simply people who won’t spend much or contribute much to overall GSV(Stephane Kasriel, Q2 2019).
 
Hourly projects have been growing at a faster rate than fixed price projects and the number of hours within those projects has been increasing over time(former CFO Jefff MCcombs, Q4 2021).
 
Upwork 100 report found that the average hourly rate for the top 100 skills in Q3 2019 were $43.72, higher than the average hourly rate of 88 percent of U.S workers and all freelancers average hourly rate of $28.


== The Upwork 100 report-Q3 2019 ==
== The Upwork 100 report-Q3 2019 ==