Growth Metrics

Upwork (UPWK) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Upwork has reported Operating Margin over the past 9 years, most recently at 14.26% for 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 for Q4 2025 was 14.26% at Upwork, down from 14.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 20.08% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 16.73% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.55% and a median of 0.48% in 2023 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -1655bps in 2021 and later soared 2256bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 15.93% in 2021, then grew by 20bps to 12.69% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 136bps to 4.58% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 55bps to 7.09% in 2024, then surged by 101bps to 14.26% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for UPWK at 14.26% in Q4 2025, 14.75% in Q3 2025, and 16.71% in Q2 2025.