Growth Metrics

Upwork (UPWK) Operating Margin (2017 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Upwork (UPWK) over the last 9 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 14.26%.

  • Upwork's Operating Margin rose 71700.0% to 14.26% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 16.41%, marking a year-over-year increase of 79400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 16.41% for FY2025, which is 79400.0% up from last year.
  • Upwork's Operating Margin amounted to 14.26% in Q4 2025, which was up 71700.0% from 14.75% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Upwork's Operating Margin registered a high of 20.08% during Q1 2025, and its lowest value of 16.73% during Q1 2022.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 0.48% (2023), whereas its average is 0.55%.
  • Its Operating Margin has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first crashed by -165500bps in 2021, then skyrocketed by 225600bps in 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Upwork's Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 15.93% in 2021, then grew by 20bps to 12.69% in 2022, then surged by 136bps to 4.58% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 55bps to 7.09% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 101bps to 14.26% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 14.26% in Q4 2025, 14.75% for Q3 2025, and 16.71% during Q2 2025.