Growth Metrics

Upwork (UPWK) Operating Margin (2017 - 2025)

Upwork (UPWK) has 9 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 14.26% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 717.0% year-over-year to 14.26%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 16.41%, up 794.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 16.41%, 794.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 14.26% in Q4 2025 per UPWK's latest filing, down from 14.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 20.08% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 16.73% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 0.55%, with a median of 0.48% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: crashed -1655bps in 2021, then soared 2256bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 15.93% in 2021, then increased by 20bps to 12.69% in 2022, then surged by 136bps to 4.58% in 2023, then surged by 55bps to 7.09% in 2024, then soared by 101bps to 14.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 14.26% in Q4 2025, 14.75% in Q3 2025, and 16.71% in Q2 2025.